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Issue 66 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

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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Design Hunter Q+A with Fiona Winzar
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Design Hunter Q+A with Fiona Winzar

Architect Fiona Winzar (whose impressive work is featured in Habitus 18) shares her design favourites with Habitusliving.

Your name: Fiona Winzar

What you do: Principal Fiona Winzar Architects 

Your latest project: Bromby Street House will finally be built after four years of red tape.  This super energy efficient urban villa will be the first of its kind in Victoria.

Who are three people that inspire/excite you: 

     1)  My mother is amazing

     2)  My husband’s music and my children’s mischief

     3)  Stephen Holl

What is your favourite… 

Car/bike/plane/boat model: My Taiwanese Vintage Bicycle and my legs for walking

Residential space:  A Queensland verandah in a thunder storm

Commercial space:  Hamer Hall Arts Centre Melbourne upgrade by ARM architects

Decorative product: Porter’s Paints 

Functional product: cast iron camping frypan (but I don’t camp)

Handmade good:  My ‘endless engagement’ ring by Karl Fritsch based in New Zealand

Mass-produced good: Bialetti stovetop coffee maker

meal:  South Australian Prawns on the Barby (bbq)

restaurant: Mirka continental bistro St Kilda 

drink: Pol Roger Champagne

bar: Siglo Melbourne

item in your studio: Old B & O Stereo

piece of technology:  iPhone

historical figure:  Antonio Gaudi

fictional character:  Kermit The Frog

vice: Annick Goutal perfume

virtue: listening

What does the term ‘Design Hunter’ mean to you? Being in the moment with your environment – always looking and staying hungry.  It’s not about chasing the latest things, but what you discover by chance and going back.

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Issue 66 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

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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