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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Houses

Fresh finds • A collection of elegantly designed and beautifully crafted furniture and lighting hand-picked by the Houses team.

RED HILL HOUSE AND STUDIO BY ZUZANA AND NICHOLAS • The latest layers in a gradual process of adaptation to a Queenslander explore the congruence between public and private space, work and family life, tradition and innovation.

JAMES STREET BY TAYLOR AND HINDS ARCHITECTS • Informed by the built history of Launceston, this layered and intriguing new residence is framed by ideas of the house as a piece of the urban fabric of the city, and a vessel for private life.

SMITH HOUSE BY FOWLER AND WARD • Small but deliberate steps to revive, rather than reinvent, a brown-brick home lean into the seventies spirit, highlighting the future potential of this often under-celebrated era of Australian housing.

Not All Architecture • Based on the south coast of Victoria and formed by a partnership that bridges design and construction, this studio’s decisions are underpinned by a desire to treat all elements – both human and non-human – with equal importance.

Bookshelf

Made to last • A round-up of innovative and resource-efficient products designed with longevity and responsibility front of mind.

Rethink the concept of space with REVEGO pocket systems • Create multifunctional living spaces that can be easily revealed and concealed with REVEGO, a new streamlined pocket door system from Blum.

CARLYLE DRIVE HOUSE BY ME • A process of extraction recodes a 1970s home in the Gold Coast suburbs, positing rehabilitation as a vital alternative to a raze-and-rebuild mindset.

SOUTH PERTH HOUSE BY SIMON PENDAL ARCHITECT • Wrapped in a facade of over-scaled shingles, this beguiling addition peels away from the existing Arts and Crafts home and envelops a continuous set of rooms that unfurl across and down the site.

BOB’S BUNGALOW BY BLAIR SMITH ARCHITECTURE • A labour of love for its owners and architect alike, this addition to a Californian bungalow looks beyond the narrow limitations of real-estate metrics in favour of joy, authenticity and idiosyncrasy.

Snelling Studio FURNITURE AND LIGHTING DESIGNER • Much-loved New Zealand-based design company Douglas and Bec is reborn as Snelling Studio, spurred by director Bec Snelling’s pursuit of conceptually rich and exploratory ideas.

Riverview by Matt Elkan Architect (now Incidental Architecture) FIRST HOUSE • This first house – and the practice it brought into being – materialised thanks to friends, chance encounters and a generous writer. The enduring lesson, Matt Elkan writes, was the importance of good people.

SIX WAYS HOUSE BY KENNEDY NOLAN • On a corner site in Fitzroy North, a new house delicately and deftly weaves together the built histories of the neighbourhood with the personal stories of the people who call it home.

MADDISON APARTMENT BY STUDIO JOHNSTON • A Sydney apartment is effectively replanned and evocatively embellished with colour and texture, readying the home for many years of spirited family life.

PETA’S HOUSE BY MT EYK • A compact, income-generating home for a sole occupant eschews conventional ideas about market value, demonstrating an alternate model for diverse, affordable housing that favours...