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Revisited: Garma Cultural Knowledge Centre
In North East Arnhem Land, the realization of a cultural centre – led by the Yolngu people – sets an important precedent for the creation of sacred Indigenous architecture.
Public / culturalUtterly unpretentious: Marrickville House
This efficient and effective extension by MI Architects makes the most of a fast-track approval process, unpretentious materials and a simple form to meet the clients’ brief and budget.
ResidentialMountain retreat: Pirramimma
This Blue Mountains house by Peter Stutchbury Architecture deftly explores the relationship between building and landscape; moments of intensity and quietness, light and shadow, heighten the “real” in the everyday experience.
ResidentialUpward spiral: Fitzroy Terrace
A terrace house renovation by Adrian Amore Architects with a stair that functions as much more than just vertical circulation.
Residential‘Transformational architecture’: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Finding inspiration from constraint, Powell and Glenn has taken a modest budget and turned the Melbourne offices of creative agency Clemenger BBDO into a perfect integration of stillness and energy.
InteriorsOld school ties: St Ambrose
In their design for a primary school in far-northern New South Wales, Pat Twohill Designs and Twohill and James retain the look of the weatherboard schoolhouse but take a decisive break from tradition.
EducationOn guard: ROOM by Antony Gormley
Renowned sculptor Antony Gormley has created an intriguing new piece of public art for the city of London that is also a very secluded place to lay one’s head.
InteriorsJoining forces: Split House
A pair of pavilions come together to create a family home that considers privacy, thermal comfort and spatial delight.
ResidentialSuburban narratives: Central Avenue
This new house by Vokes and Peters employs traditional architectural motifs in unconventional ways, all the while responding to its site, street and city.
ResidentialUrban multi-tasker: Backyard Studio
Adapting an inner-city site for a young family with a steady stream of interstate guests called for a standalone addition that accommodates a plethora of different activities.
ResidentialA contemporary angle: Humble House
Coy Yiontis creates a steeply pitched contemporary home for a mature couple to enjoy into their retirement.
ResidentialLife above lifestyle: Casba
Billard Leece Partnership and SJB Architects’ mixed-use project offers Sydney a new model for balancing private comfort and civic neighbourliness.
ResidentialStudios 54 by Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects
On a 126-square-metre site in suburban Sydney, Hill Thalis’s Studios 54 demonstrates how small sites can be used inventively to make the city richer and more diverse.
Commercial, ResidentialModern trio: Terrace Houses in Fremantle
Combining playfulness, restrained minimalism and respect for the terrace house typology, Blane Brackenridge Architecture has created three “convincing” hillside dwellings in Fremantle, Western Australia.
ResidentialUrban osmosis: Three Marrickville Houses
David Boyle Architect delivers harmonious triplets on a complex urban site, where once a single house stood.
ResidentialGeometry at play: West End House
Taking cues from existing trees on site, this renovation and extension to a Queenslander by Marc and Co Architects opens up and embraces a delightful backyard setting.
ResidentialHard and soft: Bridge House 2
The tough exterior of this new house by Delia Teschendorff Architecture gives way to a “soft centre,” protected from the hustle and bustle of a busy West Brunswick street.
ResidentialSizing up: Marrickville Courtyard House
Located on one of three blocks created in the subdivision of a large corner site, this new house by David Boyle Architect “feels huge but sits on a relatively small site.”
ResidentialSuburban illusion: Laneway House
This new infill house in Brisbane’s New Farm by O’Neill Architecture balances openness with privacy to create a clever and inviting inner-suburban sanctuary.
ResidentialRaising eyebrows: House in Double Bay
Without compromise on quality or invention, this new speculative home by Tribe Studio Architects has an emphasis on spatial interest and an abundance of natural light.
ResidentialA French reincarnation: L’Hotel Gitan
Inspired by the site’s art deco heritage, SJB Interiors has refitted this Melbourne bistro and dining room to give it French character in keeping with the menu on offer.
InteriorsThe art of minimalist living: Villa Marittima
Experienced like a piece of immersive installation art, this new beachside home by Robin Williams Architect encourages its inhabitants to engage all their senses.
ResidentialUrban interior: Bresic Whitney
Chenchow Little Architects’ fitout for this real estate agency in Hunters Hill, Sydney departs from suburban conventions to differentiate its brand and culture.
InteriorsLarger than life: West End Cottage
A careful but confident transformation of a tiny worker’s cottage into a contemporary family home by Vokes and Peters.
ResidentialLayer by layer: Concrete House
Made of timber, stone and steel, and topped with concrete, this rectilinear house by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design is the result of exceptional integration and interaction between layers.
ResidentialInner city tranquility: Pelican Street
Candalepas Associates’ design for Pelican Street offers urban exposure while retaining a sense of privacy.
ResidentialRainforest journey: Cape Tribulation House
M3 Architecture’s design for this holiday retreat wisely defers to its dense surroundings on the northern Queensland coast.
ResidentialSubliminal proto-dwelling: Garden House
Baracco and Wright Architects’ Garden House blurs the boundaries between garden and home while redefining what it means to be minimal.
ResidentialVanishing point: Balmoral House
This house follows Isamu Noguchi’s philosophy that art should “disappear” or become one with its surroundings.
ResidentialStreet appeal: Kensington House
An alteration and addition to a Californian bungalow by Virigina Kerridge Architect that respectfully addresses the streetscape.
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