Issue 126 February 2019

Houses

Be inspired by the best contemporary residential architecture and design.

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Musings
In 2018 I was a category judge at the World Architecture Festival Awards in Amsterdam. I was extremely proud to see that a high number of the shortlisted projects were houses designed by Australian architects. The rest of the world appeared to be rea
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Fresh Finds
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au The Mena sofa and armchair collection by Franco Crea strikes a balance between elegance and comfort. Designed for use in houses, commercial spaces and bars, the Mena collection fe
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Whitlam Place By Freadman White And Anon Studio
In recent years, the quantity of multiresidential developments has been increasing in Australian cities and the design quality of these buildings has attracted scrutiny from many communities and governments. Unfortunately, there has been a shift from
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Indooroopilly House By Owen Architecture With Lineburg Wang
Beyond the compact footprint of the CBD, Brisbane is a city of sprawling suburban enclaves, carved out by the serpentine course of the Brisbane River. Twenty-first-century densification challenges the twentieth-century suburban pattern of pavilions i
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Apollo Bay House By Dock4 Architects
The client for this holiday house in Apollo Bay, on Bruny Island, handed Dock4 Architects an interesting challenge. Having bought a sloping, north-facing property overlooking the bay, the client insisted on re-using and extending a small existing two
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Apollo Bay House Meet The Owners
Katelin Butler Could you tell us a little about your family and your background? Jon Swann We live in inner-city Melbourne, have two children, Thomas and Sophie, and I am an executive with the Grill’d Group. My partner Lisa and I wanted a place for
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Bookshelf
The rich mid-century modern heritage of Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Beaumaris took some heavy blows in 2018. First, the local council dropped a comprehensive independent heritage survey, instead going for an opt-in system in which owners have to no
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Toussaint and Volz
In the future, the fabled quarter-acre block could be a suburban rarity, a stable nine-to-five job could be a relic of the past and private garages could be obsolete (with driverless vehicles coming to the fore). Along with these possible futures, th
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Japan: Archipelago Of The House
Japan’s residential architecture has long been the content darling of international design bimonthlies, guaranteed as it is to immediately appeal, fascinate and/or shock. These are the kinds of homes readers want to see in print and the types of proj
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Cloister House By Morq
There is a certain quality to the sunlight in Perth. It has an intensity and purity that are distinct – sometimes dazzling, often blinding. I have always suspected that Perth’s reluctance to embrace daylight saving came from a desire to end the hot a
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Springs Beach House By Bark Design Architects
A few kilometres south of the twin coastal towns of Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy (1770) lies Springs Beach. One in an array along Queensland’s “Discovery Coast,” Springs Beach welcomes the waters of the Coral Sea into a quiet cove protected by t
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Darling Lane By Welsh + Major Architects
Many grand old warehouses of inner Sydney have been artfully converted over the past few decades into open, flexible and exciting homes. One such example in Sydney’s inner west was split into three family residences some fifteen years ago. Living in
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Fabshack By Mark Fullagar
Working in the building industry for thirty-nine years, Mark Fullagar says he has seen a lot of waste – in materials, transportation, labour and time. So when it came to building a compact and comfortable cabin for his twenty-six-acre property in Cat
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Jin Kuramoto
“My motto is hands-on work,” says Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto. It perhaps stems from his childhood spent making plasticine models and disassembling things with a screwdriver. As a high school student, Jin spent time working with carpenters, so it’
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Cooked To Perfection
Piatra Grey is one of a number of Caesarstone surfaces offering a deeper, bolder colour palette for the kitchen. Caesarstone produces dramatic quartz surface finishes in deep black, bold charcoal and midnight grey for benchtops and splashbacks. caesa
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Mission Brown
Artist Eliza Gosse studied architecture at the University of Sydney before transferring to a degree in fine arts at the National Art School, where she is currently undertaking a master’s degree. Her interest in architecture, particularly its contribu
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Essex House by Austin Maynard Architects
I became an employer early in my practice. I wanted to be able to work on multiple things and therefore needed others to draft for me. Essex House is the only project by Austin Maynard Architects (then known as Andrew Maynard Architects) that was cre
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Naremburn Twin Peaks By Benn + Penna
In order for architecture to transform people’s lives, it doesn’t have to be big or brash – it just has to be good. Tucked away in a quiet street on Sydney’s lower North Shore, a dark bungalow was deftly transformed by architects Benn and Penna into
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B. E. Architecture
To imbue new architecture with the graceful qualities associated with age and history is a common ambition among architects, though perhaps more often espoused than attained. Aspiring to a timeless sense of permanence and solidity is laudable, if it
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Ballarat East House By Porter Architects
One of the first things Nathan Porter of Porter Architects tells me about this project is that the main goal was to have “a clear, organized plan.” He also mentions a love of Robin Boyd’s clear and ideas-driven planning. The often quoted but seldom a
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Regent By Smart Design Studio
In alterations and additions to heritage houses, there is a transition point between old and new that needs to be addressed. It may be subtle or stark, a seamless integration of volumes or a dramatic contrast of space. At Regent by Smart Design Studi
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Bridgford House by Robin Boyd
One of the special charms of living by Port Phillip Bay is inhabiting the calm, wind-protected spaces behind the tea-trees. Living near the water is not always about possession of the panorama. Joy can be found in the walk down the cliff to the beach
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The Table Is The Base
You might often find designs described as having a “pared-back palette,” but this conceptual installation by Melbourne interior design practice Hecker Guthrie takes “pared-back” to the extreme. Titled The table is the base, the installation uses just

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