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The plywood-clad Sydney studio with plenty of break-out spaces

19 Oct 2018

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UNStudio is selected to design Australia’s tallest building

16 Aug 2018

The central void encourages visibility across the company|||

Money Box, Sydney

02 Sep 2016

An inviting staircase tumbles down the building, linking staff ‘neighbourhoods’|Plentiful natural light was a key part of a brief that sought to maximise wellbeing|With the soaring staircase above, the ground floor acts as a social plaza for all staff|Settings were designed in response to a overall brief from consultants Veldhoen|Illuminated joinery boxes populate an area of meeting tables|There are no fixed desks or offices, only different settings for individual or group work|In time the facade will teem with greenery from the 520 planters on the curtain wall||

Hassell creates Medibank's Melbourne HQ

18 Feb 2015

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Mirror walls transform corporate lobby

06 Feb 2015

Al Bahr's mechanical apertures respond to sunlight: here, they are shown closed|The openings' shape is inspired by traditional mashrabiya screening|The facade operates as a curtain wall, sitting two metres outside the exterior|Sahmri by Woods Bagot. The small size of each component means that heat and light can be controlled in a more localised way|Each triangular window has a fixed hood, a form inspired by a pinecone|Perforated aluminum panels dress the outside of the Dear Ginza building|The overall effect is one of a sheet of artfully crumpled paper|During the day, the perforated skin casts dappled shadows inside||

New facades: offices with smart skins

01 Jan 2015

The new office benefits from an abundance of natural light|Each floor has a colour scheme inspired by the various natural states of water|Breakout areas offer alternative workspaces to the standard desk|Railway carriage-style meeting pods were designed for informal meetings||

Gray Puksand's fluid workspace for City West Water

08 Dec 2014

Aeroplane trolleys act as movable storage units|The main office area retains the timber beams and unusually shaped windows|The showroom features a small tree in its centre enclosed by wooden seating|Shoes are displayed on pallets mounted on wheels|The Birkenstock workhouse|Cubby holes built into the walls|The workshop 'shed'|An angular doorway that reflects the shape of the roof|The spiral staircase leads to an outdoor terrace|The office was built as a factory for producing boots||

Birkenstock's Aussie HQ in old boot factory

20 Nov 2014

Democratising the harbour view|Workstations integrate cable-management systems to retain a clean aesthetic|Ansarada operates on a 24-hour work cycle so employees are provided with relaxation areas|The acoustic walls are used as pegboards for brainstorming|The concealed kitchen slides open and can cater for the 50-plus workforce|Swings add a playful element to the office|The office is purposefully left openplan to avoid the 'little boxes' syndrome||

Cloud architecture for high-spec temporary HQ

06 Nov 2014

Ballendat's greatest hits

11 Sep 2014

The fourteen-storey building is far from domineering due to its triangulated facade|NAB's main atrium that's open to its staff and clients|Three 'fissures' lined with bright geometric patterns slice up the facade|Internal walkways break up the atrium space|Floorplates have eight zones, made for 50 workers and 100 drop-in staff|The triangular motif is repeated endlessly inside: here, in timber meeting pods||

NAB Australia by Woods Bagot

20 Aug 2014

The metal facade with "gills" lit by LED bulbs stands out in the busy Broadway area of Sydney|The perforated aluminium panels rest, tilted and skewered, against the building – up to 16 metres away in certain parts|The name of the new department is spelt out in binary code punctured into the facade|The narrow atrium acts as a "crevasse" between the university campus and the southern CBD area|The panels shade the building from the sun and, in doing so, are estimated to bring about a 10 to 15% operational energy saving||

DCM's binary code facade for UTS, Australia

11 Aug 2014

Ply-clad pods inspired by a camera barrel|Red detailing picks up on Compulsive Production's corporate colour|The pods contain acoustic finishes to dampen sound while they remain visually connected|The design reflects a sci-fi and film noir aesthetic|||

Matt Gibson revamps Aussie film studio

27 Jun 2014

Architectus' glazed atrium space|120-degree desks, plus bench workstations have replaced cubicles|Third spaces designed to up the "bump factor"|Better breakout space fosters a culture of more informal meet-ups|Splashes of colour enliven the numerous new touchdown points|The palette was inspired by Qantas' urban, rural and coastal flight destinations|Each area of workspace has its own quiet space and meeting area|A broad staircase prompts the shift from heavy reliance on lifts||

Hassell refurbishes Qantas' HQ in Australia

12 May 2014

Brodie Neill sitting on his Pleat bench, part of Made in Ratio's second collection|Tetra, an oak shelving system made from multiple stacked trapezoids|A felt stackable stool made from recycled PET. The stool is also recyclable|Prism, a glass a steel table: "Like a Noguchi coffee table, but harder-edged"|The Pleat bench, made from Corian, neatly overlaps at the ends to form its feet|The Stem stool is a curvy piece of Corian set on top of a swivelling base|Supernova's trestles can be placed in different positions to alter its height|Italian glassblowers make the rounded, flower-like Cumulous pendant|The looping E-turn fibreglass bench, made for Kundalini|Glacier, a limited-edition chaise made from 300kg of clear glass|Inspired by a shell, the Cowrie rocker has a satisfying simple outline|Like the rocker, the Cowrie chair is made from a single sheet of plywood|The Reverb chair expressed Neill's interest in parametric design...|...also explored in Made in Ratio's Matrix coat stand, a woven thread of steel||

Brodie Neill: the computer-aided craftsman

17 Apr 2014

8 Chifley's red sway braces sets it apart from neighbouring buildings|Dividing the building in two vertically creates a substantial terrace|The terrace, an outdoor meeting space with glorious views of Sydney|The main entrance, its lobby a glass box suspended from 32 steel wires|Fire-engine-red bracing weaves its way up the side of the building|Raising up the building creates an imposing public plaza at the base|Steel bracing soars upwards around the glass atrium reception space||

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' Sydney tower

05 Feb 2014

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