Houses, June 2013

Houses

The best contemporary residential architecture, with inspirational ideas from leading architects and designers.

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Archive | Katelin Butler | 31 May 2013

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Some of the most interesting residential projects are alterations and additions, where a new layer of history is added to a house. And in terms …

People

People | Laura Harding | 13 Sep 2013

Profile: Sam Crawford Architects

The Sydney-based practice making a mark for tactile and engaging residential projects.

Discussion | 13 Sep 2013

Material palette: Sam Crawford Architects

Tactile materials in the houses by Sam Crawford Architects are integral to its body of work.

Studio

People | Esther Anatolitis | 26 Aug 2013

Studio: Ash Allen

Melbourne-based industrial designer Ash Allen combines the machined with the handmade.

First House

Projects | 2 Sep 2013

First House: Richard Kirk Architect

Richard Kirk Architect revisits Hawthorne Residence, the practice’s first project from 2003.

Projects

The soaring roof plane of the mullet-like addition floats above clerestory glazing.

Projects | Maitiú Ward | 11 Oct 2013

Mullet House

March Studio brings a playful addition to a polite Edwardian-era villa.

A clever use of space and colour prevents any feelings of confinement.

Projects | Chris Pearson | 30 Aug 2013

Freshwater Semi

A narrow Sydney semi transformed by David Boyle Architect.

Curved corners contrast the robust exterior treatment at the rear.

Projects | Brett Seakins | 30 Sep 2013

Preston Residence

An interwar Melbourne home deftly reinvigorated by Brett Tuer and Chris Jones.

A sequence of spatial transitions negotiates the steep descent.

Projects | Natalie Ward | 13 Aug 2013

Gallery House

A Sydney house by Domenic Alvaro integrates art into its living canvas of light and shade.

The character and shape of the original cowshed are kept.

Projects | Lucy Moloney | 28 Jun 2013

Cowshed House

The bold reworking of a late-nineteenth-century cowshed in Sydney by Carterwilliamson Architects.

The balcony reaches out to the wooded reserve beyond.

Projects | Bonnie Herring | 5 Sep 2013

House by the Park

Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture makes a community focal point of a Melbourne parkside home.

Mezzanine bedroom. Artwork: Lloyd Kwilla, Kulyayl Waterhole.

Projects | Margie Fraser | 16 Aug 2013

Teneriffe Warehouse Apartment

Wrightson Stewart Interior Design turn an old woolstore apartment into a tailored bachelor pad.

A little “nugget” of a building added to the site.

Projects | Stuart Harrison | 18 Sep 2013

Forever House

A suburban Melbourne house recast with a lateral approach by WoodWoodWard Architecture.

The practical, hoop-pine-clad kitchen lit by concealed downlights.

Projects | Eoghan Lewis | 6 Aug 2013

Tamarama Semi-D

David Langston-Jones reinvents the rear of a Sydney semi with a robust intervention.

Main bedroom. Artwork (L–R): Dick Watkins, John Peart, Ken Whisson.

Projects | Marcus Baumgart | 30 Jul 2013

East Melbourne House

Zoë Geyer’s respectful renovation of a grand historic terrace includes some resolutely modern moments.

Faux finish: the Victorian-style weatherboard facade is new – a council requirement, despite the existing building being 1980s brick-veneer.

Projects | Maitiú Ward | 12 Sep 2013

Model House

The Melbourne home of a set designer and a teacher, renovated by Breathe Architecture.

Revisited

The house was designed in the aftermath of the 1967 bushfires.

Projects | Genevieve Lilley | 6 Aug 2013

Fern Tree House (1969) revisited

McGlashan and Everist’s enduring design for a Hobart house.