Stephen Crafti

Stephen Crafti is a leading architecture and design writer with more than 40 books to his name. He has been writing about design and architecture since the early 1990s. Inspired by the architecture around him in Melbourne, Australia, he is keen to share the things he sees so he started Architours, which run architectural private tours four times a year through some of Melbourne’s best and often award-winning homes.

Stories By Stephen Crafti

Letting the light shine in

At a time when houses appear to be becoming larger, it’s refreshing to see the latest design from Molecule – a modest house coming in just under 150 square metres in area.

Timber shroud

Working with a challenging triangular-shaped site, this home in Elwood, Melbourne, is a contemporary house that responds to both the majestic gum trees and locals who pass by on a daily basis.

Value add

As the cost of land continues to grow, each square metre of dirt needs to work harder. These multi-use additions show how clever, agnostic spaces can add value.

Floating forms

Art and architecture come together in ‘The Arc’, a new structure at Green School in Bali, which is literally ‘out of the box’.

New life

Once used to manufacture furniture, this warehouse is now a fine contemporary home for a creative couple where the remnants of the past meet with modern creature comforts.

Old world charm

An ageing traditional Japanese house is sensitively restored and added to by Roovice.

This is anything but boxed in

Designed with a contemporary gridded form, the aptly named Living Grid House by L Architects deals with Singapore’s tropical climate in a clever manner.

Cutting through the coastal scrub

The triangular form of this coastal home emerges from nature, while timber and brick ground it to the site.

Seaside luxury at The Continental Sorrento

The Continental Sorrento is open for business, and Stephen Crafti takes us on a walk-through the beautiful seaside spot.

Surfside curves

Referencing both its pine tree namesake and the local surf culture, Koichi Takada Architect’s Norfolk is a nine-level apartment on the Burleigh Heads waterfront.