Urban

Union House in Brunswick presented the brief from heaven for Austin Maynard Architects: a playful home for an energetic family and open-minded owners bursting with ideas.

Freedom and exploration, in both architecture and landscape, flow through Bismarck House, designed by Andrew Burges Architects and Dangar Barin Smith.

Via Porta, Eatery & Deli is more than a restaurant: it’s an homage to the Italian heritage of Studio Esteta co-Director, Sarah Cosentino and her siblings Simon, Jonathan and Ryan.

Anthrosite Architects used Structural Insulated Panels to reduce construction time and costs for this affordable housing development in Newcastle.

A home by Clare Cousins Architects and garden by Eckersley Garden Architecture uses a sloping site and simple, efficient forms to nestle a family of four into a bushy block near Blackburn’s Gardiner’s Creek.

Joost Bakker has created a Greenhouse mark V and this is his most ambitious and thought-provoking to-date.

A challengingly-oriented site proved no match for NIELSEN JENKINS, who created a contemporary place of refuge that celebrates daily happenings.

Working closely with devoted clients, Breathe Architecture has turned a run-down warehouse in Brunswick, Melbourne into a “beautifully insulated” family home.

Kate Stokes and Haslett Grounds, of Melbourne-based furniture and lighting design studio Coco Flip, happily create at their own pace – always with sustainability and integrity front of mind.

In defiance of a building report recommending demolition, a Brunswick artist and her partner challenged Zen Architects to retain as much as possible of their Victorian weatherboard while creating an impeccably sustainable home/studio animated by glorious landscaping and locally-handcrafted detailing.

It started with a humble set of Flea chairs. And it ended with an epic penthouse refurbishment atop Fender Katsalidis’ iconic Hero building, in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD.

Architect Clinton Cole integrated landscape, food and energy into the architecture of his family home to create a machine for sustaining life.