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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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From Modernism to McMansionism: Why do our suburbs look the way that they do?


Tim Ross – broadcaster, comedian, mid-century design enthusiast and addict, INDE. Awards judge and Habitus favourite – presents Streets of Your Town, a two-part series exploring the aesthetic of Australian suburbs from the middle of last century to present day.

The 1950s saw pioneering – and now celebrated – Australian architects embrace Modernist architecture and adapt it to the Australian aesthetic, lifestyle and needs. Streets of Your Town boasts unprecedented access to some of our most iconic homes conceived by the likes of Robyn Boyd, Sydney Ancher, Roy Grounds and Harry Seidler.

But by the 70s something changed – who can say what – and Australians began to embrace featurism (read: McMansionism). New builds increasingly saw enormous dwellings with a massive street presence. A trend that has – regrettably – stuck around to this day.

In Streets of Your Town Tim Ross is looking to uncover why our suburbs looks the way that they do.

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Words by Holly Cunneen

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About the Author

Holly Cunneen

Holly Cunneen was the editor of Habitus and has spent her time in the media writing about architecture, design and our local industry. With a firm view that “design has a shared responsibility to the individual as much as it does the wider community,” her personal and professional trajectory sees her chart the interests, accomplishments, and emerging patterns of behaviour within the architecture and design community.

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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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