Discipline: Brand Experience
Tulmur Place – Nicholas Street Precinct has been awarded Best Public Building or Social Infrastructure at the 2025 Property Council of Australia Innovation & Excellence Awards. The award recognises Nicholas Street Precinct as setting a new benchmark for urban revitalisation – a transformation that has delivered a new city heart to the people of Ipswich. […]
A landmark city renewal project, the Nicholas Street Precinct and Tulmur Place form the connective tissue between Ipswich’s city centre and the river – establishing a vibrant hub of leisure, culture, and community that embodies the principles of climate responsiveness, cultural inspiration, connectivity and adaptability. Recognised for urban design best practice, Nicholas Street Precinct demonstrates […]
The $21.8 million facility designed by Buchan spans 2,500 square metres across three storeys and contains more than 30,000 new books and resources, along with a children’s story time area, outdoor terraces and multipurpose and creative spaces. The library’s expressive facade is punctuated by playful circular windows which represent many individuals coming together and is […]
Buchan is partnering with Ayala Malls on a bold vision for the future of Filipino retail and lifestyle. This includes leading the design of two landmark redevelopments – Glorietta in Makati and Ayala Center Cebu – as part of Ayala Malls’ transformative reinvention journey. “The dynamic retail sector in the Philippines is being driven by […]
The design brief for the Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka centred on the narrative theme of ‘Chasing the Sun’, a response to the main World Expo theme, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’. The design had to represent commonality across all the nation’s peoples and cultures, old and new. From the outset, the […]
A ‘crown jewel’ of Ayala Malls, Buchan was engaged to revitalise Glorietta, to offer unparalleled experiences across retail, dining, entertainment, and leisure. Buchan’s architecture, interior design and brand experience teams worked together to create seamless, sophisticated, and timeless design concepts across the development comprising 115,000sqm (GLA) of specialty retail and 192,000sqm (GFA). This includes transformation […]
Arden Gardens is part retail, part residential and part commercial. It compromises two residential towers, one 16-story and one 10-story, with 299 contemporary, residential apartments, anchored by a full supermarket, 12 specialty shops, café tenancies and shared office space. Basement and podium-level car parking will provide for 600 vehicles. The apartment offers 64 unique floorplans, […]
An intimate wine bar, Bar Alba is dedicated to showcasing fine Italian produce and fortifies the client’s passion for bringing quality wines and the convivial Italian lifestyle to the people of Kew. An ode to classic, comforting and timeless design, the brief was to deliver a classic European wine bar aesthetic. The client’s desired somewhere […]
The Australia Pavilion at World Expo 2025 Osaka, designed by global architecture and design practice Buchan, is now open and welcoming visitors. Themed ‘Chasing the Sun’, the Pavilion takes its design cue from the ubiquitous eucalyptus tree and its gumnut. The eucalypt’s many shapes and colours symbolise the diversity and dynamism of the Australian people, […]
The new Dining Precinct at Belmont Forum has created a vibrant pedestrian friendly environment, inviting and protected from both traffic and climate, and rich in texture and experience. The Precinct includes public seating, a performance stage, and hybrid urban furniture that encourages interaction in unexpected ways. The team and the client shared a vision for […]