Issue 154 October 2023

Houses

Be inspired by the best contemporary residential architecture and design.

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Contributors
Pia Ednie-Brown is a writer, designer and researcher. Her practice, Onomatopoeia, works with diverse creative disciplines and media to explore ways of unsettling anthropocentrism. Pia has worked as a full-time academic for more than 25 years and hold
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Musings
This issue of Houses has prompted me to reflect on the adage of doing more with less. As we face the environmental consequences of continual construction, we should be advocating for adaptation over demolition, responsible use of resources and a dete
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Editor Alexa Kempton Editorial enquiries Alexa Kempton T: +61 3 8699 1000 houses@archmedia.com.au Editorial director Katelin Butler Editorial team Georgia Birks Nicci Dodanwela Jude Ellison Production Goran Rupena Design Janine Wurfel
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Fresh Finds
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au The matt white Ledge solid surface basin, designed by award-winning designer Thomas Coward for United Products, is a neatly designed bathroom sink that has been made to withstand e
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Balmain House By Saha
Sydney Harbour’s bays and peninsulas create complex topographies within the city’s inner suburbs. Often ignored in town planning of old, extreme shifts in height are now inspiring new adaptations of disorganized cottages. Until recently, this house i
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The Redoutable By Virginia Kerridge Architect
The idea of living in a Georgian terrace house can be romantically intoxicating. It’s easy to conjure up a vision of beautifully proportioned spaces featuring high ceilings lit by dappled sunlight streaming through wonderfully crafted paned-glass win
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River Hearth House By Arcke
Arcke principal Matt Kennedy’s creative journey with this riverfront site began as a careful study of a home designed by Kenneth Drewe in 1954. The first house built on the Indooroopilly reach of the Brisbane River at Chelmer, it became part of an en
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Joshua Duncan Architect
Joshua Duncan graduated from the University of Western Australia in 2016 and established his practice shortly afterwards on the back of a formative period spent in the office of Ferguson Architects. A seminal Perth practice helmed by Ronald Jack “Gus
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The Outdoor Room
by Dan Young Landscape Architect with Donovan Hill When quizzed on what first prompted his engagement for the design of Y3 Garden, landscape architect Dan Young is candid: “There wasn’t really a huge brief. The dogs were digging up the yard, so we
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Here Comes The Sun
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au Originally designed in 1923 for the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, this outdoor furniture range by Fermob is synonymous with French elegance. Made of durable yet lightweight alumin
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Tanoa By Vittino Ashe
When a bird builds a nest, it gathers found materials and weaves these together into a haven for its offspring. Delicately assembled and fit for purpose, the nest is just big enough to hold its chicks until they are ready to fly, but no bigger. A rec
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Monty Sibbel By Nuud Studio
Brothers Herman and Martin Sibbel emigrated from Germany to Australia in 1953 and established Sibbel Builders in the 1960s. Like Merchant Builders, Sibbel Builders was known for its project homes, and a number of midcentury houses that remain in Melb
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Bungalow By Other Architects
K. is a writer. She wrote her first fiction novel during the three years it took to design and construct the extension to her house. By her own account, the house is not featured in her book. Nor are Grace Mortlock and Lindsay Mulligan from Other Arc
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Mater
When Mater approached Dennie Ditzel, daughter of Danish designers Jørgen and Nanna Ditzel, about remaking classic furniture from her parents’ archives with recycled materials, she was immediately interested. Founded in 2006, Mater seeks to make furni
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Honeydew by Sparks Architects
In 2005, my partner Margo and I were a few years out of university and working on the Sunshine Coast with Blackburne Jackson Architects and Gabriel Poole respectively. We were living at Sunrise Beach and very much enjoying our new lifestyle. We dream
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Quarry Box By Mck Architects
Many architects and architectural critics have sought to define the qualities of Sydney’s residential architecture. One of the features that is a constant in the debate is the relationship between architecture and topography. The sandstone base that
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Armadale House By Neeson Murcutt Neille
Do you remember those ViewMaster gizmos from the 1950s? The equivalent cutting-edge of today’s Oculus headsets, they used stereo-slide images to give a convincing three-dimensional picture of a well-known landmark or place. Something about this recen
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That Old Chestnut By Figr
The built environment of Cremorne in inner-suburban Melbourne is nothing short of chaotic – an eclectic mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses bounded by major roads and the Yarra River, and divided by the railway. The homeowner, enamoure
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March Studio
On the day I visit the March Studio office in North Melbourne, a metropolis is under construction. A cityscape of balsawood models – preparation for a forthcoming book project – fills their studio, each neat street of miniatures revealing the dynamic
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Beach House, Wye River by Col Bandy
“Perched precariously on thin steel rods in the treetops, this addition to a bathroom recalls childhood experiences of the tree house.” This succinct yet intriguing statement, taken from the 1992 Victorian Architecture Awards jury citation, reveals p
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Kabina
Situated on the fringe of suburbia and bushland on Garigal country in Sydney’s northern beaches, Kabina is a self-assembled cabin that fulfils a contemporary desire for compact, versatile ways of living. Designed and produced by Facundo Ochoa, co-dir

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