Through balancing light and dark, Biasol’s Casa Chiaroscuro references an Italian fine art principle to emphasise volume through contrast, creating a calm, contemporary family home.
Batvia South Yarra sees Robson Rak bring a well-honed approach to authenticity, preservation and repurposing of heritage architecture.
Fitzroy North House, designed by Rob Kennon Architects, is a refined heritage renovation that optimises an existing single-fronted Victorian terrace with a newfound hint of playfulness.
Swanston Street House sees Robert Simeoni Architects open up an existing Victorian-fronted terrace, subtly adding warmth, adding light and connecting the internal zones.
Focusing on light and quality of materiality, Mosman Residence sees Carr transform the once decorative home into a modernist architectural expression.
Referencing elements of traditional Japanese design, SAR Residence sees Mim Design instil the interiors of an existing heritage home with a sense of calm.
Crescent Head House sees Madeleine Blanchfield Architects celebrate the unique and enviable coastal site through a welcoming embrace of its aspects.
Laura Street sees Hearth Studio bring a fresh contemporary approach to a heritage workers’ cottage, driven by a need to connect inside and out.
Crafted from timber and rammed earth, Herbst Architects’ Tutukaka House appears to unfold as it steps down the ridge.
Native bushland of the Waitakere Ranges, Karekare by Stevens Lawson Architects rejoices in a sense of isolation, tucked away in the wilderness.
Casuarina House sees Vokes and Peters apply an inquisitive approach to propose a living, working coastal home for a young family.
Tamarama House sees Sydney architects Durbach Block Jaggers navigate the limiting site constraints through a play on compression and release of a home.
Mermaid Beach Residence sees B.E. Architecture explore the conversation between from our human need for permanence and the unpredictability of the coastal terrain.
As the holiday season begins, Modern Times offers ‘Modern Rituals’, two exhibitions of local art and design that explore the relevance and meaning of ritual in contemporary life.
Carving a conduit link between the old and the new, Robson Rak has created a modern intervention that speaks to a contemporary refinement.
As a contemporary terrace house for a young family in Brunswick, LLLBion House by Tecture has been designed as a home filled with love and laughter.
Inspired by its agricultural surrounds, Leogatha Shed by Wolveridge Architects sits comfortably in its established garden setting in Victoria’s Gippsland.
Fitzroy House sees Rob Kennon Architects bring a cohesive approach in proposing contemporary interventions through small but impactful alterations.
Welcoming natural light, Olaver Architecture brings a fresh contemporary approach to create a connected home within an original a brick terrace.
Described as “a small yet perfectly formed home”, Sandy Bay House by Stevens Lawson Architects sits discreetly among the vegetation on a steep site on Waiheke Island, east of Auckland.
A new model with a vision to make architectural housing available to more people, Ruum curates limited edition, architect-designed houses, crafted by leaders in the architectural-construction industry
Home of two faces, one relaxed and other more formal, Marrickville sees Baldwin & Bagnall give a curated and considered existing home in Sydney’s inner-city.
In just a few key architectural gestures, Studio Tate transforms a grand turn-of-the-century house into a family home that expertly balances character with elegance, & respect for the home’s heritage.
Tactile materials and simple classic shapes are the perfect euphemism for IN-TERIA. Founders, Karryn and Dean are experts at balancing architecture and interior design with product design.
A narrow linear form, Mt Macedon House sits along the side of Mt Macedon in Victoria, nestled into the surrounding bushland.
Resolute in form, with meticulous detailing and a restrained palette, Red Hill House by Mathieson Architects sees a sense of order carved out through connections to its formal gardens.
Sympathetically bridging the existing and the proposed, Canning Street House sees Techne infuse a contemporary edge to an existing Victorian-era home in Melbourne’s inner north.
Inspired by the bucolic landscape of Matakana, north of Auckland, Glamuzina Architects’ Matakana House explores ideas of prospect and refuge throughout the design.
Born from a connection to place, Sandy Point House speaks to the modesty of the occasional coastal home that embraces its context and conditions.
Set amongst the sand dunes in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, Dunes sees Whiting Architects bring a sense of cohesion to a previously rambling collection of spaces.
The winning work for the NGV’s 2019 Architecture Commission by Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office, In Absence, will take people’s breath away as it opens to the public in the Grollo Equiset Garden.
The kitchen is the heart of the home and Fisher & Paykel’s new Classic Freestanding Range captures the timeless presence of the traditional range with a contemporary twist.
Celebrating the recent major extension to the Lyon Housemuseum, James Richardson Furniture invited close clients and friends to indulge in a night filled with inspiration, art and architecture.
A study on considered restraint, referencing Japanese principles of simplicity, Shibui House is imbued with a true sense of calm and purposefulness.
Ivy Muse seeks to cultivate happiness, serenity and wellbeing through plants, designing botanical wares that amplify greenery within a space.
Surrounded by bush yet gesturing toward the city, Slow Beam is informed by its rare position at the intersection of urban life and rugged native bushland.
Double Life House designed by Breathe Architecture enables its residents to hide away from the hustle and bustle of the big Sydney city - for any owner, the home is a ‘fortress of solitude’.
Emerging Sydney based design studio So Watt has won the 2020 German Design Award for its Rover Team Table after being nominated by the German Design Council.
Doodles sees a series of artworks by Faye Toogood transformed into a collection of hand-knotted rugs in collaboration with cc-tapis.
M Penthouse exemplifies how honesty – to materiality, to the passage of time, and to the building’s original bones – can impart elegance and express nuance.
Opening of 28th of November, Photographer Dave Kulesza’s ‘DPRK: North Korea in Colour’ exhibition represents the culmination of a three-year fascination with the brutalist architecture of North Korea.
On the coastline of Port Philip Bay, the Portsea Beach House by Studio Esteta honours its history and surrounds.
The Evolve Awards were established by Designer Rugs in 2010, driven by the desire to showcase the potential of custom rug design to the design community.
City Beach House combines the coastal home and the urban dwelling. Fearon Hay has graciously brought the differing styles together through a contemporary monochromatic lens.
The Tondo Collection by Biasol is a series of mirrors, inspired by the modern arch, that speak to a contemporary, minimalist approach.
Volker Haug Studio’s interdisciplinary lighting collections are imbued with simplicity and a sense of luxury that elegantly unifies the interior.
Established in 2007 by industrial designers Sarah Gibson and Nicholas Karlovasitis, DesignByThem has always endeavoured to create and produce unique, novel designs for design enthusiasts.
Through subtle tonal shifts and the stripping of the non-essential, Wellard Architect’s Elsternwick House gives an existing Edwardian home a new life for its young family.
Ancona is a ten-year labour of love, which sees Steve Domoney, of Steve Domoney Architects, and his wife Lek take inspiration in the rural setting amidst rolling pastures.
Through simple volumes, linear geometries and an honest use of materials, Roseville Pavilions sees Benn & Penna extends an original home into the garden to create new connections.
Nestled into the surrounding bush landscape on edge of the beach, Gunyah House by Clinton Murray sees a tiered concrete structure with unspoilt views of the Port Hacking River anchored into the rock.
Franca House sees Myers Ellyett and Wrightson Stewart combine to carefully sculpt both the interior and exterior rooms of an existing home to flow consistently across thresholds.
Vanessa Katsanevakis, director of Australian tapware company Sussex,provides insight into how Sussex is leading by example, supporting women working in the Australian design industry.
The Bouwman House from Sam Crawford Architects sees an update on a 1914-era Federation house in Sydney’s inner-west.
Daylesford Long House sees Partners Hill fulfil the clients vision to embark the Palladian tradition of combining living, working, storage under one roof.
Jasny, the newest seating collection from NOMI, takes its name from Berlin-based industrial designer Stephanie Jasny, who focused on comfort and agility.
Responding to the site with an acute sensibility, House at Prickly Rocks is a play on duality between an inward-protection and outward-looking aspect, which emerges from and deliberately hugs the eart
JDA Studio’s Anzac Bay House celebrates and embraces the exceptional bay views through a sensitive approach to site and the surrounding unique and secluded context.
With a native rooftop garden as its primary elevation, Bundeena Beach House is a product of its context. Grove Architects has conjured a unique response nurturing a relationship between inside & out.
The Carousel Collection sees Designer Rugs launch their first in-house hand-knot rug collection, capturing years of innovation and experience.
