Local Character
Issue 62
Light, bright and bold: this architect’s Perth family home is a modern take on gable-roofed character buildings complete with top-notch views.
Light, bright and bold: this architect’s Perth family home is a modern take on gable-roofed character buildings complete with top-notch views.
Maddison Architects director Drew Carling and designer Jenni Draper found plenty to love about a “defensive” 45-year-old brown brick legal office on a tapering block in West Melbourne. The beauty of their high-impact renovation is its exquisite restraint.
Panovscott has turned a workers cottage inside out and back-to-front to borrow from and contribute to the surrounding landscape.
An unassuming home is reworked into a finely detailed family environment that subtly honours craftsmanship.
Penny Fuller and Jad Silvester’s reconfiguration of their 40-square-metre one-bedroom apartment was an exercise in efficiency. The architects, who lead their own practice, Silvester Fuller, made dimensional improvements and utilised visual tricks to maximise the space functionally and visually.
A landmark modernist home in Brisbane is given a new lease on life through an empathetic and considered restoration.
Figr Architecture have re-created a family flexible home that’s small, comfortable and a little bit cheeky.
A small red brick home is transformed with a series of beautiful, linked and seemingly simple boxes deliberately at odds with the original house.
Two couples have divided their land but united their lifestyles in this incredible sub-divided property.
Crayon House is an architectural triple threat: playful, practical and sustainable.
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