Issue 109

Issue 109 comes out May 4. Order on its own or as part of a subscription.

Cover photography by Saskia Wilson. Featuring architecture by studio Trias.

In this issue, our feature Chameleon brings together four very different approaches to prefabricated and modular homes across Australia and New Zealand, showing how a love of timber, a suburban or bush setting, or a predilection for mid-century modern can make these into anything homes. Featuring Homewerk, Arkit, Simon Anderson and Trias. With words by Penny Craswell and photography by Cam Neate, Biddi Rowley, Aaron Pocock, Lachlan Kain and Saskia Wilson.

In this issue, we profile Bronwen Main and Frank Burridge, biomaterials pioneers behind regenerative design practice Main & Frank, on a mission to make biomaterials a no-brainer for the built environment, and architecture truly regenerative. With text by Kath Dolan.

Our first architecture feature; downtrodden, broken and far from its share house glory days, a classic Sydney terrace is revived, with clever fixes restoring dignity and replacing a rotting timber deck with a robust galvanised steel terrace that brings in light and resolves long-term maintenance issues. With text by Penny Craswell and photography by Hamish McIntosh.

Our second architecture feature; familial understanding and sensitive interventions have opened up a small Melbourne weatherboard cottage with subtlety and grace, celebrating a glorious yellow gum while restoring cherished heritage moments and introducing a thermally comfortable, all-electric home with flexible spaces. With text by Kath Dolan and photography by Tom Ross.

Next up; pooling resources, two Sydney architecture practices have turned a corner shop into an expanded office for one of them and a home for the other, creating a shared solution that combines workplace and living within a single adapted building. With text by Lara Chapman and photography by Andreas Bommert.

Our final architecture feature; by opening up and rearranging a small Melbourne block, one house has become a series of multigenerational spaces, creating flexible living across a compact site through a careful reworking of plan and connection. With text by Aleesha Callahan and photography by Dave Kulesza.

Our first landscape feature looks to a climate-positive house wrapped by an extraordinary garden, where creating a thoroughfare for bandicoots was the impetus, allowing wildlife movement while shaping a landscape that connects habitat, home and surrounding environment. With text by Aleesha Callahan and photography by Dave Kulesza.

And our second landscape feature explores redefining the street as a shared public space, giving this neighbourhood in the city of Mantua, in Italy, a glorious extended garden and the calm that comes when pedestrians are prioritised. With text by Jenny Lyon and photography by Stefano Graziani and Jacopo Valentini.

In our Not Wasted feature, local and international projects utilise waste in creative and productive ways, exploring how discarded materials can be reimagined through design and construction. With text by Ellie Keft and photography by Baptiste Coulon.

And finally, our travel feature visits the far west coast of South Australia, where a camping trip to Eyre Peninsula in an electric car is both a revelation and a return to simplicity. With text by Tom Bodycomb and photos by Tamsin O’Neill.

Our regular Upfront section showcases projects, practices and ideas we love — including Mia Chair, ReCinder, Ballast Table, Moya Delany lighting, Permanent Camping III, 3YS stool, No Time to Waste, Breathe Palette, Front Door Friend I & II, Bar Monte and Mood Mirror. With words by Ellie Keft and photography by Pier Carthew, Jess Humpston, Zella Casey Brown and Matt McQuiggan.

Issue 109 comes out May 4. Order on its own or as part of a subscription.