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Up There by Kennedy Nolan
Kennedy Nolan’s interior design for Up There’s new flagship in Melbourne exemplifies immersive retail.
Crumpler Melbourne
Wowowa Architecture has stepped outside its standard practice to design the flagship store for this “deeply Melbourne” bag brand.
CommercialLime Street Skin Clinic
In a nondescript commercial space in Sydney, Jason Byrne Design has balanced flair with finesse to create a skin clinic with a distinctive character.
HealthThree top architecturally designed Airbnbs to rent this holiday season
Airbnb Australia has revealed the finalists and winners of its 2023 Airbnb Host Awards. Here are three top architecturally designed homes named finalists for their memorable design qualities:
Top five houses of 2023
We reflect on the top five houses of 2023, each one a demonstration of exquisite detail, unique character and rich composition.
Top five interiors of 2023
As the year comes to a close, we reflect on the stand-out interiors of 2023. From restaurants, libraries and galleries to pottery studios and retail stores, this year has unveiled countless projects of the highest calibre.
MPavilion 2023
Professor of architecture at the Melbourne School of Design, Paul Walker reviews MPavilion 10, designed by Japanese architect and 1995 Pritzker Prize laureate Tadao Ando, and executive architect Sean Godsell.
Public / culturalDP House by Bokey Grant
This modest home in Sydney’s Wahroonga is an exemplar in how small, relatively inexpensive modifications can totally transform a dwelling.
First House: Avalon Beach House by Sam Crawford and Emili Fox
Abundant enthusiasm outweighed limited experience for Sam Crawford when his sister called with an invitation to renovate a tired 1950s beach shack. Sam reflects on how this house, designed in collaboration with Emili Fox, kickstarted his career in architecture.
ResidentialShed House by Breakspear Architects
With an internal courtyard at its core, this new home for a family of five is equal parts ordered and elastic, providing space for living, working and making in the Sydney suburbs.
ResidentialFive Stradbroke Island houses
Continuing our series on holiday homes on the islands off the main coast of Australia, here are five houses that capture the essence of Straddie life.
Cloudview by Paul Uhlmann Architects
In Queensland’s Gold Coast Hinterland, a cabin hovers above a rainforest and floats among the clouds. Fittingly named Cloudview, the holiday accommodation is located on the peak of Springbrook Mountain.
OM1 and Mobile Studio by Dimensions X
With traditional construction methods beset by time and cost uncertainties, the time is ripe to explore alternatives. This prefabricated house is assembled in just three weeks.
ResidentialBox Hill North Primary School by Sibling Architecture
Reflecting its residential context, this junior learning hub by Sibling Architecture uses colour and form to meet the needs of those in their first years at school.
Education, InteriorsThe Cottage by Justin Humphrey Architects
Preferring elaboration over eradication, this adaptation of a 1970s house disrupts pervading Gold Coast attitudes toward older housing and revels in its suburban context.
ResidentialMoonee Ponds House by Lovell Burton Architecture
On a traditional street in Melbourne’s west, a new house pairs pragmatic planning and cost-effective material use with surprising volume to reframe the dream of a suburban family home.
ResidentialThat Old Chestnut by Figr
Taking complex site conditions in its stride, this compact worker’s cottage addition channels the suburb’s industrial character while crafting a surprisingly secluded urban sanctuary.
ResidentialFive Phillip Island holiday homes
We round up five houses on Victoria’s Phillip Island, to see how architects have responded to the island’s beach culture, the wind-swept landscapes and endemic structures.
Alexander House by Trace Architects
In this extract from The New Modernist House, author Patricia Callan discovers how this 1958 standout example of the new modern living was brought back from near death through an immense 12-year labour of love.
Placidus Student Welfare Spaces for Marcellin College
Branch Studio Architects and Marcellin College seek to enhance student wellbeing through a series of empathetic interiors that re-interpret the Marist Brothers’ Catholic tradition.
EducationM House by Rama Architects
Taking inspiration from Brazilian modernist design principles, this secluded family home by Rama Architects recedes discreetly into its backdrop on the verdant shoreline of Sydney’s Clareville Beach.
Armadale House by Neeson Murcutt Neille
This resourceful alteration forgoes the temptation to build anew, instead recalibrating a Victorian home and its 1990s addition to suit contemporary family life.
ResidentialQuarry Box by MCK Architects
Changing constraint to opportunity, the design of this new home turns a Sydney site edged with a jagged sandstone face into a private setting well suited to family life.
ResidentialY3 Garden by Dan Young Landscape Architect with Donovan Hill
This artfully composed outdoor room reconsiders the central courtyard of a seminal Queensland home, providing a dog-proof filter between the house and the street.
Landscape / urbanRevisited: Beach House, Wye River by Col Bandy
Reminiscent of a treehouse, this 1992 beach house, designed in 1992 by Col Bandy, employed efficient construction to minimize its impact on the site. Today, it is evocative of the simple pleasures of a seaside weekender.
Such and Such by My My My Architecture
In the civic heart of Canberra, a new restaurant adapts to changing times of day and functional requirements with a dynamic design by My My My Architecture.
HospitalityArmidale Residence by Richards Stanisich
This new house in the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales recalls the clients’ former farmhouse and provides a secluded sanctuary shielded from the street view.
James Garden Pavilion by UME Architecture
Set in the subtropical verdure of Brisbane’s New Farm, this outdoor room is an ornamental frame of blockwork and foliage that contributes to an elevated, extroverted domestic life.
Landscape / urbanSpring Creek Road Farm House by Architect Brew Koch
On a farm in Victoria’s Golden Plains that operates as a biodiversity offset, this house is at once uncanny and homely, creating a restful base for taking care of the land.
Westgarth House by Michael McKeon Architecture
A light-washed addition to an Edwardian dwelling retains the warmth and character of a much-loved family home, ready for the next generation’s memories and milestones.