Houses, December 2013
HousesThe best contemporary residential architecture, with inspirational ideas from leading architects and designers.
The best contemporary residential architecture, with inspirational ideas from leading architects and designers.
In this day and age, not everyone aspires to the great Australian dream of a stand-alone house on a quarter-acre block. More and more people …
The work of Sydney-based architect Virginia Kerridge is a hybrid of art and architecture.
Materials and finishes, often recycled, gives an expressive quality to the spaces created.
Retrospective of a mid-twentieth century visionary.
Distinctive furniture and lighting by Melbourne-based Kate Stokes of Coco Flip.
Handprinted on hemp and linen, Cloth Fabric designs are drawn from the Australian bush.
BKK Architects revisits 2-Parts House, the practice’s first project from 2003.
A house by Peter Stutchbury Architecture embraces its epic bush pastoral setting.
Nicholas Gurney’s reworking of a studio apartment yields big objectives in a tiny envelope.
A tiny retreat by Branch Studio embodies the handmade approach of this fledgling practice.
Two semi-attached dwellings plus a studio by Benn and Penna Architects accommodate multi-generational living.
A family home by MORQ in Margaret River responds directly to the movement of the sun, wind and trees.
A terrace transformed by Bent Architecture is set apart from the ordinary by its details.
A slender courtyard extension creates a generous, space at the rear of a typical terrace house.
A zinc-clad box by O’Connor and Houle Architecture augments a Melbourne home.
FMD Architects’ rear addition to an Art Deco house conjures up a simple beachside shack.
A suspended box of folded timber creates a giant viewfinder facing the Brisbane skyline.
An early 1980s homestead by Philip Cox remains emblematic of the architect’s view.
Artist Leandro Erlich’s playful exploration of domestic architecture.