Houses

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Often when we think of architecturally designed homes, we conjure an image of giant concrete cantilevers, metres of marble and a show-stopping infinity pool. But while these extravagances may be the reality for a small number of fortunate homeowners,

Etched into the minds of those witness to the 2011 Brisbane floods are the incredulous scenes of locals taking to watercraft to relocate precious belongings from inundated houses. Such scenes played out in the neighbourhood of Rosalie, where a basin

It’s fairly common these days for people to be thinking of resale as they go into a renovation project with an architect. Arguably, that mindset places limitations on the process, whereby the daydreams of a new place for living are filtered through t

Georgia Birks Tell us a bit about yourself and what the original house was like. Tamsin Cull Brisbane has been my home-town since I was at university. I went away for a few years for postgraduate study and work but otherwise I’ve lived in my home in

Arriving to the small hinterland town of Federal in New South Wales is already something of a withdrawal from the normal run of things. Despite its size, Federal draws in a lot of visitors, especially from nearby Byron Bay, but beyond the main drag t

There is a tangible sense of familiarity and memory woven into the design of Hillside House by Vokes and Peters. Given the significant number of residential alterations and additions undertaken by the architecture studio across Brisbane’s suburban la

The experience of being at the beach was the inspiration for Banksia House by Aphora Architecture, a new house on the coast of northern New South Wales. The design evokes the sensations of walking the back dunes of the beach, experiencing the muffled

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When we designed Armature for a Window, we wrote: “The house is like those sandstone escarpments on the water, what we imagine as the first of Sydney’s houses. The outside all rough and making evident the passing of wind, rain and time, whilst the in

There’s a magic about Melbourne’s southern suburb of Elwood. Its historic mansions and Art Deco and interwar homes are accompanied by planned streetscapes, making a walk down the street feel like a stroll through a neighbour’s garden. These layers of

A group of three new townhouses in the inner-eastern Canberra suburb of Campbell sits adjacent to a wide manicured lawn, nestled well back from the street. Designed by Will Fung, architect and director of Sydney practice CO-AP, and built by one of th

Sometimes a bush site can present an unanticipated challenge – a place where you might do anything. Days can be spent just siting a structure, let alone planning it. But Killora Bay, designed by Lara Maeseele in association with Tanner Architects on

There’s a rich visual complexity to the work of Jean-Baptiste Fastrez that instantly captures the imagination. The Paris-based designer’s portfolio spans product, furniture and spatial design and is eclectic, playful and curious, with a tendency towa

Anthony Gill established his Surry Hills-based practice in 2007. The catalyst came while he was working with Tim Allison Associates, in the form of a tempting commission from a clothing industry entrepreneur who’d bought adjoining terrace houses in P

Space is at a premium in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy and the opportunity to build upward is a welcome one, as Studio Edwards’s recent clients can attest. Their three-storey townhouse provided the perfect foundation for an unconventional roo

A spy movie may be an unlikely foundation on which to base your “forever home,” but that’s exactly how it was for John and Judy Reid in 1961. They would go to extraordinary lengths to re-create the rusticated stonework of a house seen in the 1959 Alf