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Ornament is not a crime: Contemporary interiors with a postmodern twist
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Hailing from Auckland but now based in Sydney, Gross has a master’s degree in the history of decorative arts and design from Parsons School of Design in New York. Widely published, she has contributed t...
Distributing happiness: Michele De Lucchi
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Michele De Lucchi has been a prominent figure in the Italian design world since the 1970s, crafting architecture, furniture, lamps, appliances, office equipment and a variety of everyday products into...
A laid-back state of mind: Sandy Point House
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One of the owners of Sandy Point House has been holidaying in the beachside hamlet of Sandy Point all her life. She spent her family vacations there as a child, and continues to do so today with her h...
Dark and stormy: Three Stories North
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Three Stories North is not your traditional family home. Celebrating the character of the 1890s building it occupies, this house is dark, moody and industrial while still being imbued with softness an...
A ‘one-in-100-year renovation’: Concrete Blonde
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Do it once and do it right. That was the attitude of the clients of Concrete Blonde, who wished to create a beautiful, long-lasting addition for their Federation-era house in Annandale, Sydney. “It wo...
Suburban escape: Cooks River House
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Sydney’s Inner West has pockets of strong suburban character, with Federation and Californian bungalows lining the streets. But step through the front gate at Cooks River House and suburbia is left be...
Natural luxury: Swiss holiday home
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Timber has long been used in the construction of houses but, in recent years, architects and designers have, increasingly, taken to using timber in more creative ways inside the home. Valued for its r...
Architectural origami: Victorian terrace
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Hatherlie has a distinctive presence, perched at the top of a hill in Fitzroy North, Melbourne. The two-storeyed terrace on a double-width block is set back from the street and half concealed by uprig...
Hot House: Great Granny House
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Great Granny House is the home of a retired couple that moved from Melbourne to the hinterland behind Lennox Head on the northern New South Wales coast to enjoy a more tranquil life. The clients engag...
Catching the wave
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Research into the ways in which architecture influences aesthetic judgement and the decision to approach or avoid has found that we have a natural preference for curvilinear rather than rectilinear fo...
Extra-ordinary
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Your ordinary brick is a ubiquitous building material that’s been used in architecture since ancient times: functional, cost-effective, commonplace. However, the architectural and spatial effects crea...
Made to measure: Moscow Apartment
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Apartments are often built in a pared-back utilitarian style with stock-standard materials and limited variations in layout and size. But, while all apartments in an apartment building may be born equ...
Salute to the sun: Nagano House
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Traditional Japanese architecture has a balanced relationship with nature and a temporal context. Spaces are layered to create buildings that coexist with nature and people, and they are configured to...
Reflections by the pond
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Richard Sennett in his 2008 book The Craftsman posed two ideas about craftsmanship that almost perfectly describe the ethos behind this space. Craftsmanship is the “intimate connection between hand an...
Fine grain of detail: Mosman House
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Sitting in a prominent position overlooking Sydney Harbour, Mosman House balances the generous proportions of the architecture and the monumentality of concrete construction with a focus on everyday l...
Hot House: Brickface
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Melbourne is famous for its laneways, but it’s more known for its central city alleyways than suburban back streets, which are often underutilised and neglected. However, like the revitalisation of th...
The Waterdog
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Adaptive reuse projects seek to achieve a balance between preserving the original building for its architectural and cultural heritage and creating a functional living or working space to contribute t...
Patina and texture: 102 The Mill
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As a writer I’m interested in words: their meanings, usage and origins. When I toured 102 The Mill with Shaun Carter of Carter Williamson Architects, the word “building” was used frequently as both a ...
Sensory experience: Mosman House
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Located on the steep hill above Balmoral Beach in Sydney, Mosman House enjoys panoramic views over the bay and harbour towards North Head. A raw material palette provides a cool, calm backdrop and emp...
Magic touch: Gold Coast residence
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Timber and concrete possess a certain architectural magic. As natural materials, their textures provide expression and variety in architecture, giving life to form and space and creating a sensorial e...
Artful apertures: Cloud House
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Some of the most considered decisions an architect makes in the course of a project are often the most discreet in the finished product. They are also an opportunity to learn and investigate new ideas...
Above the curve: Concord Apartment
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Phillips Landing is a residential enclave on the banks of Sydney’s Parramatta River. Completed in 1996, it comprises fifteen two- to four-storey buildings that together accommodate 178 apartments. The...
Calm simplicity: Marrickville House
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Simplicity can go a long way in architecture. This house in Marrickville, Sydney is a 1930s brick villa that had a simple lean-to at the rear. Now the lean-to is gone and a two-storey addition accommo...