Denton Corker Marshall Studio

Architect: Denton Corker Marshall, 2016

City of Melbourne | C30

Building Description

The new Denton Corker Marshall studio in IM Pei’s classic modernist tower at Collins Place is a workshop for the making of architecture. It is designed to inspire creativity and reflect Denton Corker Marshall’s design approach: simple, raw and minimalist.

The design of the new studio draws from the practice’s award-winning Australian projects such as Melbourne Museum and Melbourne Gateway, and overseas projects including Stonehenge Exhibition and Visitor Centre in the United Kingdom, and the Australian Pavilion, Venice.

Designed over a single level, the studio allows high connectivity and flexibility, and good daylight and amenity. It reflects the practice’s design ethic and culture through avoiding excess embellishment; stripping away and minimising clutter and distraction; and by adopting a hard-working, function-first approach to maximising utility and amenity. The reception seat is the stand-out insertion, marking the studio as distinctive and memorable.

This contemporary design-based studio in a legacy corporate tower reflects a reinterpretation of workplace typologies within Melbourne.

What's On

Tours by practice employees through the space providing an insight into the workings of one of Australia’s most notable architectural practices.

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