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The world’s most enticing new hotel openings
Explore the best new hotels in the world, from beachfront living at Cheval Blanc Seychelles to otherworldly Zaha Hadid architecture at Me Malta
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Layover in style at Melbourne Airport’s new hotel
Ibis Styles Melbourne Airport hotel by FK brings together elegant rooms, co-working lounges and leisure facilities in a striking aircraft wing-inspired design
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A Melbourne family home draws on classic modernism to create a pavilion in the landscape
This Melbourne family home by Vibe Design Group was inspired by midcentury design and shaped to be an extension of its verdant site
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Tour this compact Melbourne home, where a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentation
Northcote House is designed by architects David Leggett and Paul Loh as their own home in Melbourne
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Bridging Boyd is the rebirth of a modernist Melbourne home
Bridging Boyd by Jolson is a modernist Melbourne home reimagined for the 21st century
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Tap into local creativity at The StandardX, Melbourne
The StandardX, Melbourne is the first hotel in The Standard Group's new breed of ‘younger and rebellious’ properties
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Basq House is the eclectic-cool stay to know in Byron Bay
Designed by StudioFAB and Léo Terrando, Basq House reverberates with the Australian town’s laid-back beach culture and artistic spirit
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Melbourne Design Week 2024 activates unexpected spaces across the city
Melbourne Design Week 2024 (until 2 June) returns with a theme of ‘Design the world you want'
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South Yarra House makes a sculptural statement in Melbourne
South Yarra House by Pandolfini Architects explores the interplay of compression and expansion through a series of surprising sculptural objects in Australia
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Australia’s first Art Grand Tour unites three biennials in a city-hopping trail
Australia’s Art Grand Tour showcases more than 400 artists, across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide in a build-your-own art adventure
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Melbourne’s MV Queenscliff ferry gets a modern makeover and a new terminal
Lucy Marczyk Design Studio transforms the MV Queenscliff ferry into a showroom of contemporary furniture and fresh colour
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This Melbourne aquatic recreation centre’s crafted timber ceiling hints at its sustainability ambitions
The Northcote Aquatic Recreation Centre by Warren and Mahoney opens in Melbourne, blending sleek aesthetics with environmental responsibility
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St Ali & The Queen elevates Melbourne’s coffee culture with modern brews and brutalism
St Ali & The Queen is a Fiona Lynch Office-designed café and cocktail bar in Melbourne’s revitalised Queen Victoria Market
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Tour midcentury gem Fisher House’s 21st century facelift in Melbourne
The midcentury Fisher House by Australian designer Alistair Knox in Melbourne gets a contemporary facelift by Adriana Hanna
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A zero-waste workspace in Melbourne innovates in sustainable office design
A zero-waste workspace in Melbourne for Today Design by Studio Edwards is composed entirely out of readily available materials
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Artists consider magic, matter and memory at the Melbourne NGV Triennial
Melbourne’s NGV has opened its third triennial, uniting art, design and architecture from around the world
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Photo 2024: what to expect as Australia’s largest photography festival returns
Photo 2024 International Festival of Photography will take place 1-24 March 2024 across Melbourne and Victoria
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Pierre Bonnard’s NGV exhibition designed by India Mahdavi is a technicolour feast
Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi at NGV Melbourne is on view until 8 October 2023
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First look: MPavilion 2023 by Tadao Ando marks project’s tenth anniversary
The design for Tadao Ando’s MPavilion 2023, which celebrates the Australian event’s tenth anniversary, is unveiled
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A suburban apartment building in Melbourne promotes design and low-energy living
This 11-unit suburban apartment building in Melbourne's Brunswick, by Breathe Architecture and Dreamer architects, transforms a former brick warehouse into a sustainable showcase
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Cera Stribley’s Hideaway House adds a subterranean dimension to a modern Melbourne home
A new bespoke basement at Hideaway House by Cera Stribley transforms this contemporary suburban home into the ultimate domestic playground
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Park House is a minimalist, art-filled family home in Melbourne
Park House by Mim Design and Pleysier Perkins is an art-filled family home in Melbourne including a bold, concrete extension
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MPavilion 2022 opens and invites all under its bright orange roof
MPavilion 2022 opens in Melbourne to a design by All(zone), the Bangkok studio of Rachaporn Choochuey
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Match Bar, Melbourne
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Easy breezy: a light-filled Melbourne home by EAT Architects
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Bart Hess’ new art film series for Aesop transforms the body into a digital interface
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World View: Letter from Melbourne
Our new series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with contributing editors across eleven global territories, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. Melbourne’s creatives are taking on the blurring of personal and professional realms, domestic design that improves mental and physical health, and experimental formats for cultural programming, discovers our Australia editor Elias Redstone.
