Art, architecture and travel in Melbourne
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Melbourne - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Melbourne.
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Melbourne apartments channel the spirit of Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut
Le Corbusier’s chapel, Notre Dame du Haut, inspires this Melbourne apartment complex by property developer Beulah International and Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Melbourne’s MPavilion unveils 2021 programme
MPavilion – Melbourne’s annual temporary pavilion and accompanying architecture and design events – returns with a packed programme for 2021 – 2022
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Racing ahead: Lexus Design Pavilion at the Melbourne Cup Carnival
At the annual Melbourne Cup Carnival in Flemington, Melbourne, the thrill of thoroughbred horse racing ties neck and neck with the spectacle of The Birdcage. It’s the exclusive invitation-only zone where temporary sponsor pavilions assembled and fitted-out over several months vie for design accolades and media attention.
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Concrete synergy: a modern house where Brazil meets Australia
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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This inner city Melbourne home is designed around its owner's passion for books and art
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Concrete brutalism transforms Melbourne family home
The concrete brutalism of Colonnade House by Splinter Society makes for a warm, minimalist Australian home
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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A concrete Melbourne home centred on nature and mindfulness
Canopy House by Powell & Glenn is a Melbourne house built around mindfulness and a passion for open-air, concrete South American architecture
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Performance power: Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten discuss the 2017 MPavilion
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Melbourne’s Photo 2020 announces line-up of 120 artists
Australia’s major new international photography festival is set to explore the pertinent theme of truth
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Melbourne hot yoga studio expands to Sydney
By Daisy Alioto Last updated
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NGV’s new blockbuster Triennial brings together over 100 artists and designers
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Horse power: the design of an Australian equestrian centre is an unbridled success
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Melbourne’s MPavilion announces 2021 architects
Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel of MAP Studio have been announced by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation to design the 2021 MPavilion in Melbourne, Australia
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Flower power: ’petals’ make up the new Mpavilion by Amanda Levete in Melbourne
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Complex shapes: Beyoncé inspires Elenberg Fraser's new Premier Tower skyscraper in Melbourne
By Sam Rogers Last updated
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Sneakerboy is a Melbourne retail Mecca for trainer aficionados
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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A storm is brewing inside March Studio’s cloud-like pavilion in Melbourne
Random International’s Rain Room installation makes its Australian debut
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Double vision: Inarc Architects design twin houses in Melbourne’s Fitzroy
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Coppersmith Hotel — Melbourne, Australia
By David Paw Last updated
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Melbourne Design Week returns for 2021 edition
Now in its fifth consecutive year, Melbourne Design Week (26 March – 5 April 2021) returns with a multi-site program of design activations and provocations under a compelling theme: ‘Design the world you want’
By Elias Redstone Last updated
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A Surrealist parlour game inspires these new marquetry pieces
Three new marquetry pieces by Adam&Arthur, inspired by a Surrealist parlour game, make their debut at Melbourne Design Week this week
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Melbourne Design Week asks ‘How can design shape life?’
Our edit of exhibitions to see at Melbourne Design Week 2020
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Melbourne industrial conversion makes for craft-rich family home
Craft, history and nature define Stockroom, a complex designed by Architects EAT in Fitzroy, Melbourne; a masterfully industrial conversion reimagined as a family home
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Melbourne’s Nido II house is an urban nest blending old and new
Angelucci Architects’ Nido II is a Melbourne house designed as a smart urban collage bridging old and new
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Australia’s Mitchelton Winery gets a new hotel designed by Hecker Guthrie
By Lauren Ho Published
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Escape patch: Bijoy Jain’s bamboo Mpavilion launches in Melbourne
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Bamboo wonder: Studio Mumbai’s Bijoy Jain designs 2016 MPavilion in Melbourne
By Sara Sturges Published