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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BECK STREET BY LINEBURG WANG • On a Brisbane site burdened by flooding, this residence negotiates and acquiesces to the cycles of nature, balancing a utilitarian undercroft that will endure the flood with a richly layered and refined home.

MB APARTMENT BY BOKEY GRANT ARCHITECTS • A series of small, surgical interventions to a modest 1960s apartment in Sydney results in a reimagined interior that speaks to the past yet is firmly set in the present.

ANNERLEY HOUSE BY ZUZANA AND NICHOLAS ARCHITECTS • Pragmatic and delightful in equal measure, this modest alteration and addition to a Brisbane cottage dovetails house and garden, finding plentiful opportunities for spatial richness in small-footprint living.

ANNERLEY HOUSE MEET THE OWNER • When Tamsin Cull engaged Zuzana and Nicholas Architects to renovate her small cottage in Annerley, Brisbane, she longed for a design that would nurture her love for her garden. Georgia Birks speaks with Tamsin about her experience of working with an architect.

Studio Martin • By weaving together their complementary talents, sisters Lauren and Amanda Martin merge big-picture thinking with detail-oriented design to create materially rich yet minimalist residential spaces that enrich their clients’ lives.

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FEDERAL HOUSE BY EDITION OFFICE • Acknowledging the restorative power of prospect and refuge, this new house in the Northern Rivers hinterland proffers a dramatic, bunker-like shell that peels open to reveal a warm and intimate inner sanctuary.

HILLSIDE HOUSE BY VOKES AND PETERS • On an elevated but steeply sloping site in inner-suburban Brisbane, this new dual-aspect house knits together interior and landscape, striking a balance between traditional building character and contemporary sensibilities.

BANKSIA HOUSE BY APHORA ARCHITECTURE • Tucked behind the dunes on the northern New South Wales coast, an adaptable dwelling makes use of resilient materials that bestow both a solid and a diaphanous quality, immersing the inhabitants in the beauty of the site and the seasons.

Material world

South Drawn • Collaboration, artisanal craftsmanship and rigorous experimentation are at the heart of this Melbourne-based lighting studio.

Armature for a Window by Panov and Scott Architect • In the process of designing their first house – and their own house – Anita Panov and Andrew Scott re-imagined a small and narrow terrace house as a frame for an overscaled window to the garden.

ELWOOD BUNGALOW BY ROB KENNON ARCHITECTS • In the garden suburb of Elwood, Melbourne, a delicate balance of addition and subtraction gives rise to an elegant home that is intrinsically linked to its site, family and city.

KILLORA BAY BY LARA MAESEELE WITH TANNER ARCHITECTS • On Tasmania’s North Bruny, in an area populated by white gums and stands of grass trees, this holiday home for a young family serves as an elegant living platform that offers many ways to enjoy its bush setting.

JACKA CRESCENT TOWNHOUSES BY CO-AP ARCHITECTS • Drawing on Canberra’s legacy of Brutalist architecture, three distinctive townhouses navigate a sloping site with a collection of living pavilions that hinge around secluded courtyard gardens.

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