Category Archives: Design & Architecture

BHO Interiors have been successfully Shortlisted for the Retail Award in the International Design & Architecture Awards 2014, with their project ‘Fontana Arte for Radiant Lighting’. The brief was to create a journey within a lighting showroom that houses many different Italian light fittings in a unique environment. BHO Interiors was engaged by Radiant Lighting to design the first Fontana Arte showroom in Australia. We wanted to create a design that is unique and different from other lighting showrooms here in Perth.

      Name: Monique Halloran Company: Spiering & Co Ltd Position within company: Director Website: www.spieringandco.com               . Tell us a little about your background in design (education, experience, etc) Over 20 years ago I qualified as a landscape designer from the Oxford College of Garden Design. 8 years ago I designed the garden of a new ‘Georgian’ mansion which was built by Michael Holmes and his interior designer wife Emma Kirby. Michael

JPR Architects have achieved further Shortlist success at this year’s International Design & Architecture Awards, with their project ‘McMahon’s Point Residence’ landing a spot in the Residential £2.5-5 Million (property value) category. The owner saw that this 1883 heritage listed residence offered great opportunities for a total refurbishment and for the insertion of a contemporary home into the listed heritage fabric. The house itself had undergone a number of reincarnations over its 130 year life span, and when the current architect-owner

design et al are delighted to announce that Spiering & Co have been shortlisted for the Kitchen Over £25,000 Award in the ID&A Awards 2014. The full design brief was to reconvert a Victorian terraced house, which had been split into two flats, back into a single dwelling. Spiering & Co were able to achieve this whilst extending the Lower Ground Floor and redesigning the floor plans of the whole house. The result was to create a contemporary four bedroom

Project Name: Brighton Residence Location: Victoria, Australia Interior Designer: Robert Mills Interior Designers Architect: Robert Mills Architects Robert Mills Architects & Interior Designers have reached further Shortlist success with their project ‘ Brighton Residence’, in the Asia-Pacific Residential £2.5-5 Million category, in the 2014 International Design & Architecture Awards. The house stands tall and strong on the suburban streetscape, however the building’s subdued and limited natural material palette blends in with the landscape that forms its backdrop; successfully dissolving the boundary

London based, Darling Associates have been shortlisted for the Office award in the International Design & Architecture Awards 2014. Market Street office development actively enhances the setting of the adjacent Grade II Listed United Reform Church by improving views of the building from the town centre and improving the immediate surrounding public realm. The building is accessed via a double height, landscaped colonnade which guides visitors towards the entrance. The main reception area is a double height space, echoing the

design et al are delighted to announce the shortlist of Stanhope Gate Architecture for the Ski Chalet Award in the ID&A Awards 2014 with their unique Ski Chalet project in Courchevel 1850.   Chalet Shemshak is one of a very few recent new buildings, located directly on the slopes of the otherwise fully developed 19th century ski resort town of Courchevel,1850, in the French Alps, providing luxury accomodation over 7500 sq. ft.   The siting of the building is guided

Design Intervention i.d. have been successfully Shortlisted for the Asia-Pacific Kitchen Over £50,000 Award at this years’ International Design & Architecture Awards, with their project ‘ The Tropical House Kitchen’. The brief was to create a family living space for a working couple and their teenage children. The client wanted a space large enough for her to entertain but at the same time wanted a feeling of intimacy and comfort. With a separate formal living and dining room, the brief

Robert Mills Architects & Interior Designers have been successfully Shortlisted for the Residential £5 Million plus Award in Architecture with their project ‘Brighton Residence’ in this year’s International Design & Architecture Awards. The house stands tall and strong on the suburban streetscape, however the building’s subdued and  limited natural material palette blends in with the landscape that forms its backdrop; successfully dissolving the boundary between the home and garden. The use of concrete for both the interior and exterior floors,