FGR Architects Takes Minimalism To The Next Level
Although discreetly nestled in its streetscape, this concrete home is an unexpected find in Melbourne’s middle ring suburb Essendon, where red brick period dwellings dominate.
A New Picture Of Suburban Living By EHDO Architecture
A contemporary house by EHDO Architecture breaks the mould in the historic neighbourhood of South Fremantle.
Doherty Design Studio On Achieving A Statement Kitchen
Mardi Doherty, director of the Melbourne-based multi-disciplinary design practice Doherty Design Studio, is at the forefront of contemporary kitchen design and knows exactly what it takes to make a statement kitchen.
Brazilian Modernism In Australia: Looks And Performance
How are Australian architects embracing characteristics of Brazilian modernism as a functional response to climate and aesthetic response to a brief?
Opposites Attract
A Perth renovation by Chindarsi Architects embraces the divide between old and new design.
A Taste of Barragan-Inspired Architecture
This beautiful concrete home in Melbourne took inspiration from the style of Mexican architect Luis Barragan, with one of his contemporaries, Andres Casillas de Alba, commissioned for its design, along with local firm Evolva Architects.
Tomorrow’s Concrete
The ultra-contemporary design team at Studio Benicio are pushing the boundaries of concrete in inner-west Sydney suburbia.
Conversation Starter – The Hello House
We often talk about the ‘architectural language’ of a streetscape, and ponder what buildings ‘say’ about us, but this very special house in Melbourne’s Richmond is literally a conversation starter. Ben Morgan takes a look.
A NEW POD CAST
An eye-catching design to blur the line between art and commerce is exactly what Whiting Architects’ The Pod project achieves, as Annie Reid peeks inside.
Wood Melbourne’s Showroom Launch
After the success of the first range of timber bath spouts earlier this year, Wood Melbourne has evolved to include a timber–clad shower head and timber taps (in two hardware finishes, brass and chrome) and most recently developed a concrete range of basins, taps, spouts and shower heads. Here’s the official launch – doubling as the showroom opening.
At home in the Garden: Renovation by Welsh+Major
An un-used inner-city back yard is reinvented as a Garden room, finding a functional partnership with the house. In this renovation of a late Victorian home, by Welsh+Major, we see the potential for under-utilsed space fully realised in the form of a green sanctuary. Words by Tess Ritchie.
Concrete Extension House
Reconfiguration and plenty of concrete have transformed a ‘knockdown’ 1959 suburban house into a bush sanctuary that celebrates the outdoor Sydney lifestyle. Architect, builder and owner Polly Harbison reports.