What Does It Mean To Live Off-Grid?
Elemental House, designed by Ben Callery Architects, is a self-sufficient retreat that also captures spirit of what it means to live off-grid.
The GOMA Chair Sees Art And Design Coalesce
Brisbane-based lighting and furniture studio Luxxbox have developed the GOMA chair, designed initially for the Gallery of Modern Art Restaurant, it’s the perfect chair for long lunches and deep conversation.
Free Flowing Abode
Bent Architecture explores sustainable, comfortable living with exceptional indoor outdoor flow and innovative design.
An Especially Sustainable Home: Westgarth Timber Project
Using a diverse array of recycled, re-milled and salvaged timbers, Ben Callery Architects have created a thermally efficient and low embodied energy home, which is visually compelling writes Justin Farmer.
Design Hunter Q + A: Oliver MacLatchy of Wood Melbourne
With the launch of Wood Melbourne earlier this year and a showroom opening in two weeks time, Oliver MacLatchy is in a local designer and maker we’ll be keeping an eye on. We ask him a few questions to find out what makes him tick – aside from timber.
In Oliver’s Workshop
Oliver MacLatchy is a carpenter, builder, tinkerer and inventor with a massive love for timber. The result of that passion is Wood Melbourne, spouts made from reclaimed wood, designed and crafted by hand in his workshop in Melbourne. Each piece goes through 12 stages to become the beautiful, sustainable fixtures they are. Through a series of images we get to see some of this laborious and careful process.
An Urban Home Between Architecture and Sculpture
Working together, working at home, a green or grey outlook, perhaps no outlook at all – everyone has a different solution. Peter Hyatt talks to architects and partners, Michael and Cat Bellemo, about their solution in suburban Melbourne.
From the Inside Out
Black/white, solid/open, permanent/temporary are some of the contrasts at play in this house on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand. Andrea Stevens meets the architects, Jeff Fearon and Tim Hay to talk about active skins, screening and creating privacy.
Bow Bins
A clever re-use of plastic baskets and tubs that would normally have been landfill.
The Eco Project
The Eco Project could be described as rugs made from leftovers, but that
wouldn’t do these beautiful, unique pieces any justice at all.
Henry Sgourakis on NOOK
We talk to young Melbourne-based designer Henry Sgourakis about his NOOK chair and foot stool.
The Life Aquatic
New Zealand architect Les Dykstra’s book Aqua House and his exploration of the relationship between water and architecture.