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Soaked in Melbourne’s storied share house and artistic history, this warehouse and its garden is as social and vibrant as its famous inhabitant.
A family project a decade in the making turns local housing conventions on their head, with an indoor-outdoor delight of vaulted pavilions and a 40-metre-long spine perfect for play.
Identifying rare Tasmanian Modernism, a client with an eye for detail gathers like minds to retain and extend a faded beauty.
Crafted for creating memories across generations, a timeless coastal retreat embraces ocean vistas, surrounding bushland and family connection.
“Make us float” said the owners of a bald hill in a spectacular pocket of Victoria’s Mornington. Site constraints notwithstanding, their wish was Foomann Architects’ command.
A cool and contemporary spin on the Tasmanian shack tradition enhances the experience of being in the bush.
Canny clients team up with local architects to create a simple, economical and beautifully realised regional home.
A Bannockburn groundskeeper’s cottage – of sorts – on the regenerating farm of two design educators offers refuge, connection and clear views.
Removing trip hazards was just the tip of the iceberg when considering the design for this this deeply modest age-in-place home in a flame zone.
Nightingale Marrickville is an innovative build-to-rent project providing affordable housing with outstanding design and sustainability credentials.
Nightingale Evergreen is a major chapter in the story of developing well-designed and affordable housing that run counter to urban sprawl and ticky-tacky builds.
In a notable first for this publication, we present a house designed for giraffes.
Soaked in Melbourne’s storied share house and artistic history, this warehouse and its garden is as social and vibrant as its famous inhabitant.
A garden in inner-suburban Melbourne shows the beauty of the Australian landscape and the fruits of a free-flowing creative process.
Urban gardens bring connection, cultural relevance and financial savings to Melbourne’s public housing communities.
The experience of swimming in a stunning new ocean pool begins and ends in these equally beautiful changerooms.
What stands out about recent prefabricated buildings is their sheer flexibility. While some are still simple, increasingly the forms – and materials – of prefab are becoming more complex. This collection includes multi-storey and even multi-residential examples across Australia and New Zealand.
There is nothing quite as hard and unforgiving – and beautiful – as being able to live removed and immersed within the coastal valleys of South Australia.
The magnificence of NSW’s Sapphire Coast is comparable only to the fortitude of its people.
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.
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.
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