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Sun-drenched Simplicity
Myers Ellyett Architecture and Interior Design’s aesthetic is very much informed by a desire to encourage outdoor living in a subtropical climate. For the practice, gardens are as much a part of the architectural response as the buildings themselves.
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Mindful Moments In Daily Rituals
Every detail in Bravat designs reflects a peaceful and luxurious lifestyle. These products infuse daily life with artistry, providing a most pleasant bathing experience. The Intelligent Toilet appears ordinary, yet it offers exclusive luxury. With se
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Bronzed Beauty
When you love a home and have lived there for 30 years, why would you ever leave it? Darlinghurst Terrace’s owners, a photographer and a musician, asked Sam Crawford Architects to set them up for a few more decades of living in the home they loved by
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Creative And Compact
Architect Rosanna Ceravolo was faced with a very tight floor plan when renovating Amber, James and Dusty’s (the couple’s cute cavoodle) tiny Victorian cottage in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. She didn’t let that deter her, though, and she identif
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Sculpted With Style
This renovation and extension revitalized an early 1900s Edwardian house while preserving its historic character. Contemporary yet sympathetic, the new extension includes an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area. The cabinetry’s repeated vertical
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Halcyon Hideaway
Bathed in light and views of lush coastal foliage, Camillo House evokes the landscape that surrounds it, the colour and material palette echoing local hues. Instead of demolishing the original 1980s house, designer Clare Hillier and her partner Sean
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Made For Connection
Travis Richardson had a simple brief for the renovation of his turn-of-the-century villa in Adelaide’s leafy Parkside. First, provide all wet areas with a strong connection to the outdoors, and second, ensure the kitchen was centred around cooking an
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Houses: Kitchens + Bathrooms
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Fresh Air And Home Comforts
If an outdoor kitchen and entertaining space isn’t in your renovation plans, why not find a way to add it in? We are all looking for ways to maximize the appeal and value of our entertaining spaces so we can cook, eat and entertain in the fresh air –
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Clean Lines
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au Available in two formats, the new Savannah Caliza collection from Earp Bros is a limestone-inspired tile suitable for floor and wall application. With its unique linear patterns and
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Small Wonder
When you buy a site close to the water, love to garden and want to speak over the fence to passers-by, you need a house that supports being outside. To meet this brief, Bark Architects designed a one-bedroom “pod” on the understanding that eventually
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Between Two Eras
Searching for harmony between Gable Clerestory House’s Federation history and its residents’ love of modernist aesthetics, Sonelo Architects has found a solution that creatively balances the two eras. The narrow terrace in Melbourne’s Ascot Vale sits
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Fresh And Clean
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au These brass handles and knobs are made by Lo and Co in collaboration with Folk Studio, bringing a touch of Japanese design sensibility to any interior. Featuring a unique and wave-li
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Premium Innovation: Liebherr’s Fully Integrated Smart Appliances
Liebherr launched its range of fully integrated appliances with a bold statement about what customers could expect from them: a variety of innovative features to make everyday life easier and more convenient. “For us, a refrigerator is more than just
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A Reminiscent Renovation
The expansion of this two-storey 1950s home was entrusted to Studio Prineas by a client who had grown up in the house and taken over ownership from their parents. A brother and sister living nearby added to the family’s affection for – and emotional
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Simplicity And Efficiency For Everyone
Welcome to the smart world – mobile phones that connect us to our life from anywhere, watches that care for our health, environmentally friendly cars, and sustainable cities. More and more, the elements around us incorporate technology to improve our
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Elevated Living
Lintel Studio’s restrained renovation of this Sydney home strikes an enviable balance between functionality and beauty. Located just 300 metres from the beach in Clovelly, it forms part of a row of duplex houses that was in desperate need of an updat
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Space For Company And Solitude
Designed for a family who loves camping, Weather House by Mihaly Slocombe is responsive to the external environment, all while inviting the outside into the interior palette with tactile and durable materials. “Our clients love the location and being
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Meticulous And Minimal
Prior Barraclough’s redesign of Union Street House, a single-storey fully conjoined worker’s cottage in Northcote, adds a crisp new living volume to the rear. Working to a brief to extend living areas and keep bedrooms in the original building, archi
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Seamless Functionality
Inspire your designs with Blum’s newest box system, MERIVOBOX. The MERIVOBOX box system combines seamless functionality with a sleek drawer profile, providing specifiers with flexibility to help bring designs to life. The unmistakable and unique look
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Reviving Rituals
A compact three-storey house, contained on a footprint of just 30 square metres, has been built at the back of a storied corner terrace in Surry Hills. Set among the heritage warehouses that once served Sydney’s rag trade, the addition is an animated
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Welcome
Perhaps it’s a consequence of so many of us spending more time at home, but at Houses we’ve noticed a growing desire for idiosyncrasy and originality in the design of Australian homes. Resisting the temptation for broad appeal and standard solutions,
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Raising The Bar
Carefully crafted to meet demands for both functionality and aesthetic appeal, St George’s sink and mixer raise the bar for kitchen design. All St George products are coated with a PVD finish, which ensures that the durability of the colours matches
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Culinary Craft
Find more residential products: selector.com and productnews.com.au Featuring superior cooking performance and design-friendly aesthetics, the E series built-in oven is the product of Wolf’s celebrated design and engineering. Its advanced dual convec
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A Danish Design Classic
When legendary Danish architect Arne Jacobsen designed the VOLA 111 wall mixer in 1968, he single-handedly ushered in a new era for bathroom design. Stunning in its simplicity and purity of form, the iconic mixer gained instant global acclaim and, ju
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Take Your Time
Western Australia’s hardy bushland and rugged coastline inspired Decus Interiors’ design for House on the Bay, a multigenerational holiday home in Margaret River. Earthy, tactile finishes differentiate the atmosphere of the home and its bathrooms fro
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Courtyard Retreat
A courtyard was a welcome addition to this long, skinny, north-facing site in East Fremantle with its existing brick cottage. As architect Nic Brunsdon notes, it was addition by subtraction, with the aim that the new pieces of building deferred to th
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Timeless Design With Built-in Longevity
VOLA is the original modern tap designer. From the beginning, VOLA have held a long-term, sustainable approach, creating timeless designs while carefully managing precious resources. The original VOLA products are celebrated classics, remaining uncha
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Concrete Classic
For architects used to working to a brief for clients, designing their own home comes as a welcome chance to try something different. For Melbourne architect Dominic Pandolfini, designing his own home in South Melbourne meant he could indulge his lov
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The Art Of Addition And Subtraction
O’Connor and Houle’s recent renovation of their clients’ Oliver Lane apartment was nothing short of ambitious. Removing existing plasterboard walls, Stephen O’Connor and Annick Houle’s practice reimagined the entire floor of a heritage-listed 1907 Me
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