Redux
Issue 76
A sensitive retrofit by PHOOEY Architects retains the best of a 90s house in Malvern and boosts its thermal and acoustic performance.
Articles
Inspirational articles from the pages of green magazine
Fast Forward
Issue 76
An Art Deco cottage is given a revamp by Mihaly Slocombe that’s equal parts respectful and risk-taking.
Easy Breezy
Issue 76
New Zealand’s Spacecraft Architects has served up an ingenious courtyard house for a family on a windswept site where no single metre is wasted.
Common Good
Issue 72
Sitting in a prominent coastal location, this house is not only comfortable and sustainable for the family but has been welcomed by neighbours and residents.
Mindfulness
Issue 70
A family home in northern NSW is deliberately stripped back to engender connection with people and place.
Sun, Sand and Shelter
Issue 69
That most ingrained fixture of patrolled Australian beaches – the stalwart lifesaver’s tower – has been elevated into an architectural feature in its own right by MRTN Architects.
Homemade
Issue 81
Little Black Cabin in the Blue Mountains brings SMITH Architects' broad experience and knowledge of architecture into one small and succinct building.
Introspective
Issue 76
A timber Federation cottage in Tassie is transformed into a highly personalised, ‘feathered’ sanctuary.
Tall Order
Issue 76
In a notable first for this publication, we present a house designed for giraffes.
Fresh
Issue 75
Family business Rhubarb Rhubarb is an organic grocer (you probably guessed that one!) that has been at the Preston Market for 20 years. When the time came to move spots and expand operations, the owners engaged Brave New Eco to design the fitout.
Tip Top
Issue 74
It makes sense that Melbourne’s Burwood Brickworks, dubbed “the world’s most sustainable shopping centre”, should be crowned with an urban rooftop farm championing farm to table eating.
Lights, Camera, Construction
Issue 76
An Irish film director is growing a home from hemp in a bid to save the planet.
Sweet As
Issue 76
Melbourne apiarist and architect Nic Dowse’s collective, Honey Fingers spreads the joy of beekeeping.
Tricks and Texture
Issue 75
Landscape architect Tim Nicholas has used design smarts to full effect in this textural, Japanese-inspired garden.
Treasure Hunters
Issue 74
Michael Tink and Erin Malloy’s Melbourne label, Wild to Ware, hand-makes jewellery that can be traced from source to sale.
Come One, Come All
Issue 72
Multi-res projects across the country that set the standard for society and sustainability.
Community Spirit
Issue 75
The magnificence of NSW’s Sapphire Coast is comparable only to the fortitude of its people.
Mountains, Moors and Rainforests
The terrain, flora and weather are important factors that make an epic trek, but it is also the guides who add so much to the journey on Tasmania’s iconic Overland Track.
Interest Peaked
Issue 69
The Southern Grampians offer a dynamic landscape for hiking and the iconic Royal Mail Hotel at the foot of the range is a welcoming gourmet destination.