In the studio, material is always part of the conversation.
Not just how it looks, but how it feels, how it holds light, how it changes over time.
We’re drawn to finishes that carry a sense of texture and honesty, materials that settle in, rather than stay fixed.
It’s less about a specific palette, more about how a space is experienced.
One Design Office
One Design Office (ODO) is a multidisciplinary design firm specialising in the fields of Architecture, Product Design, and Branding.
Our design approach is to intentionally cross-pollinate between these fields, giving us the capability to facilitate the creative process from a holistic perspective. It is within this fusion of innovative practices that we have fostered our ability to create unique spaces, products, and experiences that translate into practical and functional solutions. Twitter: @onedesignoffice
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21/05/2026
At Blairgowrie, the language is curves and calm.
A deliberately pared-back material palette allows the arches to take focus, each one shaping light and movement through the home.
A warm-toned concrete render, finished with a subtle horizontal brush, brings depth and softness, grounding the architecture in its coastal setting.
Architecture and nature, held in quiet balance.
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Embrace. Honest. Native.
Three words that shaped every decision in this proposal for a new school in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Coming soon.
15/05/2026
We’re honoured to see .melbourne recognised with a HD Award win in the Sustainable category, celebrating a project shaped by a shared commitment to thoughtful hospitality, enduring design, and a deeper connection between people, place, and experience.
For us, sustainability extends beyond performance metrics. It’s about creating spaces that feel grounded, restorative, and built to last, while responding carefully to context, materiality, and the way people truly live and gather.
Grateful to collaborate alongside an incredible project team on a hotel that continues to push hospitality design forward on a global stage.
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FFE Design by
Architecture by
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Operated by Starwood Hotels
06/05/2026
We’re proud to share that 1 Hotel Melbourne has been recognised with two major honours at the Australasia-Pacific Hotel Design Awards, receiving Hotel of the Year (New Build) and the Paul Davis Award.
Celebrating excellence in hotel design across the region, these awards recognise projects that bring together innovation, sustainability, and meaningful guest experience.
For us, this project has always been about more than outcome. It’s the result of deep collaboration, thoughtful process, and a shared commitment to creating places that are enduring, responsive, and grounded in context.
A sincere thank you to our collaborators , , .melbourne and all involved in bringing this project to life.
The design of this residence began with a single brief: stillness.
Every detail, every threshold, every turn of light was considered in service of that feeling.
From the first material pulled to the moment it’s real — that gap between imagined and real is where we work.
The 1 Hotel & Homes Penthouse. A collection of materials, tones and ideas that became a place people actually live in.
In collaboration with
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Us at the office, apparently... 🎵
21/04/2026
What does protecting our world look like? Like this.
Every surface inside .melbourne tells a material story — granite skins, recycled railway sleepers, elm trees cleared for Melbourne’s metro, wharf timbers salvaged from beneath the city’s piers.
Sustainable design isn’t a feature. It’s a decision made at every turn.
Happy Earth Day.
By day, a sculptural form grounded in rhythm, proportion and material. By night, it transforms, light, movement and interaction taking over.
Designed by ODO, this pavilion explores the space between architecture and art, where structure becomes experience and public space becomes something felt.
This World Art Day, we celebrate the harmony between disciplines, where architecture doesn’t just shape space, it becomes art.
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