Houses, December 2021
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Introduction to Houses 143.
Coopworth by FMD Architects
A new farmhouse on a sheep farm on Tasmania’s Bruny Island is at once humble and refined, offering a contemporary response to life in a rural landscape.
Confident and composed: House K
Balancing boldness and restraint, this small-scale addition to a family home in the Melbourne suburbs is a confidently composed riff on the cellular order of the original house.
Curating a view: Mosman Minka
A respectful reimagining of a Federation-era house in the Sydney suburbs draws inspiration from Japanese architecture and celebrates a cohesive and vibrant family life.
Verdant sanctuary: Earl Parade Residence
In coastal Brisbane, a new house orients family life around a verdant courtyard sanctuary, posing an unexpected response to the conventions of suburban housing.
Introspective sanctuary: Queens Park House
Entirely surrounded by neighbouring properties, a new house built within the walls of a former warehouse in Sydney is a minimalist and introspective family home.
Enriched 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.
Revisited: Kessell House by Iwan Iwanoff
Designed in 1975 by celebrated émigré architect Iwan Iwanoff, this residence in the Perth suburb of Dianella signals Iwanoff’s evolution toward his characteristic, highly expressive architecture.
First House: Avoca Beach House
Eva-Marie Prineas recalls the first house of her then-fledgling practice, a ‘contemporary treehouse’ designed for extended family that pays tribute to the simple pleasures of living by the coast.
Architect’s mews: Fitzroy Bridge House
A Victorian terrace conversion in one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs manages the opposing needs for privacy and openness with ingenuity and surprise.
A garden room with history: Fusilier Cottage Addition
A Georgian landmark in Hobart’s Battery Point is graced with a surprisingly porous living pavilion that interacts generously with street and garden.
Meet the owners of Fusilier Cottage Addition
Georgia Birks speaks to the new custodians of a 100-year-old Hobart cottage about the process of creating a distinct yet sensitive addition that extends the life of the home.
A calming getaway: Dolphin Sands Studio
A diminutive guesthouse on the east coast of Tasmania is a secluded spot for quiet contemplation.
One to Watch: Placement Studio
Elegant, lovingly crafted and shaped by the individual needs of their inhabitants, the houses of Melbourne-based Placement Studio pay tribute to the past, while being firmly grounded in the present.
Spotlight: Building for bushfire
Built in the bush, this collection of architect-designed houses responds to rigorous bushfire safety standards with scrutiny and creativity, exploring ways of living safely and sustainably in the unforgiving Australian landscape.
The houses of ME Architects
Led by director Matthew Eagle, Gold Coast-based ME Architects designs homes that respond to climate, context and local architectural history with subtlety and creativity, making architecture that is quintessentially of its place.