SAOIR sees REFRESH* draw inspiration from the traditional early timber homes of the area, allowing the contemporary structure to fuse both past and present.
Winship Shed by Reddog Architects focuses on the idea of creating a ‘jewellery box’, seeing a protective inner layer shielded by a hardened and encasing outer sleeve.
Engawa sees Arcke focus on the experience of the spaces and their ability to be opened and closed as needed, emphasising a sense of both connection and separation.
The home of architect Shaun Locker, Lockyer Residence sees carefully staged restoration and additions to an existing heritage house, combining modernist and traditional Queenslander references.
Together with CLO Studios, Sealand Architects proposes an enveloping home in Australis, which openly connects to the surrounds, cocooning from the inside out.
Annie Street sees Lockyer Architects combine a regularity and linear approach to form together with a restrained and textural palette to ensure a natural connection between old and new.
James Bond House sees Studio LMD, Epoch Architecture and Robert Eyres Building Design propose a calming retreat, where neutral tones and open apertures connect beyond the home.
Clay Fern House sees Paul Butterworth Architect overlay a cohesive framework to elevate everyday functionality and reinforce key connections internally, between inside and out.
Resembling a modern sculptural pinecone, Norfolk Burleigh Heads is shaped with overlapping organic balcony forms that jut out and form a soft edge to an otherwise unanimated building.
Biànca by Richards & Spence draws inspiration from the vernacular of cherished Italian trattorias and the breezy outdoor spirit of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.
Ascot Garden House sees Nicholas Harvey Architect and Rhea Jeffrey combine to further ground the existing home and create key conduits that optimise the site and its extents.
Conceived as an urban oasis in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, The Calile Hotel designed by local firm Richards & Spence is a catalyst for indulgence and discovery.
One Five Six sees Conrad Architects look beyond the typical Queenslander style in designing this New Farm development, bringing together the elegance and timelessness of an international city.
While the warmth and texture of timber has seen it remain popular in architectural applications for centuries, it can be difficult and time-consuming to maintain that initial glow. Enter Knotwood.
As a recognised developer of luxury Brisbane homes, GRAYA is turning its focus to high-end apartments. Curated by Bureau Proberts, Canvas, the first in a series of bespoke residential buildings.
Cummings House sees Arcke combine restraint and a sensitive lens to ensure the new sits comfortably amongst the existing, adding in both amenity and richness of crafted elements.
Bulimba Residence sees DAH Architecture, Pilot Projects and Clo Studios combine to add layered functionality and flexibility to the planning, allowing the home to grow and evolve with its family over.
Ashgrove Hillside House sees Kieron Gait Architects extend the already established sense of proportion and scale to open the home further and allow more of the outer landscape.
Earl Parade by Cavill Architects is an efficient family home which embraces its subtropical context through lush planting, extensive openings and ample ventilation.
Arthur Street sees Cox Architecture and Claire Stevens combine to expand and reconfigure the previous home and create a shared openness while reflecting the personalities of its occupants.
Toowong Residence sees Kin Architects preserve the initial home and its elevated post-war style, while making impacting design moves that expand the overall liveability and social nature.
The Eagle sees Justin Humphrey Architects focus on a banded and staged approach to disperse the overall form and propose a home that engages and embraces the natural elements.
York Street sees SMITH Architects propose a light and conscious home, drawing reference from the surrounding context and a want to open the interior to an outdoor-lived life.
Hendra Residence sees Wrightson Stewart and Barbara Bailey combine to inject a cohesive flow internally that extends outward and melds the home into a contemporary series of spaces.
Hill End House sees Vokes and Peters, together with Georgia Cannon, employ a combined refined rigor with an open embrace of the surrounding context to create meaningful connections.
Toowong Lighthouse sees Alcorn Middleton combine a rhythmically repeated structure with a vibrant use of materiality to cleverly animate the proposed spaces as key destinations of their own.
Just beyond the Brisbane CBD, Twin Houses by John Ellway subverts the surrounding suburban vernacular, with two identical dwellings that offer adaptable design with a lush and communal feel.
Referencing linear connections between climate and place, Shaun Lockyer architects compose volumes on site that optimise the enviable siting of the home.
Echoing the adaptable nature of its versatile furniture designs, an exciting merger sees Derlot Editions and Les Basic collaboratively converge as new brand, Derlot.
The landscape and a freeing coastal feeling were impetus for Paul Butterworth Architect’s Nannygai, a barefoot beach house informed by its surroundings.
Mt Mellum House sees Sparks Architecture draw on the context with which the form is immersed, and carefully position its anchored home as a sensitive and time-wearing insertion.
Harcourt Street sees Channon Architects together with MAAD Group sculpt the existing heritage cottage into a generous home filled with light that opens through curated apertures to the surrounding.
Coolum House sees Robinson Architects draw from contextual cues and an impassioned softness to engage with its sloping and removed site with purpose and refinement.
Sunrise Beach sees Zerni Projects propose the family home as a place of calming escape, embodying the ethos of its location a familiar connection to place.
Alcorn Middleton builds upon the warmth and texture of Eveneer Almond wall panelling in Walan Apartment, approaching the design through a creative lens.
A true collaboration between developer and architect, Dune Main Beach by Andrews Projects and Rothelowman is a refreshing response to multi-residential living.
Hive Architecture opens up the existing structure of Bulimba Hill House to capitalise on an enviable elevation, fusing personal character with heritage charm.
Wilson Architects utilises the motions of vertical stacking and gestures of suspension in Riverbank House, extending a sense of immersion from multiple vantage points.
Nestled in a winding estuary, on Australia’s paradisical Sunshine Coast, Culbara, a new home by MRA Design and Gray Construction Group is expanding the horizon of easy-going costal living.
Annerley House sees Zuzana & Nicholas focus on gestures of openness and connection in the renovation and extension of the existing cottage, firmly integrating the built within the natural.
Ada Lane sees Richards and Spence animates the pedestrian-accessed strip through the creation of hospitality offerings Bianca, Same Same and Land of Smiles, each with their own unique character.
Sunshine Beach House sees Sealand Architects propose a modern homage to the traditional Queenslander home, anchored to its site, through freshly linear gestures.
Moorooka House sees Maytree Studios devise a series of techniques to create a bold and propose a floating form that sits hovering over the landscape below.
Three House sees John Ellway combine an operable and open approach in proposing a home that embraces its siting and aims to work with the natural elements.
Myers Ellyett intertwines the existing timber cottage with an embracing extension that utilises the full potential of the site, crafting Graya House as a place of retreat.
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