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Site Specifics: Melbourne, Australia

No opera house. No Bondi Beach. No sunning celebs. This is Melbourne, home of Australia’s most thriving design scene.

Raglan Street Parkland

The design for the Raglan Street Parkland seeks to reinvigorate a forgotten public space where amenity has been severely eroded by adjacent heavy traffic.

Raglan and Ingles Street
Port Philip, Australia
Melbourne Theater Company

Founded in 1953, Melbourne Theatre Company is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia. It is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Melbourne. Producing up to twelve plays in a subscription season, a full education program and a studio program, it is not only Victoria’s major theatre company and one of the major performing arts companies in Australia, but one of the largest theatre companies in the English-speaking world.

252 Sturt Street
Melbourne, Australia
Angelucci 20th Century

Established in 1992, Angelucci 20th Century offers a broad selection of local and international decorative furnishings and designer pieces predominantly from the 1950′s and 1960′s.

113 Smith Street
Melbourne, Australia
Webb Bridge

Cross the Yarra river by foot or bicycle over the Webb Bridge, located just west of the Docklands highway.

Melbourne, Australia
Curtin House

The Curtin House is one of Melbourne's historic Art Nouveau gems.

252 Swanston St.
Melbourne, Australia
Alphaville

Located on bustling Flinders Lane, Alphaville is a boutique and local label that features classic cuts with an urban vibe.

201 Flinders Lane
Melbourne, Australia
Mr Tulk, State Library of Victoria

The State Public Library of Victoria is one of Melbourne's not prominent cultural institutions. Its public reference library and collection includes ephemera, artworks, audio and video files, digitized copies of works, music scores, books and more. Not to miss is Mr Tulk, a cafe named after their first librarian, Augustus Tulk.

328 Swanston St
Melbourne, Australia
The Croft Institute

A bar at the end of Croft Alley, the Croft Institute, is a humming watering hole and an exemplar of Melbourne’s laneway culture.

21 Croft Alley
Melbourne, Australia
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art is Melbourne’s leading contemporary art gallery presenting the most challenging, innovative and creative visual art of our time. Designed by Melbourne based architects, Wood Marsh, ACCA’s distinctive steel building is in the heart of Melbourne’s arts precinct in Southbank. The landmark rust-red structure is one of Melbourne’s architectural icons.

111 Sturt Street
Melbourne, Australia