Landing Bakery is a hospitality fit-out project designed by Five Mile Radius with Mathew Reynolds for a new bakery on Brisbane’s bayside. The scope included full architectural design, documentation, and the fabrication of all custom furniture and finishes for the front-of-house, completed in-house at the Five Mile Radius workshop.

The brief called for a space connected to its coastal context while built on circular design principles. The result minimised waste, extended the life of materials, and was prefabricated for efficient installation, disassembly, and reuse.

The material palette combined Queensland-grown hoop pine with sandcast concrete panels made from salvaged concrete cast in locally sourced sand. Factory deadstock plywood from the 1990s was repurposed for seating, while salvaged steel fire pipe from commercial fit-outs was refinished for reuse. The client’s stock of recycled brush box timber was also integrated into external seating. A decommissioned A2 spinnaker sail was reworked into a curtain, and lighting was fabricated from polycarbonate factory offcuts.

The project used 1.7 tonnes of recycled and locally sourced materials, cutting embodied carbon by 84% compared to a standard fit-out baseline of 1.5 tonnes CO₂e. The material scope achieved a net saving of 1.26 tonnes CO₂e and was carbon negative in its construction.

We’re so excited by our new Scarborough home. The team at Five Mile made the process smoother from the start. They got on board quickly, helped shape the vision, and brought great ideas and technical skill to the table. Working through prototypes, mood boards, and design iterations was not just effective, it was fun. Every part of the fit out tells a story of sustainability and local connection. Their design fabrication setup meant everything ran efficiently. We loved working with them.

Jack Wakefield 
Client, Landing Bakery

Images by David Chatfield