Australia Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Australia - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Australia.
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Lee Broom’s Sydney showcase ‘Park Life’ blooms
For his largest show to date, Broom recreates a traditional 18th-century British pleasure garden in an empty concrete car park beneath Space Furniture’s flagship Sydney showroom
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Art meets life at Curatorial House in Melbourne
Curatorial House in Melbourne is a finely tuned contemporary residence designed by Taylor Pressly Architects and elevated through art by Otomys
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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SANAA's Sydney Modern bridges art, views and architecture
Linking art and views, SANAA’s Sydney Modern gallery brings a layered perspective to a culturally significant harbour site
By Kate Goodwin Last updated
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Biennale of Sydney: 'The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed'
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Hinterland House explores notions of nature, sustainability and a back-to-basics approach
Daniel Boddam Studio's Hinterland House explores nature, materials and ideas of sustainability and isolation
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Photo 2021 explores the truth behind the image in Melbourne
Australia's biggest ever photography festival showcases work from over 120 global photographers in outdoor galleries and museums around Melbourne
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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The radical refurbishment of an Australian farmhouse into a family retreat
The Seat is a spectacular house by Atlas Architects, born from the bones of a 1980s-era structure and re-shaped to take in the impressive landscape of Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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A 1930s Melbourne duplex is transformed into a richly layered contemporary home
Architecture journalist and Wallpaper* contributor Stephen Crafti welcomes us into his newly renovated home in Melbourne to explore its pavilion-like extension
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Photo 2022: a trip through past, present and potential futures in Melbourne and beyond
The groundbreaking Photo 2022 International Festival of Photography will return to Melbourne from 29 April – 22 May 2022. Charlotte Jansen spoke to artistic director Elias Redstone ahead of the opening
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Fitzroy apartment building blends refined interiors with robust concrete
Melbourne architects Edition Office have created a Fitzroy apartment building for local developer Milieu that is both elegant and robust
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Wallpaper* Global Interiors: a snapshot of design in Oceania
Our edit of furniture, objects and lighting from Australia and New Zealand include pieces by Resident, Daniel Emma and Jam Factory
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Born again: Luigi Rosselli Architects remodel a 1950s terraced house in Sydney
By Susanne Kennedy Last updated
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Out of office: we’re disconnecting at Branch Architecture Studio’s lakeside retreat
By Stephen Crafti Last updated
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Photographer Tom Blachford engineers an impossible vision of Melbourne architecture
The Australian city becomes a dizzying spectacle of buildings and lights in his dystopian new series
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Sensory store: Bang & Olufsen opens a quietly cool Melbourne flagship
By Susanne Kennedy Last updated
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Katharina Grosse steeps Carriageworks in a cacophony of colour
By Dimity Noble Last updated
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Letter from Australia: our survey of new architecture from the land down under
By Gordon Knight Last updated
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Church Street Butchers carves a niche in Melbourne with ethical vegetables
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Formafantasma creates a furniture collection from technology scraps
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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A minimalist concrete extension unfolds behind a heritage façade in Melbourne
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mix and match: an Australian university combines workspace and art
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Casey Brown’s sustainable approach to the Australian beach shack
A resourceful palette of materials, featuring aluminium, birch plywood, spotted gum and Corten, contributes to this sustainable and remote house – only accessible by boat
By Katie Meston Last updated
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The humble shed inspires villa escape in Kangaroo Valley, Australia
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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Art deco townhouses in Melbourne create a curvy beach-side block
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Civic service
John Wardle Architects unveil ephemeral pavilion for the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne
By Nicola Fox Hill Last updated
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Oliver du Puy designs therapeutic house in Melbourne
Suceeding in its aim to be a spiritual piece of architecture, the ‘Skinny House’ artfully exposes concrete and casts divine light. Yet, there’s nothing like a vitamin C-infused shower to cleanse you of your sins...
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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B.E Architecture's Whitehall Road house perfectly frames the Australian landscape
By Helen Berg Last updated