Emulating a traditional London terrace, BTT-Balmerino Residence sees Studio Griffiths capture a contemporary interpretation of the past whilst integrating crafted and attuned detailing throughout.
Double is a new Australian brand with a diverse collection of contemporary, machine-washable rugs, designed to complement the Australian lifestyles and diverse homes.
Genevieve Vu at DC8 Studio and Clare Smyth at COBiE Group deliver projects using EGGER materials that help to promote sustainable and responsible design.
Headland House by Stevens Lawson Architects takes inspiration from traditional Maori pā forms and the geometry of the landscape that slopes and curves down to the water’s edge.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We explore Workshop Architects’ Fawkner House, where an existing double-fronted Victorian house in South Yarra is given a new life, through a play on revealing and concealing tactics.
Tasked with transforming an existing 1980s extension to an original post-war bungalow into a contemporary home, Preston Lane utilised the existing bones of Parnell Façade House as the foundation.
Ian Moore Architects’ Redfern Warehouse sees an existing warehouse lightly touched in its adaptive repurposing as a residential family home and office space.
Hidden by a heritage Federation façade, a modernist two-storey addition by Christopher Polly Architect, carefully stitched to the primary dwelling, waits to be discovered.
We explore Outline Project and Kennedy Nolan’s Kooyong, where cues from the Arts and Crafts architectural style combine in the form of six luxury townhouses.
For Portland St Residence Nina Maya Interiors drew inspiration from the impressive panoramic views of Sydney Harbour to create a soft and tranquil home.
Melbourne Design Studios have used biophilic principles to artfully integrate their latest urban residential project, Slate House, to the surrounding natural environment.
Subtly interweaving old and new, the St Kilda East House does not seek to transform the stately art deco original, instead enhancing a sense of connection between the contemporary and the existing.
We speak with founding director, Ellie Taylor of Lande Architects about Charles Street, a project of which she is both architect and owner, where an Abbotsford cottage is given a new chapter.
Skinny House sees Japanese principles utilised to carve out internal spaces free from the clutter and noise of the everyday, proposing a true home sanctuary for a considered life.
NTF Architecture’s Salisbury Townhouses exemplify a refreshing residential typology that embraces the ideals of affordability through a refined architectural lens.
We exploreKennedy Nolan Architects’ Caroline House, an existing Edwardian weatherboard house is extended with a sense of the whimsical, creating a balanced relationship between interior and garden.
We explore Alwill Interiors’ Peppertree House, where rich layers reference a European sensibility, expressing architectural details and creating a sense of calm in a minimal interior.
Nth FITZROY by Milieu is a carefully considered collaboration between progressive urban developer Milieu, architecture practice Fieldwork and award-winning interior designers Flack Studio.
Responding to a nuanced brief for contemporary living, Folk Architects’ Storybook House is a proposition of extending and renovating an existing single-fronted Victorian terrace.
Studio 203’s Lilyfield House sees an existing shop-front in Sydney’s inner-west transformed into a series of volumes, connected through a central atrium.
We explore Templeton Architecture's Sybil House, a former 'chook farm', repurposed as a bespoke escape from the city in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
The new range from Melbourne-based furniture designers and makers, TIDE Design, reaffirms their commitment to the creation of high-quality solid timber pieces.
Set within two dramatic concrete shrouds, the Hawthorn House pushes at the boundaries of residential design, yet it is simultaneously driven by a singular focus on the essential activities.
Ancient masses of pink granite provided a powerful source of inspiration for Liminal Studio’s design of the Coastal Pavilions in Frecyinet National Park.
With a new range of black appliances designed to match, Fisher & Paykel has drawn on insights from architects and designers to introduce a new level of design freedom.
Saturday Indesign returns in 2019 for a fifteenth consecutive year, in the process reaffirming the event’s commitment to fuelling creative inspiration whilst supporting the Australian design industry.
We explore David Boyle Architects’ Five Garden House, where landscape elements are utilised as spatial generators in the new alterations to an existing 1950’s modernist home.
We speak with founding co-director Poppy Taylor of Taylor and Hinds about her practice’s approach to the creation of krakani lumi, its cultural sensitives and integration into its unique landscape.
Acting as a counterpoint to its original warehouse bones, Darling Lane by Welsh Major Architects is a refined and simplified gesture of amenity in amongst a texturally-complex home.
Designing a large family home on a small urban site would usually result in a structure that prioritises indoor over outdoor space, this project takes the opposite approach.
We explore a well-versed collaboration between Woods Bagot, Hecker Guthrie and Simone Haag, in the form of Tidal Arc and its reinterpretation of the coastal home aesthetic.
A pair of single-storey townhouses take inspiration from the surrounding architectural context to create two sustainable, affordable and well-designed rental homes.
We speak with founding director, Christopher Megowan of Megowan Architectural about Pleated House and its play on form, materiality and the traditional roof silhouette.
Robert Plumb Build is a premium residential building company based in Sydney. We sit down with Managing Director Bill Clifton as he explains what separates his company from the competition.
Richards and Spence bring a sense of Palm Springs nostalgic grandeur to the centre of Brisbane through their design for Australia’s first urban resort, The Calile.
The Lansdowne Project by Preston Lane Architects plays with volume, geometry and materials to transform a 1920s semi-detached house into a private inward-focused world.
The House in Darlinghurst by Tribe Studio is at once familiar and slightly unsettling, reinterpreting the traditional red brickwork with an extruded glass brick crown atop the heritage building.
We explore Vokes and Peters’ QLD Architecture Awards entry Teneriffe House and the resulting celebration and restoration of its heritage bones, through the impassioned nature of its custodians.
We explore Andrew Burges’ Plywood House II, where the traditional Australian residential block typology is challenged, and an expression of its geometry is articulated.
We explore Casey Brown’s Hart House in Mackerel, echoing the archetypal Australian one-room beach abode, where the architecture takes on a box-like structure, opening one side to the elements.
A kitchen that challenges all expectations, the space is a haven of tranquility, more a place of quiet retreat than typical busy work zone, finding the balance between minimalism and functionality.
One of the greatest skills an architect can offer to their community is their ability to facilitate the meaningful connection between inhabitants and their environment.
We speak with founding director, Emlyn Olaver from Olaver Architects about Thornbury House, their firms’ approach to facilitating flexibility in domestic spaces.
Designer Rugs’ Evolve Awards 2019 are now open. Design professionals are invited to enter the design competition and encouraged to attend the accompanying professional workshop events.
We speak with founding director, Tom Robertson from Tom Robertson Architects about Armadale House, its references to its neighbouring adjacencies and their firms approach to the beautifully simple.