Shine On
Issue 63
Byron Bay has long shed its dreadlocked hippie image, but sustainability remains a priority in a lively green precinct on the outskirts of town.
Articles
Virtuous Circle
Issue 62
Daylesford, Kyneton and Trentham serve up the charm and splendour of country Victoria in spades.
Walking wukalina
Issue 61
A trek in Tasmania morphs into a journey through time, discovering the knowledge and traditions of Indigenous Australians.
Unlocked Potential
Issue 63
The resounding glory of the Williams Burton Leopardi Studio belies its humble beginnings as a derelict, 300-square-metre space in the 100-year-old State Heritage-listed Darling Building in Adelaide.
Elemental Communion
Issue 61
From the outset, the owners of Opa Greek Meze Bar wanted to feature copper throughout their venue.
Something Different
Issue 61
Paramount House Hotel was designed to give a unique take on Australian hospitality in Sydney’s Surry Hills.
Promise Kept
Issue 64
How does a young, design-savvy Elsternwick family update a compact classic by Czechborn modernist pioneer Ernest Fooks, commissioned in 1951 by the client’s grandfather? Sensitively, and in calm collaboration with an unflappable builder and an architect who shares their love of relaxed mid-century style.
Horses for Courses
Issue 64
With a slew of awards and accolades to her name, architect Kerstin Thompson is nothing short of a high achiever – and she’s not done yet.
Root to Tip
Issue 63
Time, effort and a good measure of risk-taking have paid dividends in this nifty New Zealand home for two couples.
Perched Paradise
Issue 63
Architect Adam Haddow’s Sydney apartment proves that when it comes to gardens, height is no obstacle.
Regrowth
Issue 63
Wide Open Agriculture is devoted to restoring the landscape and people of the West Australian Wheatbelt.
Message in a Bottle
Issue 62
Clea Cregan of Miniscape Projects has proven how creativity and brilliant design can prosper in projects of any shape and size.
Coastal Communion
Issue 62
For his own weekend retreat in Wye River, architect Ben Edwards used shipping containers to create a modest building with minimal impact on the land.
Simplicity Itself
Issue 61
'Not a McMansion’ was the brief for this Kerstin Thompson-designed beach house in Somers, which cleverly accommodates a retired couple and their regular guests with a cluster of pergola-linked pods elevated for sea breezes and views.
Ulterior Utopia
Issue 60
A garden-loving client relocating permanently to Sorrento sought help from her landscape designer sister Fiona Brockhoff and architect Clare Cousins to create a private, secure, flexible beach house whose clever arrangement of pavilions, courtyards and gardens offers strong connections to the coastal environment.
Evolutionary
Issue 64
Architect Ben Daly spared no time, effort or thought when it came to carefully restoring a New Zealand railway cottage.
Hideaway
Issue 63
Bruny Island Cabin was created to satisfy the client’s yearning for retreat and renewal; a space where she could relish life’s simple pleasures: reading, playing music and stargazing.
Healthful and Heartfelt
Issue 62
A family finds harmony with the natural world through their meticulously composed, sustainability-focused country home.
Minimum Space, Maximum Potential
Issue 63
The projects proving that creativity and architectural genius know no bounds.
Above and Beyond
Issue 62
Prefabrication (also affectionately referred to as prefab) continues to advance technologically, ever-reducing manufacturing and construction time and so lending itself to a broadening range of uses and settings. We’ve rounded up six of the best projects that prove just how versatile and sustainable prefab can be.
Pushing the Envelope
Issue 61
Bathrooms are not to be architecturally underestimated. They can be extravagant or understated, bountifully colourful or tonally restrained. When it comes to bathrooms, the devil is truly in the detail – fixtures and finishes are carefully selected to work together as a purposeful whole. We’ve chosen a range of bathrooms that rightfully assert themselves as singularly notable spaces.