#85 May-Jun 20222

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Design . Architecture . Landscape . Travel

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Editorial
In every issue, either overtly or discreetly, we present houses that have considered sustainability in one form or another, whether it be via scale, craftsmanship, thermal efficiency, material reuse or technology. In this issue we highlight a few hou
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Tom Bodycomb Tamsin O’Neill Jenni Draper Ellie Keft Penny Craswell Kath Dolan • Houses/Gardens Erin Pedersen • Houses/Gardens Rebecca Gross • Houses/Gardens Ellie Keft • Upfront Karen Sutherland • Permaculture Tips ■
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Upfront
Reframing chopsticks from waste to resource, circular economy franchise, ChopValue, has diverted 38 million chopsticks from landfill creating carbon-neutral homewares and furniture for the home and office. Scaling their operations with 38 microfactor
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Women of Wood
Not so long ago, woodworking was dominated by men, but things are changing. A recent exhibition at Sturt Gallery in the Southern Highlands called Beyond Ordinary showcased the work of nearly 30 women makers currently working in wood. The curators o
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VOLA Stays True To Danish Design Legacy
There’s no disputing the renown of Danish design. Its creations have held their own through the decades and weathered the trends, earning admiration and acclaim for the Scandinavian country’s own definition of classic. It follows, then, that Danish t
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Future Tense
DesignInc’s Stephen Webb says the brief for Bio-courtyard House grew from a glorious but exposed site opposite Middle Park Beach in bayside Melbourne and a “super-informed” client who was keen to adapt learnings from previous DesignInc projects. “Tha
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Practical Prototype
When architect Brad Swartz designed his own much-lauded 27-square-metre studio apartment in Darlinghurst in 2015, it unexpectedly became the launching pad for his practice Brad Swartz Architects. Six years on, Brad has designed another apartment for
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Lantern House
Mornings in this pocket of bayside Albert Park in Melbourne are quiet and calm. Apart from the shoe stomping from the odd panting runner and the few local dogs being walked by owners along the sand, the bay with its distant flashing lights and shippi
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Ageing Gracefully
The owners of this two-bedroom-plus-study cottage in Melbourne’s Williamstown lived here happily for 14 years before their growing family prompted a move to a larger home. In 2017, a couple of years before retirement and with their grown children now
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Treescape
Perched on a 70-metre sand dune overlooking Frenchman’s Beach, Timbin House provides a sanctuary for three families aspiring to live among the trees. Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) in south-east Queensland is acclaimed for its vast stretches o
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Permaculture Tips
For cooler climate gardeners, try to make as much use of the last bit of warmth in the air before winter really sets in. Feed your vegetables now to encourage some last growth before the weather puts a stop to that. Using liquid feeds will make sure
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Two Become One
Blurring the boundaries is a common refrain in architecture, but it couldn’t be more apt than in this heritage house and garden in Glebe, Sydney. Wanting to combine two semi-detached houses to create one larger home, the clients engaged Welsh + Major
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Corridor of Snacks
Nature strips are such a common feature of our neighbourhoods that most people wouldn’t give them a second thought. They make up a third of all public green space in Melbourne, along with roundabouts, medians and other green areas in our streets. In
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Upfront Garden
South African-born Australian artist Alichia van Rhijn uses minimalist forms to explore human experience, memory and trauma. "A Hundred Times Yourself" resembles a cactus-like totem, ritualistic in nature and playful in form, its anthropomorphic limb
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Ancient Land
There is a land slightly north of the Tropic of Capricorn called Karijini. It is a harsh and unforgiving territory in the heart of the Pilbara region in the north of Western Australia, mostly red dirt and spinifex grass, rich in iron ore and scarce o
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Designbook
Find products and explore our archived articles for your next renovation via greenmagazine.com.au Real materials. Made in Melbourne.woodmelbourne.com Craftsman built timber windows and doors since 1960.pickeringwindows.com.au Need some space? ti
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Lake Weyba House • 1996
Lake Weyba House by Gabriel and Elizabeth Poole was completed in 1996 when I was in my third year of my environmental design and architecture degrees at the University of Tasmania. The house consists of a series of three pavilions; one for living, on

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