Elana Castle

Elana Castle is an architect, writer and photographer. She has spent her time traveling and working across the globe with stints in New York City, Cape Town, Sydney and currently resides once more in New York City. In 2009, she established STUDIO e* as a framework for her architecture, writing and photography and in 2012 she went on to co-found Castle + Beatty, an architecture and interiors photography business with an editorial edge.

Stories By Elana Castle

Honesty and humility defines this house

Humble House by R Architecture stays true to its name, leaving the nice-to-haves at the front door.

Casual Australiana sets up shop in New York

Designing for her husband meant that Tamsin Johnson had license to nudge ideas a little harder in the fashion designer’s recently opened new New York location.

A federation home meets minimalist shroud in a St Kilda Laneway

House Jacoby, so-named for its direct access to Jacoby Reserve (a small neighbourhood park) at the rear of the site, presents the dynamically woven intersection of heritage and modern.

An Edwardian home gets a new lease on life

Despite having free reign for a complete knock-down, Figr Architecture chose to work with the existing home, where tradition formed an integral part of the design.

A house fit for cats… and humans

Maike Design has considered the specific needs of felines and their owners in this thoughtfully reconfigured Melbourne home.

A series of crafted sheds make for a down to earth family home

On a site characterised by sloping grasslands, livestock and hay production, a family home makes a subtle but meaningful impact.

A dose of modernism to the Sydney coastline

This off-shutter concrete house by Durbach Block Jaggers brings the studio’s signature style to Point Piper.

This house folds its way in and out of a narrow site

Timmins + Whyte nicknamed this Abbotsford house “10 Fold” in reference to its architectural language and the fact that its owners enjoy it ten times more than anyone could have anticipated.

Elegance in a tiny package

Megowan Architectural’s Argo is all sophistication and planning savvy.

A modern reinvention of the California bungalow

Daniel Boddam Studio’s Villa Carlo is a masterful interplay of texture, shadow and restraint.

A holiday sanctuary

Corke Design Studio’s beachy getaway brings a distinctly Japanese aesthetic to The Great Ocean Road.

Modern yet sentimental

Honouring the urban context and heritage of this Brunswick terrace, Kuzman Architecture has reinvigorated this family home with quirky and sentimental design elements.