Houses, June 2021
HousesThe best contemporary residential architecture, with inspirational ideas from leading architects and designers.
Postscript
Rooftop ‘cacoon’: Sky Pavilion
A rooftop pavilion poised above a townhouse in Melbourne’s Fitzroy is a place for both solitude and celebration.
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Houses 140 preview
Introduction to Houses 140.
Projects
Designed for the long run: Annerley House
Zuzana and Nicholas’s modest alteration to a Brisbane cottage finds opportunities for spatial richness in a small footprint.
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Rest and restore: Federal House
Acknowledging the restorative power of prospect and refuge, this new house in the Northern Rivers hinterland proffers a dramatic, bunker-like shell that peels open to reveal a warm and intimate inner sanctuary.
Meet the owners of the Great Australian Bight house
The Great Australian Bight house in Melbourne’s East Brunswick has been designed to meet the needs of a family for years to come.
Living pavilions: Jacka Crescent Townhouses
Drawing on Canberra’s legacy of Brutalist architecture, three distinctive townhouses navigate a sloping site with a collection of living pavilions that hinge around secluded courtyard gardens.
Flood-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.
One to Watch: Studio Martin
There’s a certain symbiosis in the work of Melbourne-based practice Studio Martin – a seemingly effortless melding of architecture and interiors.
Dreaming of the dunes: Banksia House
Tucked behind the dunes on the northern New South Wales coast, an adaptable dwelling makes use of resilient materials that bestow both a solid and a diaphanous quality, immersing the inhabitants in the beauty of the site and the seasons.
Garden 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.
Meet the owners of Annerley House
When Tamsin Cull engaged Zuzana and Nicholas Architects to renovate her small cottage in Annerley, Brisbane, she longed for a design that would nurture her love for her garden. Georgia Birks speaks with Tamsin about her experience of working with an architect.
Living in the round: Elwood Bungalow
In the garden suburb of Elwood, Melbourne, a delicate balance of addition and subtraction gives rise to an elegant home that is intrinsically linked to its site, family and city.
Four houses of Anthony Gill Architects
Calm, considered and quietly luxurious, the residential designs of this Sydney studio are underpinned by a finely honed approach to spatial organization.
Refined and luxe: South Drawn
Collaboration, artisanal craftsmanship and rigorous experimentation are at the heart of this Melbourne-based lighting studio.
Revisited: Reid House
This remarkable Sydney residence was designed by Bruce Rickard in 1961 for clients who were captivated by a fictional house in an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.
A fresh start: MB Apartment
A series of small, surgical interventions to a modest 1960s apartment in Sydney results in a reimagined interior that speaks to the past yet is firmly set in the present.
Killora Bay by Lara Maeseele in association with Tanner Architects
On Tasmania’s North Bruny, in an area populated by white gums and stands of grass trees, this holiday home for a young family serves as an elegant living platform that offers many ways to enjoy its bush setting.
First House: Armature for a Window
In the process of designing their first house – and their own house – Anita Panov and Andrew Scott re-imagined a small and narrow terrace house as a frame for an overscaled window to the garden.