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A lush palette of cinnamons, muted greens and mellow neutrals complements the colourful luggage on offer.

July QV by Ewert Leaf

This retail fitout by Ewert Leaf for a Melbourne-based travel goods specialist transports guests with rich, tactile elements that evoke memories of Antipodean holidays.

Commercial
Locally made, bright-orange Crumpler fabric is stretched around steel scaffolding to define the interior.

Crumpler Melbourne

Wowowa Architecture has stepped outside its standard practice to design the flagship store for this “deeply Melbourne” bag brand.

Commercial
Travertine is a key part of the material palette: weighty benches offer space for product testing, and satisfyingly solid offcuts cover the ground plane.

Aesop Collins Street by Clare Cousins Architects

Nestled in a historic building in Melbourne’s CBD, this retail fitout by Clare Cousins Architects balances architectural heritage with Aesop’s signature, contemporary aesthetic.

Commercial, Interiors
The tower is part of Sydney’s Quay Quarter – a new, integrated, mixed- use precinct containing offices, apartments, retail, restaurants and public space.

Upcycling the highrise: Quay Quarter Tower

Sydney’s Quay Quarter Tower shows that with planning foresight, architectural ingenuity and engineering rigour, even the most complex of existing buildings can be transformed to extend its life.

Commercial, Residential
A Danpalon roof is inserted within the existing shell, allowing the shop to be bathed in natural light by day and to glow by night.

Laboratory in a ruin: Grown Alchemist

Herbert and Mason with Grown Alchemist

In its design for a flagship skincare store behind a dilapidated terrace house in Melbourne’s Carlton, Herbert and Mason in collaboration with Grown Alchemist contrasts the pristine with the industrial to enhance both qualities.

Commercial
The main cutting space is articulated by a continuous series of sensuous arches along three walls.

Ceremonial sequence: Joey Scandizzo Salon

Kennon

In a 19th-century Italianate building in Melbourne, architecture studio Kennon has redesigned a recognized hair salon into the perfect backdrop for “me time.”

Commercial
In keeping with the Incu visual language, materials such as timber, brick and terracotta allow the clothing to be drawn to the foreground.

‘A better way’: Incu HQ and Outlet

Akin Atelier

Tasked with creating a retail space, head office and warehouse for contemporary fashion brand Incu, Akin Atelier has transformed an old mechanic’s workshop in Sydney into a space that embodies fashion, design and expert workmanship.

Commercial, Interiors
The market hall includes a series of simple, self-contained pods. Artwork: Nike Savvas.

‘A place to explore’: Darling Exchange Market Hall

Known primarily for its restaurant interiors and, increasingly, its residential architecture, Anthony Gill Architects has completed its most ambitious project to date, the market hall in Kengo Kuma’s Darling Exchange in Sydney.

Commercial, Interiors
The interior’s walls and floors are lined with honed London White Marble, giving the space a soft, winter feel. Ozlana’s staple product is the parka.

Winter wonderland: Ozlana

Pattern Studio has created a calming, wintry and almost otherworldly flagship store in Sydney for luxury Australian brand Ozlana.

Commercial
The high table used for blending is deliberately located in the front window, playing an integral role in the tenancy’s street presence.

Raw and tactile: Seen Skin

Melbourne design studio Golden has taken Seen Skin’s confident approach to skincare and translated it into a spatial experience rich in texture and tactility.

Commercial, Interiors
Textured granite, which has been used extensively in the store, contrasts with the immense stainless-steel counter.

Texture and permanence: Aesop Sydney

Snøhetta Akershusstranda 21 Skur 39

Inspired by sandstone cliffs and monumentality, the new Aesop store in Sydney’s Pitt Street Mall references the city’s textures and character. International studio Snøhetta’s design is generous and flexible for customers and staff alike.

Commercial, Interiors
Once a tired part of Canberra Centre, Monaro Mall’s two refurnished levels have been invigorated and include the new Beauty Arcade.

Material culture: Canberra Centre

London-based architecture firm Universal Design Studio with Mather Architecture has restored and redeveloped the historic Canberra Centre into a sophisticated urban retail precinct.

Commercial, Interiors
Regular ribs and strips of honey-coloured timber are key to the character of the project and a nod to the Queensland tradition of timber construction.

Theatrical and meticulous: The Kitchens

This new market hall, designed by ACME, Landini Associates and The Buchan Group, is a theatrical and meticulously crafted insertion in the Robina Town Centre redevelopment and a crucial contribution to an enriched urban space.

Commercial
The mixed-use development brings an unexpected geometry and rhythm to Echlin Street in West End, Townsville.

Fresh-faced: The Hub on Echlin

Architects North has created a curious and elegant self-generated development in the Townsville suburb of West End that was conceived as “a breathe of fresh air.”

Commercial, Residential
Sydney 385 by Smart Design Studio.

Elemental and abstract: Sydney 385

Smart Design Studio’s new mixed-use building in Balgowlah, Sydney has an elegantly composed, layered outer skin that brings an urbane character to the suburban streetscape.

Commercial, Residential
The recently completed 19 Wandoo Street project saw the conversion of an existing shed into a large retail space.

Incremental civic-ness: James Street Precinct

Richards and Spence has made a significant contribution to a whole fragment of Brisbane, using a rich and distinctive design language across a range of works for the James Street precinct.

Commercial
The shopping centre’s planning includes visible and consistent locations of vertical circulation.

Inner city agora: Emporium Melbourne

Emporium Melbourne is in some ways a model of classic retail planning, but in other ways it turns this model on its head.

Commercial, Interiors
The high-profile One Central Park project features a thirty-three-metre cantilevered sky garden and mirror installation. Artwork: Halo by Jennifer Turpin and Michaelie Crawford.

One Central Park

A compelling contribution to Sydney by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and PTW Architects.

Commercial, Public / cultural, Residential
At Highpoint’s eastern entry, mature trees and a greengrocer lend a “public square” feel.

Highpoint Shopping Centre

Grimshaw Architects in association with The Buchan Group “civilizes” Australia’s third largest retail mall, in Melbourne’s north-west.

Commercial, Hospitality, Interiors
The new roof speaks to the South Melbourne’s industrial past.

South Melbourne Market

Paul Morgan Architects crowns an iconic Melbourne market with a pragmatic and elegant roof.

Commercial
The new Jones the Grocer includes its signature cheese selection.

Jones the Grocer

Sydney’s iconic high street providore opens a restaurant / grocer by Landini Associates in Westfield, CBD.

Commercial, Hospitality
White brickwork sharply defines the form.

Nineteen James

As part of a larger renewal program, Richards and Spence revitalizes a building on Brisbane’s James Street retail precinct.

Commercial
The basement presentation area.

Dodo Store

A store in the centre of Milan shows why Paola Navone is sought after as a creator of magical experiences.

Commercial, Interiors
Voids have been cut through the architecture to help create a sense of openness and orientation.

Westfield, Sydney CBD

John Wardle Architects, Wonderwall and Westfield’s collaborate on a major Sydney redevelopment.

Commercial, Interiors
The solid timber parquetry is interspersed with mirror inlays towards the changing rooms.

Thurley’s flagship store in Melbourne

Russell & George’s unified space for the Melbourne Thurley store belies a richly layered and detailed interior.

Commercial, Interiors
White interiors are framed in black when viewed from the outside.

Kenzo Melbourne

Kenzo’s Melbourne store is an enchanting example of simple and rich design that reflects and complements the brand.

Commercial, Interiors
An original ceiling fresco was preserved on the first level.

Stella McCartney, Milan

APA Architects

The Stella McCartney flagship store in Milan forms a simple white box embellished with some key creative features.

Commercial
The meat is prepared on-site, behind glass.

Victor Churchill

Dreamtime Australia Design crafts a serious and visceral essay in butchery as high art in Sydney.

Commercial, Interiors