Houses, April 2012
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Riddel Architecture
As well as restoring and adapting old buildings, Riddel Architecture has a growing suite of new residential projects.
Material palette: Riddel Architecture
Riddel Architecture’s preferred materials and finishes.
Reading
The Houses of William Wurster
This book celebrates the life and work of William Wurster in a compilation of some of the architect’s best-known houses.
Michael O’Connell: The Lost Modernist
This book examines the work of a textile artist whose work significantly contributed to Modernism in Australia.
The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture
The first encyclopedia dedicated to Australian architecture.
Stanisic: Live/Work
The concept of collective housing is explored in this book, through the work of Sydney architecture firm Stanisic Associates.
Projects
Home comforts
A collection of home products from Houses 85.
Hillside Habitat
Replacing a house lost in the 2009 fires, this home celebrates a shared experience of place rather than fear, loss or fire.
South Yarra Residence
Astute planning and subtlety of detail assure a seamless transition between old and new parts of this refined residence.
Mountford House
This postwar home in Brisbane has been renovated with an instinctive understanding of the daily rhythms of life.
House Eadie
This inner-city terrace renovation preserves a sense of history while creating multifunctional spaces for family life.
Airlie Bank Apartment
Neometro and McAllister Alcock have created a sumptuous, comfortable apartment that is also enduring and functional.
Little Cove House
A Queensland house infused with landscape from front to back, suggesting a continuation of the national park.
Sydney House
This urban beach house by Popov Bass Architects has the best of both worlds, designed with a strong connection to the ocean at the front and a private garden oasis at the rear.
House Reduction
An inner-city renovation follows the ‘quality not quantity’ mantra, reducing its footprint instead of adding space.
Milk Carton House
Simon and Freda Thornton’s quirky extension to a Brunswick house is “udderly charming.”
Fig Tree Pocket House
Anchored into the sloping site, this house by by Plazibat & Jemmott Architects directly connects to the backyard.
East Melbourne residence
A renovation by Nic Owen Architects emphasizes the original elements of an historically significant terrace.
Studio
Keith Melbourne
Furniture designer Keith Melbourne draws on the tenets of his former profession to create a form of “artistic engineering.”
Design profile: Sparkk
Family design studio Sparkk uses digital printing technology to produce fabric and wallpaper in bulk or short runs.
First House
Glebe House (2002) first house
James Fitzpatrick reflects on his first project: his own house and first studio in Glebe.
Product
Textiles roundup
A collection of textiles from Houses 85.
Make a splash
Colourful products for inside and out from Houses 85
Exhibition
Exhibition: Veiled by Greer Honeywill
This exhibition explored a world of hidden meanings through poetic assemblies of found and new objects.
Revisited
King House and Studios (1952–64) revisited
Alterations, landscape and collected artworks are as important today as Robin Boyd’s original design.
Postscript
Granny Flat
The organic forms of this Hong Kong apartment by Affect-t are the result of international connections and productions.
