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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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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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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