The Coffee Club Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, 322 Moggill Rd, Indooroopilly QLD 4068 www.coffeeclub.com.au The new-look Coffee Club café at Indooroopilly is the first in a series of newly-designed cafes that incorporate styling elements including Ceasarstone. The new modern design utilises warm, natural colours and textures to create a casual and relaxed atmosphere for customers
St Ali North 815 Nicholson St, Carlton North www.stali.com.au The much-anticipated St Ali North is now open. Co-owner Salvatore Malatesta of St ALi recruited Jessie Gerner (Anada, The Aylesbury) as co-owner, and with the help of Velo Cycles’ Harry Fishman, has assembled a superhero team of coffee and food specialists to lift the lid
Mitchell Ogilvie: 168 Edward St, Brisbane QLD www.mitchellogilvie.com Every self-consciously upmarket commercial centre aims to have one: a standout precinct of luxe retailers. Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Dior, Ferragamo, Gucci… the list is as familiar as it is exclusive. Brisbane’s Edward Street plays host to a deluxe conga line of prestige marques, including an interloper, a
LK Jewellery: Crown Casino, Southbank, Melbourne www.lkjewellery.com Upscale casinos are a haven for primo retail. And like 24-carat limpets, you’ll always find upmarket stores selling fancy undies and expensive jewellery. I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusions about why they’re such a good ‘fit’, but so it is with Crown Casino and LK Jewellery.
The Southport School 2 Winchester St, Southport QLD 4215 The Southport School (TSS) is an Anglican day and boarding school on the Gold Coast. The Dining Hall has always been a meeting place for students, and TSS wanted to provide a better audio and visual experience for boarders. TSS was unhappy with the original audio
Grand Mercure Pinnacle Apartments 104 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont 2009 www.accorhotels.com Grand Mercure Pinnacle Apartments in Pyrmont has completed a full upgrade incorporating a new “Urban Chic|Urban Series” design. The property is the 4th hotel this year in the Accor Vacation Club network in Australia/New Zealand to complete a major refurbishment programme. The upgrade follows the highly successful
Liv Nightclub: 26 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise, QLD (07) 5538 3338 or www.livnightclub.com.au Wow. Will you take a look at the latest from Surfers: Liv Nightclub. The lighting was a result of a collaboration between Cree LED from the US, New Zealand’s stellarscape lighting controllers and German Madrix control software. Some 400sqm of LED is incorporated into
The Classroom: 1/356 Charles St, North Perth WA www.theclassroom.com.au A new Perth small bar that’s all class. Guests can go back to school at The Classroom, a quirky new bar in North Perth that showcases a delightful design theme and attention to detail. If ever you felt like drinking at school but were too well-behaved,
Bar100: 100 George St, The Rocks, Sydney (02) 8070 9311 or www.bar100.com.au A church, an Institute for Seamen, an art studio… a multi-level entertainment palace. Bar100 has fun with 100 George St. A drag queen hosting a trivia night. In a church. It’s the stuff that Catholic guilt is made of, and precisely what happens on
Paul Kelly, Director of Paul Kelly Design, talks venue through his design of Sokyo. Sokyo is a modern Japanese restaurant and the original design brief from Echo management was ‘Modern Tokyo with a Wild Edge’. So you’ll find dynamic design/sharp lines combined with representations of Japanese landscape — something which totally infuses the Japanese culture.