Architecture
A Eighties Bushland Dwelling Constructed Solely From Recycled Supplies
This mudbrick Healesville, Victoria dwelling is totally one among a sort—a product of its fully recycled materials and handmade development by house owners Robert and Judy Holland. The couple bought the bushland block within the mid Eighties as a totally clean slate. ‘Its attraction was apparent with its abundance of wildlife and gorgeous panorama with […]
8 Memorable Mid-Century Houses From 2022
Australia’s Greatest Beachcomber By Modernist Architect Nino Sydney This Nineteen Sixties Blue Mountains residence is taken into account the most effective standing instance of architect Nino Sydney’s work, who handed away earlier this yr at 89 years of age. Regardless of a flurry of present media curiosity in Nino and this explicit home, the architect’s […]
An Off-Grid, Fashionable Nation Farmhouse In Regional Victoria
Each builder’s dream is to discover a ‘clear slate’ to rework into their dream dwelling. For Wade Builders’ Steven Wade and spouse Margaret, it took many weekends of driving round regional Victoria and consistently looking out the Web to seek out their good block. However after they discovered an empty block in Winchelsea in 2018, […]
Heritage Appeal Meets 6-Star Sustainability In This Putting Household Dwelling
There’s loads to like in regards to the elegant heritage facade of this Northcote household pad. However earlier than its renovation, the inside informed acquainted tales of Melbourne’s typical interval properties, with darkish, chilly, disconnected areas and an uninspiring renovation on the again. So when the house owners – a household of 5 – engaged […]
This Grand Edwardian Hides A Spectacular + Playful Renovation
Consider it or not, this grand Edwardian residence in Hawthorn has no heritage itemizing and will have simply been demolished. Fortunately, the house owners appreciated its magnificence, and referred to as in WOWOWA to assist reconcile its layered historical past with their imaginative and prescient for a contemporary residence, that embraced the ‘chaos’ – and […]
A Breezy + Sustainably Minded Extension Designed For Entertaining
Updating this Brunswick interval residence was all about creating new areas for entertaining, whereas retaining as a lot of the unique home as attainable. House owners Kylie and Dave engaged Ben Callery Architects for the renovation of their double-fronted Edwardian. On the highest of their listing was the power to open the again of the […]
A Playful Renovation + Extension Of A 1910s Edwardian Weatherboard Cottage
Architect George Meek, of Studio Meek, and his associate Matt Madden knew they’d uncovered a gem once they first laid eyes on this 1910 Edwardian weatherboard cottage in Newtown, Geelong. The house had already obtained a tidy renovation within the early 2000s, with re-stumping and portray, ‘Nevertheless, the yellow-based cream partitions and pretend heritage blackwood […]
A Mild-Crammed Renovation Of A South-Dealing with Heritage House In Hobart
The transient for this South Hobart, Tasmania residence renovation wasn’t for a large number of extra rooms, however ‘mild, vibrant and practical areas’ with an improved connection to the backyard. The problem was the location’s south-facing orientation exacerbated by slender aspect setbacks and site in a heritage precinct. Studio Ilk labored with the consumer’s strict […]
How This Serene Yard Cabin Was Designed To Survive Floods + Bushfires
House owners Casey and Martin Johnston created Byron St Studio as a relaxing yard escape, designed to ‘stand the check of time’, and face up to a pure catastrophe. The couple beforehand had their household dwelling on a vacant block on New South Wales’ North Coast and once they determined to increase their home just […]
A Sunny, Nostalgic Extension For A California Bungalow
Earlier than its renovation, this solid-red brick bungalow in Coburg harboured a shabby, asbestos-clad lean-to extension, closed off from the backyard. This was lower than superb for the house owners, who approached Drawing Room Structure and Courageous New Eco with hopes of making an adaptable house that would serve their younger household now, and into […]