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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Fresh finds • From warm tones to mood lighting, these pieces will instantly create an ambience within the home.

TREE HOUSE BY RETALLACK THOMPSON • A focus on human experience and a resourceful approach to construction result in an unpretentious family dwelling that affords everyone the space they need to feel at home.

RULE STREET HOUSE BY OFFICER WOODS ARCHITECTS • Choosing sufficiency in place of surplus, this suburban house balances built form with open space, to the benefit of occupants and the wider neighbourhood.

LISA & MATT’S PLACE BY REBEKAH VERRIER ARCHITECTURE & HAMISH SAUL • A modest but characterful addition to a much-loved home responds to the built context of the neighbourhood, and artfully fits the family that calls it home.

LISA AND MATT’S PLACE MEET THE OWNERS • Hobart couple Lisa and Matt only wanted a small addition to their 1950s red-brick house, but they knew they needed an architect for the task. They approached Rebekah Verrier Architecture and Hamish Saul to design a modest addition that would allow the family to stay in the home they loved. Lisa and Matt spoke with Alexa Kempton about their experience.

Charmaine Pang Architect • An intelligent extension to her own house in the Sydney suburb of Lilyfield provides clues about Charmaine Pang’s approach to architecture – with clever, subtle moves that add delight and spatial richness to domestic settings.

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Life alfresco • A considered collection of products to elevate any outdoor living space.

WEST END SHADE HOUSE BY VOKES AND PETERS • A garden room with a delicate veil of screens is an understated and accommodating addition that is elegantly sufficient for everyday domestic life.

MAPLETON HOUSE BY ATELIER CHEN HUNG • Conceived as an inhabited terrain, this new house on the Sunshine Coast challenges the conventions of domesticity and rethinks the way a house can frame a view.

BORROWED GARDEN HOUSE BY TOPOLOGY STUDIO • A Victorian cottage in bayside Melbourne is freed from its long, narrow plan with a clever addition that frames views up and out, and embeds the home in its walled garden.

ALEXANDRIA HOUSE BY LACHLAN SEEGERS ARCHITECT • A masterful handling of colour, form and light reframes a once-dilapidated terrace, creating an ordered and sophisticated retreat from a busy urban setting.

Rive Roshan DESIGN AND ART STUDIO • Amsterdam-based art practice Rive Roshan pushes industrial processes to create design objects that shift our perspective and capture the transience of light.

Atherton Tablelands House by David Langston-Jones • Inspired by Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice , architect David Langston-Jones relocated from London to Far North Queensland to establish his own practice. Thirty years later, David reflects on the lasting lessons from that move, and from his first residential commission.

TERRACE HOUSE MIRAGE BY ALCAMI ARCHITECTURE • Serious ambition and a singular aesthetic redresses the common pitfalls of the terraced house with intelligence, imagination and joy.

BACK TO FRONT HOUSE BY IAN MOORE ARCHITECTS • A confident recalibration finds clarity for a sandstone terrace that has endured 150 years of change, demonstrating a masterful...