Trisha Croaker has been a writer, journalist and media/communications advisor for 30 years, and an admirer of fine architecture for almost 50. She writes a weekly architecture column for Fairfax Media, and freelances for a range of mainstream and specialist publications.
Trisha Croaker's Latest contributions
Five houses of Incidental Architecture
Sixteen years after establishing his practice, architect Matt Elkan is rebranding the studio alongside long-time colleague and friend Daina Cunningham, reaffirming their ethos that architecture is fundamentally about serving people.
‘A powerful form’: Lune de Sang Pavilion
In a slow-growth forest in the Byron Bay hinterland, the final dwelling in a collection of powerful, monumental concrete structures designed by CHROFI has been completed – all designed to endure.
On the edge: The Farm
A new coastal home by Fergus Scott Architects that can accommodate up to thirty relatives and friends.
Garden pavilion: Canada Bay House
A flexible home with a diversity of spatial moods and experiences: Canada Bay House.
Spirit of the coast: Beach and Forest House
A home by Troppo Architects that’s “always forest, always beach, always lighthouse.”
Playing to type: Courtyard House
This delightful reinterpretation of a traditional terrace house has built-in flexibility, allowing it to adapt and change to the evolving needs of the family.
A ruin in the landscape: Stone House
CHROFI has transformed a neglected rural cabin into a family home offering a space of quiet, timeless beauty.
Invisible House
A house by Peter Stutchbury Architecture embraces its epic bush pastoral setting.
