Houses, April 2011
HousesThe best contemporary residential architecture, with inspirational ideas from leading architects and designers.
People
Emili Fox and Conrad Johnston
Fox Johnston draws on its alteration and addition experience to create innovative design solutions.
Material palette: Fox Johnston
Fox Johnston chooses materials, products and textures that complement the intricacies of each individual project.
Dinner in honour of Glenn Murcutt
Vola celebrates the life and work of Glenn Murcutt at a Sydney dinner.
Reading
The Three Little Pigs
An architectural take on the traditional tale where the pigs read Domus and Abitare and sit in Thonet and Gehry chairs.
Narrow Houses
Avi Friedman looks at the benefits of a long narrow footprint through a variety of examples.
The Green House
This book looks at the energy-efficient, low-impact systems used in a suite of houses from around the world.
Review
Images of the Pacific Rim
Through a series of essays in this book, Erika Esau shows the aesthetic connection she dubs a modern “Pacific Rim” style.
The Ipswich House exhibition
Thirteen contemporary artists recapture the heritage charm of Ipswich homes in a variety of media.
Product
The art of life
Household elements from Houses 79.
Warp and weft
A selection of woven fabrics from Houses 79.
Furniture update
Seating, tables, beds and storage units from Houses 79.
Sustainability
Renovating the suburbs
Renovating is an opportunity to rethink how a house can be occupied more sustainably.
Balmoral House
A case study in sustainable design through the provision of adaptable space.
Projects
Haberfield House
The restoration of a Federation house in Sydney’s Haberfield adds new layers of history while retaining the old.
Paddington House
Anthony Gill Architects combines two Sydney terraces into one family home.
Roofscape House
A Melbourne terrace-house extension by Antarctica.
Scape House
A compact beach house overlooking Bass Strait uses a seamless black folding form to increase its stature.
Hampton Farmhouse
A Blue Mountains retreat by Noxon Giffen with a wave-like roof in the colour of gum leaves, inside and out.
Pirates Bay pavilions
Between forest and sea on the edge of the Tasman National Park, two pavilions fit snugly into the steep landscape.
Shoreham House
A set of long, low-slung adjoining pavilions form a Mornington Peninsula house by SJB Architects.
Alexandria House
Architect Tom Ferguson puts a pocket-sized garden at the centre of a Sydney terrace as part of its reinvention.
Woolwich House
A site-responsive Sydney house by Neeson Murcutt Architects.
East Melbourne Residence
Camouflaged from the street frontage by a reinstated Victorian facade is a finely detailed and furnished haven by Baldasso Cortese.
Studio
Studio: Stefan Schöning
Belgian designer Stefan Schöning is building his portfolio of quietly quirky furniture.
Studio: Kasper Salto
Furniture designer Kasper Salto takes a “form follows function” approach to pieces contoured for comfort.
Revisited
Bawley Point House (1994) revisited
Fergus Scott revisits a house by Peter Stutchbury.
More articles
Our Houses talk
In November 2010 James Jones and Mike Jenkins, architect and client, talked about the Trial Bay House at the Walsh Street House.