Michelle Bailey is a Brisbane-based freelance writer and a graduate of architecture from the University of Queensland. She writes regularly for local and national publications about architecture and design including Houses and Artichoke magazines.
Michelle Bailey's Latest contributions
Rippling reflections: Toowong Lighthouse
Grecian forms and classic colours were used to invoke the inhabitants’ family ties in this clever, playful extension to a 1930s Californian bungalow in Brisbane.
Robust yet refined: Bulimba Hill House
The renovation of a dilapidated 1920s Queenslander develops a sympathetic dialogue between the original house and its contemporary elements.
Hues of the harbour: Balmoral Blue House
The carefully curated material palette for this Sydney home captures the essence of ocean and sky through the combination of textures and tones.
Light and airy: Clayfield Fern House
Voluminous yet resourceful, this lightweight addition to a Queenslander is a pragmatic solution that filters sunlight and buffers noise while also serving as a delightfully adaptable outdoor room.
Clever connections: Toorak House
A well-loved family home in Melbourne is retuned for the next generation by employing simple, local materials, strong connections to the outdoors – and some retro tiling.
‘Sumptuously nostalgic’: Dune House
A passion for food, art and the Western Australian coast inspired the transformation of this 1960s house into a retreat that values history and the clever use of space.
Positioning the past: Orient St House
This striking renovation of a South Fremantle house boldly expresses the site’s architectural imprints, giving structure to the transformation from the ground up.
Embracing the elements: Las Palmas
Fluidity between interior and exterior realms is embraced in the kitchen and bathrooms of this home with a modernist past.
Singular vision: Small Grand Apartment
This tiny apartment in the Melbourne CBD harnesses the elevating qualities of light and smoothness to coax a sense of spatial expansiveness into a petite footprint.
Meet the owners of Camp Hill Cottage
Owen Architecture’s ephemeral, tent-like addition to a Brisbane hillside house has created a space ideal for entertaining. The clients share their experience of working with an architect.