Houses

For the architect, designer, home owner, home builder or anyone simply interested in the best residential design, every issue of Houses tells the story of inspirational homes, their surrounds and the products that complete them. Through generous pictorial coverage from leading photographers, floor plans and lists of selected products, you share the delight of each home presented. You’ll also meet some of the creative people who designed them and keep up with the latest design trends and issues. Be inspired!

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SYDNEY HOUSE BY CAVILL ARCHITECTS • A contemporary yet complementary addition to a 1950s house in New Farm is a tribute to the unsung history of brick in Brisbane’s residential architecture.

HELVETIA BY AUSTIN MAYNARD ARCHITECTS • A commitment to principled repair and retention shaped the subtle but serious adaptive reuse of this historic Melbourne terrace.

TRILOGY HOUSE BY PETER STUTCHBURY ARCHITECTURE • A third chapter for a house designed in 1961 by Peter Muller, with subsequent additions by Glenn Murcutt and Wendy Lewin, is a masterfully layered design that connects with the past, and with place.

STUMPY GULLY HOUSE BY MARKOWITZ DESIGN WITH STAVRIAS ARCHITECTURE • Seemingly effortless yet upheld by unwavering structural logic, this understated new home invites easygoing living, like the simple beach shacks that inspired it.

HOUSES AWARDS 2023 JURY

MERRICKS FARMHOUSE BY MICHAEL LUMBY WITH NIELSEN JENKINS

ARMADALE HOUSE BY NEESON MURCUTT NEILLE

SUNDAY BY ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE

SHIPLAP HOUSE BY CHENCHOW LITTLE

MERRICKS FARMHOUSE BY MICHAEL LUMBY WITH NIELSEN JENKINS

BLOK STAFFORD HEIGHTS BY BLOK MODULAR WITH VOKES AND PETERS

SPRING STREET BY MARCH STUDIO

COOGEE COURTYARD BY SAHA

MILLERS POINT TOWNHOUSE BY DESIGN 5 ARCHITECTS

MONTY SIBBEL BY NUUD STUDIO

SAHA

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SHORTLIST

CHROFI • The skilfully planned residential work of this practice responds to the particularities of people and place, an approach underpinned by the directors’ expertise in city-making.

HH House by Donovan Hill • Unencumbered by convention and brimming with ambition, this remarkable addition to a Brisbane cottage is likened by its owners to “living in an artwork.” Designed in 1991, the house was a prelude to the extraordinary work of Donovan Hill, a practice that went on to have a profound influence on architectural practice in Queensland, and across Australia.

Modern Beach Homes: 1950–70 • This Adelaide exhibition chronicled the emergence of the modern beach house along South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula, recalling an era of glamour, aspiration and nascent leisure culture.