Tag: Residential

A heritage-listed chicory kiln on Phillip Island has been converted into a flexibly planned family residence.
Projects | Tobias Horrocks | 22 Sep 2014

A House for Hermes

A family beach house by Andrew Simpson Architects and Charles Anderson that is small in scale but packed with ideas.

The north-facing courtyard fronts onto the street, but receives a degree of privacy from its semi-porous walls.
Projects | Stuart Harrison | 16 Sep 2014

Fairfield Hacienda

A new suburban home by MRTN Architects breaks with convention to maximize amenity.

The addition’s “in-between room” connects a previously detached existing tower with the existing house. Artwork: Keith Burt.
Projects | Michelle Bailey | 12 Sep 2014

In-Between Room

Phorm Architecture and Design adds a contemporary counterpoint to the original Queenslander.

A glossy black “portal” amplifies light streaming in through golden shimmer curtains.
Projects | Amelia McPhee | 11 Sep 2014

Carine House

A Perth home by Pendal and Neille that engages with the sublime pleasures of domestic life.

An exterior view of the Victoria, Australia, home.
Projects | Clare Chapman | 11 Sep 2014

Black beauty

A home just out of Melbourne, Australia, is sophisticated and sleek despite serious financial and topographical constraints.

Located at the heart of the home, the courtyard is a minimalist space containing a large granite boulder and a single maple tree.
Projects | Marcus Baumgart | 8 Sep 2014

Hover House

The central courtyard of this Bower Architecture house in Victoria is the focus of all daily activities.

The spare colour palette and pared-back materials allow the dramatic forms of the architecture to come to the fore.
Projects | Peter Davies | 4 Sep 2014

Loft Apartment

An apartment of sweeping curves and deft geometry, designed by Adrian Amore Architects.

The home’s generously scaled living area is connected to the outdoors by sweeping expanses of glazing. Artwork: Elizabeth Tremain.
Projects | Lucy Moloney | 1 Sep 2014

Turramurra House

A house in a bushfire zone, designed by Noxon Giffen, balances openness to its leafy surroundings with defensiveness.

Modestly proportioned, the house nonetheless enjoys a close connection to its waterfront site and open, generous living areas.
Projects | Margie Fraser | 26 Aug 2014

Patio House

Architect Matthew Eagle has made a virtue of modesty at this canal-side house on the Gold Coast.

Like an oyster’s shell, the exposed edges of K House are serrated, simultaneously providing openness and enclosure.
Projects | David Neustein | 25 Aug 2014

K House

A sculptural Sydney residence by Chenchow Little Architects.

While the renovation adds little additional floor area, it radically reorganizes the house’s interior to flood it with light.
Projects | David Welsh | 22 Aug 2014

Light Cannon House

Carterwilliamson uses two ‘light canons’ to reflect light and add spatial quality to this Sydney terrace.

Existing windows were enlarged and new ones added to bring light and a courtyard connection to the interior. Artwork: Kathie Peak.
Projects | Lucy Moloney | 20 Aug 2014

Shutter House

An early-twentieth-century house sensitively reawakened by Louise Nettleton Architects.

The upper floor appears to float above the weightless glass pavilion.
Projects | Brett Seakins | 18 Aug 2014

Swinburne House

A new Melbourne home by Craig Rossetti Architects and Doherty Design Studio.

Although the surroundings have become more densely built, the sense of connection to the environment remains.
Projects | Rachel Hurst | 11 Aug 2014

Ghillanyi House (1957) revisited

Adelaide’s only Harry Seidler house, revisited by Rachel Hurst.

Goodwood Residence in Singapore consists of two L-shaped blocks arranged around a large lawn, swimming pool and clubhouse facilities.
Projects | Florian Schätz | 8 Aug 2014

Goodwood Residence

A residential development in Singapore by WOHA Architects masters the boundaries between public and private.

The northern deck features a sunken lounge with a large retractable awning in a wide bright stripe, recalling beach umbrella patterns.
Projects | Micky Pinkerton | 6 Aug 2014

Copacabana House

Nestled between sand dunes and banksias a costal house by McGregor Westlake Architecture modestly frames the view.

North and south wings of the house are united at an external courtyard.
Projects | Maitiú Ward | 4 Aug 2014

St Kilda East House

Clare Cousins Architects extends a Victorian villa, blending the best of old and new.

The ground-floor facade peels outwards and floor-to-ceiling glass doors slide open, connecting a small north-facing deck to the living spaces.
Projects | Mark Scruby | 28 Jul 2014

Stonewood House

A creative response to heritage drove the design of this Melbourne house by Breathe Architecture.

From inside, the building emphasizes the long stretch of the distant horizon.
Projects | Andrew Burns | 25 Jul 2014

29–35 Prince Street, Cronulla

A complex and layered multi-residential project by Candalepas Associates.

The new portion of the house includes a living, dining and kitchen space downstairs and a bedroom upstairs.
Projects | Michelle Bailey | 21 Jul 2014

Indooroopilly Residence

Robust new elements have been added to a delicate and tactile house in Brisbane.

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