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Habitats: City, Coast and Forest

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A collectable trio of hardcover books

Issue No. 17
March 2025
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Issue No. 17 features work from JDA Co, WOJR, Luigi Rosselli Architects and Atelier Alwill, Flack Studio, SJB, Marmol Radziner, Shaun Lockyer Architects, OWIU Design, Gezellig Interiors and Architecture Bureau, JAM Architects and more.

Featured on the cover, The House at Lizard Island by JDA Co is a contemporary sanctuary worthy of its awe-inspiring location. A robust blend of concrete, rosewood and copper, the luxury stay celebrates natural beauty at every turn. The issue also includes insights from Jeremy Bull and Blainey North, profiles on Kerstin Thompson, Kelly Wearstler, David Flack and George Livissianis, as well as the latest in style, design and luxury news.

The Commercial Project features projects and profiles across the retail, lifestyle, hospitality, workplace and wellness sectors. The Local Marketplace is a comprehensive product and finishes guide and highlights designers, artists, makers and distributors across Australia, New Zealand and North America.
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The House at Lizard Island
JDA Co

Situated on a rocky outcrop, The House at Lizard Island by JDA Co emerges defiant yet ancillary to the extraordinary natural environment that surrounds it.

House of Horns
WOJR

With a stunning roofline comprising crests and troughs, House of Horns boldly asserts its presence in its rugged California locale.

Emerald Sound
Luigi Rosselli Architects and Atelier Alwill

Emerald Sound is a distinctive, nature-inspired home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, featuring design elements that reflect the coastal beauty and spirit of the blue groper.

Hilltop
Flack Studio

The call of the countryside is answered in a symphony of striking marble, an intuitive mix of materials and a bowerbird variety of mid-century modern pieces in this Victorian weekender.

Ararat House
SJB

SJB director Adam Haddow brings a conceptual and functional approach to the renovation of a 1950s brick worker’s cottage in country Victoria for his parents to enjoy and find solace in.

Mandeville Canyon
Marmol Radziner

Architect Ron Radziner’s Los Angeles home was designed to yield to the site’s mature oak and sycamore trees. Eight years in and Mandeville Canyon now sits seamlessly in the landscape.

Whale Beach
Shaun Lockyer Architects

Perched above Whale Beach in Sydney’s north, this oceanfront residence is a masterful study in materiality and connection to place, encapsulating the relaxed character of its surroundings.

Glass Ridge House
OWIU Design

OWIU Design has transformed an original modernist residence in Los Angeles into a contemporary home with strong references to Japanese design ideals.

Dune House
Gezellig Interiors and Architecture Bureau

Inspired by the waves and shifting sands of Mount Maunganui, Dune House uses inventive shadow play, organic curves and a textural palette to capture the rejuvenating joy of a day at the beach.

Yarra Valley House
JAM Architects

Rising from the ashes of a fire-devastated site, Yarra Valley House is a robust dwelling that sensitively honours the site and its familial memories.

Echo House
Parabolica

Echo House reimagines a mid-century family dwelling as a contemporary retreat rooted in Australian modernism by embracing the spirit of the past while responding to the needs of family life.

Foundry Lane
Jolson

In this bold and beautiful addition to Melbourne’s gritty urban landscape, Jolson has reinterpreted the concept of a commercial warehouse conversion with a contemporary twist.

Ocean House
Woodward Architects

In the spirit of modernity, this property presents an evolution of a classic typology – a humble watchtower inspiring quiet reprieve and leisurely play amid the streets of coastal suburbia.

Sunshine Beach House
Kelder Architects

Sitting on a hillside, this family home by Kelder Architects combines stand-out details, natural materials and seamless indoor-outdoor living for the perfect coastal retreat.

Cul-de-sac House
SJB

Grounded in nostalgia and lived experiences, Cul-de-sac House is a sensitive reimagining of three adjoining sites in an inner-Melbourne suburb.

Pavilion House
Rob Kennon Architects

With a flowing and low-lying arrangement, Pavilion House is a light-filled dwelling tailor made for family fun and immersed within pockets of considered greenery.

Avocado House
HGA Studio

Set in the serene landscape of Byron Bay, Avocado House by HGA Studio interprets the stillness, dynamism and vibrancy of its location with its mid-century modern aesthetic.

Balmain East House
Studio Johnston

This once minimalist house set on Sydney’s waterfront is now an inviting and richly layered home, better suited to its owners’ lifestyle with a stronger connection to its picturesque surroundings.

Philadelphia Loft
Brent Buck Architects

Housed within a 19th-century knitting mill, Philadelphia Loft by Brent Buck Architects challenges an archetypal family home by embracing the building’s unusual typology and industrial language.

Kross House
FIGR Architecture Studio

Through site-sensitive design, a sophisticated material palette and a focus on sustainability, FIGR Architecture Studio has created a home deeply integrated with its coastal context.

Buln Buln House
Chamberlain Architecture & Interiors

Surrounded by rolling hills and verdant valleys, a family home by Chamberlain Architecture & Interiors celebrates the abundant and breathtaking Victorian landscape.

Brighton Residence
Squillace

A 1990s neo-Georgian building in Melbourne has been transformed into a contemporary abode that responds to the locale’s climate and pristine surroundings.

Chaucer Residence
Pohio Adams Architects

Pohio Adams Architects has extended a Federation home in St Kilda to include a striking modern pavilion encased in glass blocks.
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Inside The Commercial Project

Jōji
Matt Darwon

Jōji, a rooftop bar and restaurant from Esca Group, has opened atop the Cartier boutique in Sydney’s CBD.

Olympus
George Livissianis Interior Architecture

As one of Sydney’s most anticipated restaurant openings in recent years, expectations are high for Olympus, which is the first opening in a decade from the highly successful Apollo Restaurant Group

Postino Osteria
Perry Drakopoulos and Larissa Leigh Interiors

There’s something authentically charming and nostalgic about Postino Osteria that perfectly befits its position within an historic post office in Sydney’s Summer Hill.

Lunetta
ACME

Perched atop Canberra’s Red Hill, Lunetta by ACME emerges as a striking example of a modernist revival, blending architectural history with a fresh culinary experience.

Palace Coffee
KKAP

Balancing intricate details with understated refinement, Palace Coffee subtly echoes the reverence of one’s daily ritual

Rochester Street Offices
Allied Office, Akin Atelier, Second Edition and Dangar Barin Smith

Located in Botany, Rochester Street Office intrigues passers-by with its cascading greenery, which offsets the suburb’s contrasting collection of warehouses and apartment blocks.

Maison Perron
Cera Stribley

Maison Perron, the new headquarters of Quebec City-based interior design studio Perron, is a heritage building transformed into a vibrant space that blends creativity, history and community.

P Johnson Femme Armadale
Tamsin Johnson

Within P Johnson Femme’s Armadale location, Tamsin Johnson balances a minimalist design with dramatic accents, embodying the label's distinctly sophisticated yet eclectic feminine style.

Comma
Duet and Eloise Fotheringham

The team has conceived an ethereal space embedded in the holistic energy and golden hues of the Byron Bay region, a place where guests can escape while remaining fundamentally connected.
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Featured Profiles

Jeremy Bull

With three terraces linking work and home life, the architect and principal of Alexander &CO has brought a sense of community to the forefront for his team and family.

Kerstin Thompson

While the lauded architect has received the highest accolades for her work with her eponymous practice, simple gestures and reasoned thinking still inform her singular approach to the built environment.

David Flack

He may be known for an instinctive sense of colour and materiality but, in essence, the interior designer wants to craft spaces that evoke nostalgia and personality – and celebrate the creative community.

Kelly Wearstler

Kelly Wearstler is renowned for her signature blend of luxurious maximalism with contemporary refinement, but it’s her ability to consistently deliver this approach that’s earned her vanguard status.

George Livissianis

Brutal, spartan, minimal – the visual language of Sydney interior architect George Livissianis is softly spoken, allowing the elemental details to really sing.

Jordan Fleming

Melbourne-based interior, object and lighting designer Jordan Fleming creates timeless pieces that are full of personality and artistic flair, as seen with her (Emerging) Designer Awards win.

Umberto Bellardi Ricci

New York-based German-Italian architect, designer and sculptor Umberto Bellardi Ricci is drawn to disparities in form, scale and materiality, as seen in his furniture, lighting and spaces and adept use of metals, textiles and glass.
AND MORE
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