Local Knowledge
A newly-expanded Brisbane home enriches the lives of the family living within it and the neighbourhood in which it stands.
Articles
Inspirational articles from the pages of green magazine
Changing Tune
Issue 67
Taking an active approach to passive design, Anderson Architecture uses the terrace-house typology to achieve an eight-star rating.
Treasure Chest
Issue 67
“The brief was for a classic, Italian-inspired café designed like a jewellery box,” explains Ohlo Studio of Willing Coffee, a venue in Guildford, WA.
Ebb and Flow
Issue 67
Edition Office’s Point Lonsdale beach house marries formal volumes with informal patterns of use.
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.
Hide-out
Issue 68
Crump Treehouse is the hang-out spot of our childhood dreams (and our adult ones, too, to be honest).
Vantage Point
Issue 67
A pared-back off-grid home on an exposed Kilmore ridgeline overlooking Mount Piper is a peaceful, sheltering retreat from which to relax and slowly regenerate degraded farmland.
Odd One Out
Issue 66
A New Zealand architect and his clients were content to play by their own rules when it came to creating a coastal family retreat.
History in the Making
Issue 68
The Oxford Scholar’s Swanston Street site has a proud history: a pub has existed in this very spot since the Victorian gold rush.
Time and Place
Issue 67
Living Edge’s Perth showroom by HASSELL synthesises the brand’s passion for longevity, simplicity and sustainability across three levels and some 1000-square-metres.
Suspense
Issue 66
Designed by Richard Stampton Architects, this showroom for Australian fine jeweller Cushla Whiting in Melbourne delves far deeper than a conventional retail experience.
Unsung Hero
Issue 67
Seeking to remind us of the time and effort that goes into producing a humble loaf, London-based designers Studio MICAT created an outdoor gym that makes bread, located at a children’s camp in the United States.
Nurturing Nature
Issue 67
The Diggers Club is committed to preserving seeds and the art of growing them for the gardeners of tomorrow.
The Next Chapter
Issue 67
A family’s garden straddles the past, present and future in tender homage to the importance of domestic landscapes in our lives.
Striking a Balance
A selection of bathrooms of different shapes, sizes and styles to capture one's imagination.
A Cut Above
Issue 65
A compilation of knock-out kitchens to pique your interest and excite your imagination.
Working Smarter
Issue 64
You never work a day in your life if you enjoy it – so the saying goes. We’ve rounded up a variety of offices that turn working environments into spaces for creativity, collaboration and cohesion.
Dive In
Issue 67
Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula offers cuisine, produce and sights that cater to any palate.
Treasure Island
Issue 66
Historic Norfolk Island is not short on charm, local character or natural beauty.
Places They Swam
Issue 65
For their book, Places We Swim, Caroline Clements and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon scoured Australia for the most notable spots to take a dip. Here are their highlights.