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River Hearth House by Arcke
Rebuffing the temptation of the singular view, this new house evokes memories of the site’s past occupation to craft a place for living and making on the Brisbane River.
ResidentialFirst House: Kieron Gait Architects
For Kieron Gait, this modest renovation in the Brisbane suburbs was a ‘spare-time labour of love.’ Completed in 2008 by Kieron and his partner Wei Shun Lee, it was both their own home and the unintentional start to their practice.
ResidentialOne for all: York
Function is key for this family of four, and their reimagined Queenslander is at once sophisticated and relaxed.
ResidentialA mini metropolis: Live Work Share House
Three spaces, ten occupants and one flexible plan: Bligh Graham Architects’ Live Work Share House is a multi-use prototype where everyone can feel at home.
ResidentialConfidence and conviction: Rainworth Hill House
Engaging with a traditional Queenslander in a contemporary way, this home is a progression of spaces, with intersecting sightlines to its neighbourhood at one end.
ResidentialRippling reflections: Toowong Lighthouse
Grecian forms and classic colours were used to invoke the inhabitants’ family ties in this clever, playful extension to a 1930s Californian bungalow in Brisbane.
ResidentialRobust yet refined: Bulimba Hill House
The renovation of a dilapidated 1920s Queenslander develops a sympathetic dialogue between the original house and its contemporary elements.
ResidentialLight and airy: Clayfield Fern House
Voluminous yet resourceful, this lightweight addition to a Queenslander is a pragmatic solution that filters sunlight and buffers noise while also serving as a delightfully adaptable outdoor room.
ResidentialShelter and connect: Evelyn
In Brisbane’s Paddington, an old timber cottage is thoughtfully and skilfully recast as a courtyard house that responds to site, climate and the desire for familial connection.
Residential‘Magnetism of the landscape’: Poinciana House
Taking root beneath a timber Queensland cottage, this carefully tuned addition knits an experience of the immediate and distant landscape into the daily patterns of domestic life.
ResidentialEnriched with possibilities: Ashgrove Hillside House
Capitalizing on an elevated site with enviable prospect, this cleverly planned addition to a Brisbane home culminates in a surprising and spatially rich treetop eyrie.
ResidentialEnhancing neighbourliness: Toowong Renovation
A new addition to a much-loved Brisbane cottage unearths the latent possibilities of a sloping suburban site, interlacing house and garden while preserving the neighbourliness of its laneway locale.
ResidentialSuburban manifesto: 3 house
A single-storey worker’s cottage in Brisbane is transformed into three autonomous and adaptable units, making a compelling case for greater density in the suburbs.
ResidentialLand of memories: The Farmhouse
Referencing the landscape and vivid family memories, a richly detailed farm house on a pastoral site outside Brisbane provides a grounding platform for ageing in place.
ResidentialEbb and flow: Attic-Undercroft House
An open kitchen in this Brisbane home supports informal interaction, providing a tactile, imaginative and flexible space for a young family.
ResidentialThe rejection of ‘more’: St Johns Wood Residence
Local timber and bronzed mirror wrap the pared-back spaces of this refreshed Queenslander, which draws in its leafy suburban surrounds.
ResidentialBreezy lyricism: Three House
The apparent simplicity of this small, three-pavilion home in Brisbane’s inner suburbs, inspired by the clients’ love of cooking and South-East Asian architecture, is the outcome of a rigorous plan that creates a sum greater than its parts.
ResidentialFlood-proof and connected to nature: Beck Street
On a Brisbane site burdened by flooding, this residence negotiates and acquiesces to the cycles of nature, balancing a utilitarian undercroft that will endure the flood with a richly layered and refined home.
ResidentialA framework for landscape: Paddington House
The artisanal sensibility of an owner-builder, a steeply sloping site and a desire for a tactile material palette set the direction for this refreshing addition to a humble Brisbane worker’s cottage.
ResidentialAll round entertainer: Wooloowin House
Brought to ground via the introduction of a robust kitchen and living space, this reimagined Queenslander is ideal for entertaining.
ResidentialGarden centrepiece: Hillside House
On an elevated but steeply sloping site in inner-suburban Brisbane, this new dual-aspect house knits together interior and landscape, striking a balance between traditional building character and contemporary sensibilities.
ResidentialThe pleasure of introversion: Walan Apartment
Curvaceous forms combine with warm-toned custom joinery and thoughtful transitions in this delightful adaptation of an open-plan Brisbane apartment.
ResidentialA finely crafted bunker: Mt Coot-Tha House
An intimate knowledge of both the steep site and the inhabitants shaped the design of a connected family refuge in a eucalypt forest on the outskirts of Brisbane.
ResidentialRevisited: Wilson Beach House
Wilson Beach House on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast offers an enduring example of elegant and expressive Australian design.
ResidentialA sense of familiarity and nostalgia: Highgate Park House
An addition to an 1860s cottage, Highgate Park House allows passers-by a glimpse into the history of its Brisbane suburb while affording those who live there a home that is distinctly their own.
ResidentialBuilding for the climate: Goskar House
A Brisbane house by Anna O’Gorman Architect balances economy with impact, space with sustainability, function with aesthetics.
ResidentialDe-compartmentalizing a Queenslander: Park Road House
Lineburg Wang’s eloquent reimagining of this sprawling Queenslander has opened up space for visiting family and friends while improving connectivity and function for the retired homeowners.
ResidentialProtect and preserve: K & T’s Place
Preserving the qualities of one of the few remaining Queenslanders in a South Brisbane neighbourhood, this addition comprises screened outdoor rooms that mitigate the increasingly built-up surrounds.
ResidentialThe new granny flat
Making a case for “right-sized” housing, three secondary dwelling designs illustrate how granny flats are being reinterpreted as site-responsive and sustainable spaces that alleviate contemporary demands on our suburbs.
ResidentialLessons in scale, proportion and materiality: Albert Villa
Responding to its heritage context and inner-Brisbane neighbourhood, this addition to a historic weatherboard cottage captures vistas from new living spaces arranged around a landscaped courtyard.
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