Issue 66

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Kitchens and bathrooms are, arguably, the most consequential rooms in the home — and almost always the first to be considered. Whether approached through renovation or new build, their design has the power to recalibrate how a home is lived in and experienced. For this issue, our guest editor, Mardi Doherty, principal of Studio Doherty, explores what it truly means to transform these pivotal spaces — and why thoughtful design in kitchens and bathrooms delivers dividends far beyond the purely functional. Her insights both as an architect and as her own client give an open and honest account of the thinking behind creating a home.

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Homes Fiona Rivers

“A dynamic interplay between openness and seclusion, drama and intimacy”

Overlooking Sydney’s Middle Harbour, Clontarf House by Mathieson explores the relationship between light, materiality and water through a sequence of carefully considered spaces.

Design Stories Jan Henderson

Dear Australian design professionals: It’s time to Write DESIGNER

With an in-your-face campaign from the Design Institute of Australia, Write DESIGNER urges every design professional to identify themselves in the upcoming census.

Design Stories Dakota Bennett

Seven design fallacies worth challenging

Ahead of Saturday Indesign, six architects and interior designers consider the assumptions that continue to shape homes, apartments and neighbourhoods – and the conversations the industry could be having more often.

Homes Habitusliving Editor

Two homes, one family story

True Story’s Fitzroy Duet reworks two historic homes hidden within the same inner-Melbourne site, creating independent places for a mother and daughter connected by a small garden door.

Homes Timothy Alouani-Roby

Focus feature: Enchanted by stone and colour in Bellevue Hill

POCO Designs’ project at Boronia Road, Bellevue Hill stands out for its use of colour and materiality — so we decided to zoom in and focus on those aspects with the team behind the interiors.

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