Issue 157 April 2024

Houses

Be inspired by the best contemporary residential architecture and design.

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Musings
One of the joys of working in media is the task of teasing out the threads of ideas that connect people or projects. Whether we are putting together events for Our Houses or the Design Speaks program, or compiling stories for a print issue of Houses,
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Contributors
Aaron Chapman is a writer, photographer and artist. He has been a finalist in the Olive Cotton Award, the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and the Wollumbin Art Award. He also runs a multi
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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 BirksNicci DodanwelaJude Ellison Production Goran Rupena Design Janine Wurfel
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Fresh Finds
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au An appealing combination of minimalism and functionalism makes the Slimline desk an elegant option for a composed work-from-home space. Designed and made in Melbourne by Made by Mo
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Double North House By Furminger
The sensory delights of fine art hung on a gallery wall can draw viewers in for a close encounter, but signs and ever-present security guards remind us not to touch the art. Unwittingly, pristine scenes of architectural perfection can summon the same
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Kidman Lane By Plus Minus Design
The hilly topography of the inner-Sydney suburbs of Paddington and Darlinghurst results in consistent patterns in the built landscape of mostly Victorian terraces. Winding streets are firmly defined by aligned front facades with verandahs, while the
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Draped House By Trias
Gracefully nestled in the lush surrounds of a suburban Sydney neighbourhood, this three-bedroom residence is inhabited by partners Laura and Jono, their dogs Nessie and Kip, and cat Charlie. Draped House, as the name implies, is a harmonious home, el
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Licht Architecture
Complementarity is a quality that is critical in business partnerships, but not always present. Couples, meanwhile, abound in business settings, but there isn’t always complementarity. Licht Architecture, composed of partners in life and work Jason a
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More Than Skin Deep
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au Strong Haven is a confident colour palette that fuses the structure of brutalist architecture with the organic serenity of natural materials. A textured finish is inspired by the i
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House Lupe By Lintel Studio
In the inner-Sydney suburb of Leichhardt, small terraces and cottages jostle for light and air. Homes cluster below large trees that have precariously grown between walls in the small pockets of gardens and side passages. Many homes suffer from damp
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Aru House By Curious Practice
Aru House is located in Maryville, an older suburb of Newcastle characterized by weatherboard cottages of varying stature and disrepair. The prevalence of this housing model in the area has provided Curious Practice, led by Warren Haasnoot and Greg L
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Malvern House 02 By Rob Kennon Architects
The family home is a well-understood trope in Australian culture, although not one that is synonymous with high-end architecture. It’s perhaps most vivid in childhood memories – nostalgia for the cosy spot spent watching Sunday night movies together,
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Ziggy’s Villas By Harley Graham Architects
Conversations about appropriate densification are relevant across Australia, as demand for affordable and diverse housing outstrips supply. Much of this discussion is concentrated on urban settings, but what should gradual densification that meets th
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Piero Lissoni
Australian furniture retailer Space celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in October 2023, with Italian architect, designer and art director for B&B Italia, Piero Lissoni, attending as a guest of honour. With a career that spans four decades, Piero wa
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Fairfield Hacienda by MRTN Architects
In 2011, I made the decision to start MRTN Architects, leaving stable employment at a well-regarded Melbourne firm to “try” sole practice. As someone who wasn’t from Melbourne, nor even Australia, and who had lived most of the previous ten years in N
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Tallowwood Cabin By Fouché Architects
There’s a bushfire burning somewhere south of Byron Bay. Strong winds bring haze to the Queensland border and into the undulating Tallebudgera Valley, where Tallowwood Cabin sits at canopy level on a sloped site. Rayne Fouché of Fouché Architects tak
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Alba – Clovelly Beach House By Studio Plus Three
Any project of architectural merit should endeavour to respond to its context and be shaped by the people that will inhabit it. When the owners of Alba – Clovelly Beach House decided to renovate their detached dwelling in Sydney’s east, they wanted a
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A Renovation For Three By Office Mi–ji
A Renovation for Three is a home that intimately responds to the lives of its occupants as they are now, while making space for what might come. The new work, completed in 2022 by Office Mi–Ji, is an addition to an earlier project, A House for One (2
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Breathe Architecture
When founding directors Tamara Veltre and Jeremy McLeod tell the story of Breathe, they emphasize the modest nature of the alterations and additions projects that carried the practice through its early years. As Jeremy explains, “We had very humble b
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R. N. Johnson House by Peter Johnson
When the house designed by Peter (R. N.) Johnson for his family was placed on the market in 2009, genuine prospective buyers found themselves surrounded by those keen for a look at a house they already knew. Many had seen pictures and drawings of thi
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Outbuilding with Deep Garden
Outbuilding with Deep Garden is a companion building to a 1980s masterpiece in concrete block and steel, the only house that architect Ross Perrett ever realized for himself. The owners stumbled across the one-of-a-kind brutalist gem in 2018 and, des

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