Tag: Residential
Rose Street Residence by Fieldwork
In this extract from Rebecca Gross’s new book Ornament is Not a Crime, the author discovers how the chequered past of a Victorian terrace in the backstreet of Melbourne influenced its transformation into a contemporary home.
Hannan House 2 renovation by Alexi Robinson Design
A “quintessentially Beaumaris” mid-century house has been sensitively updated with a new kitchen that creates the richly textured social centre of the home.
Swansong by Sam Cox and Lisa Hatfield
Swansong is the first collaborative architectural housing project by landscape architects Sam Cox and Lisa Hatfield. Developed out of a desire to live embedded in nature, Swansong is completely off-grid and has a footprint of 60 square metres.
Warton House by Cast Studio
A nondescript 1960s brick dwelling has been transformed into a light, breezy beachside residence with hints of a mid-century aesthetic.
Brunswick House by Olaver Architecture
A modest yet sturdy brick addition to the rear and side of an existing single-fronted weatherboard home, Brunswick House offers a pragmatic and functional design for a young family with a small footprint.
Play House by State of Kin
Instead of hiding its 1980s bones, this Perth home celebrates its origins through fun pops of colour and playful geometry evocative of the original era’s disco aesthetics.
Five Bruny Island holiday homes
We round up five houses that make the most of the wilderness on Tasmania’s Bruny Island.
Weather House by Mihaly Slocombe
A rear extension to a worker’s cottage in inner-suburban Melbourne is a love letter to the Australian outdoors, recreating the feeling of camping in the bush.
Stumpy Gully House by Markowitz Design with Stavrias Architecture
Seemingly effortless yet upheld by unwavering structural logic, this understated new home invites easygoing living, like the simple beach shacks that inspired it.
House Bean by Lintel Studio
A sensitive renovation to a Sydney home juggles opposing needs for light and privacy, creating spaces for mindfulness and delight.
Trilogy House by Peter Stutchbury
A third chapter for a house designed in 1961 by Peter Muller, with subsequent additions by Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin, is a masterfully layered design that connects with the past, and with place.
Gable Clerestory House by Sonelo Architects
Marrying heritage and modern elements in a cohesive gable-roofed addition, this project delivers an elegant yet effortless family home.
Helvetia by Austin Maynard Architects
A commitment to principled repair and retention shaped the subtle but serious adaptive reuse of this historic Melbourne terrace.
Union Street House by Prior Barraclough
A sculptural new volume balances timber-lined living spaces and discreet, operable machinery at this concept-driven home in suburban Melbourne.
Darlinghurst Terrace by Sam Crawford Architects
After thirty years at home in this two-storey terrace house, an artistic pair sought renovations to prepare for a few decades more.
Bates Smart designs mammoth student accommodation precinct at UNSW
Bates Smart has unveiled designs for a five-building student accommodation precinct across the road from UNSW Kensington.
Coogee Courtyard by Saha
A Federation-era home in Sydney’s Coogee has been transformed for a new era of outdoor living thanks to a cleverly reductive intervention that saved materials, time and money.
Parkside House by Studio Gram
Relaxed yet sophisticated, this renovated Adelaide home has been designed for living and hosting in crisp, modern style.
Composition House by Studio Prineas
A thoughtful renovation updates and repairs the interior of this well-loved 1950s home with new elements that also preserve treasured family memories.
Significant 20th-century Sydney residence for sale
The Fishwick House by Walter Burley Griffin in Sydney’s Castlecrag is on the market for the first time in nearly half a century since it was purchased by its current owners in 1976.
