Issue 141 August 2021

Houses

Be inspired by the best contemporary residential architecture and design.

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Musings
The announcement of the annual Houses Awards is a celebration of Australia’s remarkable residential architecture and design. The shortlisted, commended and winning homes in this year’s awards demonstrate experimentation and ingenuity in design, and y
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Contributors
Matthew is a teacher, architect and founder of Burleigh Heads-based practice ME. ME was the recipient of the Emerging Architecture Practice award at the 2017 Houses Awards, and the practice’s Cantala Avenue House was named Australian House of the Yea
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Alexa Kempton Alexa Kempton T: +61 3 8699 1000 houses@archmedia.com.au Katelin Butler Georgia Birks Nicci Dodanwela Jude Ellison Cassie Hansen Josh Harris Goran Rupena Simone Wall Metrik studiometrik.com Jacinta Reedy Ian Close Jane Wheeler ■
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Cascade House By Core Collective Architects
While most architects love the “paper”-based design process of making buildings, they often say that the real excitement lies on site. Their enjoyment is not just in the concrete realization of that drawing, but also in the creative problem-solving a
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Mt Eliza House By Mrtn Architects
There can be no doubt that architect Antony Martin has an affinity for mid-century modern architecture. His practice, MRTN Architects, won the John and Phyllis Murphy Award for residential alterations and additions at the Victorian Architecture Award
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Carpenter’s Square House By Architects Eat
For director Albert Mo and the team at Architects EAT, Carpenter’s Square House marks the third time the architecture practice has designed a house for this client. One might wonder what was wrong with the first two; is this a case of “third-time luc
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Beauty Attracts The Eye, But Personality Captures The Heart
An elegant choice to elevate interiors, the Dulux Venetian Plaster Collection combines ancient craftsmanship with cutting-edge design. Perfected by hand, and smooth and cool to the touch, this unique plaster range is akin to a work of art. The luxuri
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Housed Awards 2021
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Three House By John Ellway
Three House by John Ellway is a deceptively simple new house, the genius of which lies in the rigour of the planning decisions and in the detail resolutions. Set on a flood-prone gully in Brisbane’s Paddington, the house is broken into three elevated
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8 Yard House By Studio Bright
Studio Bright’s 8 Yard House builds on centuries-old traditions of spaces for living outside. The courtyard is reinterpreted as eight outdoor rooms, which punctuate a dense house across a double-fronted lot in an inner-urban area of Melbourne. This o
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Federal House By Edition Office
Located on a sloping remote landscape, Federal House is both hard and soft. The existential experience of inhabiting this ancient landscape is acknowledged through the confidence of the building as a discrete object, announcing “I am here.” However,
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A Matter Of Perspective
Peter Clarke’s affiliation with the built form and appreciation for design has gained him a reputation as one of Australia’s leading architectural photographers. Working in the industry for more than 25 years, Peter has collaborated with some of Aust
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Three House By John Ellway
Three House reposes easily in its treed, undulating inner-Brisbane suburban setting. It is without pomp or grandeur, yet beneath the surface lies a compelling logic. The 197-square-metre house is potentially three homes: a primary house, a studio and
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Highgate Park House By Vokes And Peters
This Brisbane home has a civic presence that contributes to its park-side locale. The new additions translate the form and scale of the original weatherboard cottage with a robust materiality that is fitting of both the heritage of one of the owners
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Annerley House By Zuzana And Nicholas
Annerley House is a joyful addition to a Brisbane cottage, a transformation that demonstrates the effectiveness of thoughtful architecture at any scale within our suburbs. Zuzana and Nicholas has shunned the single-room, open-plan rear addition in fa
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Brunswick Apartment By Murray Barker And Esther Stewart
A frequently overlooked and neglected apartment typology in many Australian cities, the 1960s brick walk-up flat is celebrated in this joyous and elegant project. The design, a collaboration between architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart,
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8 Yard House By Studio Bright With Peachy Green
Garden is everything in this home by Studio Bright, where as much design attention has been given to external spaces as it has to internal spaces. Set on an inner-urban site in Melbourne’s north, this home is punctured by a series of eight yards, eac
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Srg House By Fox Johnston
SRG House by Fox Johnston comes with an impressive architectural pedigree. The locally significant 1970s semi in Balmain is one of a pair formerly owned by eminent architect Sir Roy Grounds and his son Marr, an architect, lecturer and sculptor. Marr
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The Hat Factory By Welsh And Major
The Hat Factory by Welsh and Major has a colourful past. The building, most recently partially derelict after fire and its use as a notorious squat, is an important feature that anchors locally listed Hollis Park in Newtown. The brief to create a pai
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Night Sky By Peter Stutchbury Architecture
Night Sky by Peter Stutchbury Architecture is a modest home; unique, sustainable, biophilic and fit for purpose. It produces all its own energy, collects its own water, is made in large part out of recycled materials, connects to its local context an
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Other Architects
Other Architects, led by directors Grace Mortlock and David Neustein, is recognized as a joint winner of this award for the practice’s tenacious pursuit of ideas in architecture, via built and unbuilt works, that seek to shift our relationship to hou
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Curious Practice
In 1961 José Antonio Coderch wrote of architects: “Let them work with a rope tied to one leg, to stop them from staying too far from the earth where they have their roots, and the people they know best, and let them stand on a solid base of dedicatio
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Commendations
SEE MORE, VISIT HOUSESAWARDS. COM.AU/GALLERY ■
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Shortlist
REGISTRATIONS FOR THE 2022 HOUSES AWARDS WILL OPEN IN JANUARY 2022. HOUSESAWARDS.COM.AU ■
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IN PROFILE Officer Woods
In preparing to write about the houses of Officer Woods – a practice I admire as an architect and whose directors I know well – I have opted to view the work as a client’s architectural advisor, as if I was assisting someone who wished to commission
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Cavill House by Hayes and Scott
Visiting my nan’s apartment in Northcliffe on the Gold Coast during the 1990s, I distinctly remember passing a particular house as I walked to the surf at sunrise. On numerous occasions, bodies were sprawled out on the verandah and lawn, fast asleep,
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Cultivated
Australian furniture brand Cult has long been an advocate for the enduring appeal of good design and, with the launch of Cultivated, the company continues to prove it. This new sustainability program, which launched at Melbourne Design Week in 2021,

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