Commercial Design Trends 37-3C

The New Zealand Pavilion, designed by Jasmax, for Expo 20 celebrates people and connecting to nature based on kaitiakitanga, the environmental ethos of Māori – an innovative mesh design is part of its kinetic façade

Le Dôme Winery, by Foster + Partners, responds to its rustic setting with sympathetic form and credentials that are green as succulent grapes

Durable Kahrs wooden floors are ideal for giving commercial venues presence, as exampled in this beautifully floored inner-city office 

A dynamic light-filled food hall and central gathering space result from this reinvention of a traditional cafe and food court by Taylor Smyth Architects

Take a trip from Earth to the Moon and check in to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the European Space Agency’s Moon Village concept

The Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, by MVRDV, is an accessible art depot, offering a glimpse behind the scenes while making all works accessible to the public 

Medical consultations and procedures can be stressful – the MacMurray Centre by Warren and Mahoney exudes calmness and efficiency

With a limited footprint, Shepparton Art Museum by Denton Corker Marshall goes more up than out – showing how, with clever architecture, less can hold much more

Too long to get to work? Feel life isn't built along wellbeing principles? Or is that we need a more organic way to approach retail, business and leisure? Project H1, by UNStudio, presents a master plan for all that

Aedas chairman Keith Griffiths suggests shops must change from 'selling machines' to become destinations that interact, educate and entertain

With a facade that artistically evokes the City of Dunedin's first discovery and literally reflects key heritage buildings, Ebb – Dunedin also has an airy, social atrium that connects hotel guests with retail and business on its doorstep 

Forest glamping just took a giant if invisible step forward with these forest cabins that reflect their surroundings and are even kind to passing birds

WilkinsonEyre completes the Crown at One Barangaroo – a new landmark on Sydney’s famous waterfront that more than rises to its situation

A contemporary architectural coffee shop insertion into an existing building rejuvenates and reinvents the tired red brick structure

Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the Striatus footbridge is the first of its kind, combining traditional and robotic manufacturing technologies

A fluid facade on this new Music Centre by architects McBride Charles Ryan offers a visual symphony to music students and harmonises with neighbouring buildings

Exceptional use of colour was the highlight of projects in the 2021 Dulux Colour Awards – Naumi Hotel and 22 William take out the top awards

Forget far off, rained-off outer courts, this design by CRA takes tennis convenience next level – a tower comprised of 8 courts stacked one on the next