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Issue No. 18
July 2025
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Issue No. 18 features work from Leeton Pointon Architects, Stevens Lawson Architects, Fearon Hay, Wall Architects, B.E Architecture, Trias, Elmore Booth, Cera Stribley, Anthony Gill Architects, Eckersley Architects and more.

Featured on the cover, House on a Hill by Leeton Pointon Architects. The striking curves of the dwelling mirror the natural setting, while within an interesting blend of contrasting materials is rendered harmonious to ensure a refined yet relaxed feel. The issue also includes insights from Simone Haag and Carl Pickering, profiles on Rarify, Anthony Gill, Woods + Dangaran, 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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House on a Hill
Leeton Pointon

House on a Hill is a serene, sculptural dwelling that balances bold form with quiet restraint, designed to evolve over time and work in harmony with Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula landscape.

Te Mānia
Stevens Lawson Architects

Directly influenced by the powerful physicality and spiritual significance of its surrounds, Te Mānia challenges convention while playing on the idea of duality to deliver a dynamic yet profound experience.

Matakana Inlet House
Fearon Hay

This rural home by Fearon Hay presents a modest facade and an elegant simplicity of design, allowing the focus to rest on the magical views and the purity of the pastoral setting.

Artisan House
Wall Architects

Befitting its location among the quiet, tree-lined streets of Kew, Melbourne, Artisan House is a carefully crafted architectural statement that balances sculptural interiors, a striking facade and links to the outdoors.

Beaconsfield Residence
B.E Architecture

Defined by two distinct architectural styles, Beaconsfield Residence seamlessly balances its storied past and a bold new addition with clarity.

Cloaked House
Trias

Cloaked House is a site-responsive update of a 1960s residence, where adaptive reuse, passive design principles and a central courtyard come together to create a home that is wonderfully integrated within its setting.

Outpost
Elmore Booth

This idyllic home on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island both embraces and is sheltered from the wild ocean elements, establishing a clever design dialogue with the rare beauty of the clifftop location.

Harvest House
Cera Stribley

Devised as a permeable design, Harvest House is a testament to the romanticism of a natural landscape – a verdant shelter of dissolved edges, inviting nature to grow and take hold.

Darlinghurst House
Anthony Gill Architects

Despite its distinctly urban setting, this restored home in the heart of a busy Sydney hub offers a tranquil respite with its considered layout, innovative design and landscaped pockets.

Anglesea House
Eckersley Architects

Anglesea House by Eckersley Architects is an ocean-side contemporary sanctuary designed for easy and flexible family living.

Maison de L‘Île
La Shed Architecture

Set on Île d’Orléans near Quebec, Maison de L’Île draws inspiration from the island’s Regency cottages and Arts and Crafts homes, a design legacy rooted in its agricultural heritage and tradition of summer residences.

Dolly
Studio John Irving Architects

Architect John Irving’s Auckland home deftly balances charm and restraint with characterful touches, including an old-fashioned picture window, weatherboard cladding and gabled forms.

Pool House
Stephanie Porter

Designed as a calming sanctuary for a busy family, this Sydney renovation by interior designer Stephanie Porter uses subtle detailing to elevate practical features into something rare and extraordinary.

Gallatin Residence
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Crafted from materials that reflect its natural surroundings, Gallatin Residence is a quiet and complementary addition nestled into the hillside.

Hill House
Taylor Knights

Conceived as a multigenerational residence, Hill House is a suburban lantern of variegated brick and glass, hunkered in a steep terrain and shaped by the pursuit of wellness.

House in Erskineville
Architect George

With a series of connected and flexible spaces, House in Erskineville in inner-city Sydney pushes the boundaries and possibilities of family living.

Goodwin House
Olaver Architecture

In leafy, laid-back Glen Iris in Melbourne, this restored Art Deco residence balances heritage preservation with contemporary family living.

Avalon Tennis Pavilion
Mathieson Architects

A clever and considered addition to a Sydney waterfront home reflects the existing dwelling’s connection to the surroundings while adding a multifaceted, dynamic space suited to the owners’ lifestyle.

The Peach House
Loopea Design Studio

The Peach House offers a contemporary take on the Australian barn vernacular, enriched with brass and copper accents – a refined tribute to the client’s six-generation legacy in metal supply and craftsmanship.

Cove
Koichi Takada Architects

Emerging from a sandstone enclave, Cove by Koichi Takada Architects presents a terraced stack of fluid planes, instilling mindfulness and retreat for the family who reside within.

Kailua House
Mork-Ulnes Architects

Located on O‘ahu’s eastern coast, Kailua House by Mork-Ulnes Architects fuses the region’s traditional architectural vernacular with Californian and Scandinavian design principles.

The Clubhouse
NTF Architecture

Designed by NTF Architecture, The Clubhouse is a bold, multi-level contemporary residence set on a golf course near a lake, featuring striking gabled forms, integrated landscaping and timeless materials.

Temple House
J. Kidman, Golden and Studio Tali Roth

Home to a family and their significant art collection, Temple House by J. Kidman – with interior design by Golden and decoration by Studio Tali Roth – represents a considered meeting of several creative minds.

Vespa
Habitat Studio Architects

In this canal-front home in Surfers Paradise, Habitat Studio Architects has softened elements of urban grit with a considered palette of biophilic elements.

Horizon Apartment
Brad Swartz Architects

Set within Harry Seidler’s iconic Horizon Tower in Sydney, Horizon Apartment by Brad Swartz Architects reinterprets a once-disjointed interior into a home that balances openness with a sense of intimacy.
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Studio Gram office
Studio Gram

In the Adelaide suburb of Brompton, a mechanic workshop has been reimagined into Studio Gram’s next chapter – an office that reflects the company’s ethos as much as it facilitates its function.

The EVE Hotel and Bar Julius
SJB

At the junction of Sydney’s Surry Hills and Redfern, Wunderlich Lane is an exciting mixed-use precinct with a micro community set against an old-meets- new backdrop of modern architectural design and considered heritage conversion.

Australia Street Precinct
Killing Matt Woods and Paisano and Daughters

It’s hard not to admire the chutzpah of Paisano and Daughters. In a post-Covid world, when restaurant closures seem to be in the headlines every other week, the Sydney hospitality group has opened not one, not two, but three new eateries.

Newburgh Light House
Splinter Society

Newburgh Light House by Splinter Society is a bold response to urban density, heritage constraints and the ever-growing demand for sustainable living solutions.

Printemps New York
Laura Gonzalez

French architect Laura Gonzalez’s opulent design for Printemps New York – is the legendary Parisian department store’s first stateside concept.

131 Smith Street
Freadman White

Designed by Freadman White, 131 Smith Street is a respectful addition to the landscape of Fitzroy.

Scout
Strutt Studios

Scout is an immersive retreat that seamlessly blends refined design with the rugged beauty of Wānaka’s alpine landscape.

Roman and Williams studio
Roman and Williams

Stephen Alesch and Robin Standefer, the husband- and-wife duo behind the juggernaut New York-based design firm Roman and Williams, have always shared a reverence for history, craft and longevity.

The Commons and Foolscap Studio
Forum

In the heart of Melbourne’s creative and commercial district, Forum offers a bold reimagining of what a workplace can be.

Hommey Fitzroy
In Addition

Hommey, the Australian label known for its bold home essentials, has unveiled its latest and most immersive space yet – a third brick-and-mortar store, located in Fitzroy and designed by In Addition.
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Featured Profiles

Simone Haag

For the interior decorator, her home Light Well House pays tribute to its mid-century heritage while also being matched to her family’s lifestyle.

Anthony Gill

The weaving of disparate constraints and opportunities into a quiet clarity has come to define the work of this studio team of five, and explains the many awards received in nearly 20 years of practice.

Armando Cabral and USM

Armando Cabral has spent years refining a design language that bridges West African culture with European craftsmanship.

Woods + Dangaran

Bound by a friendship and a rationale embedded in the core tenets of modernism, Brett Woods and Joseph Dangaran of Woods + Dangaran are building a 21st-century design legacy of their own.

Dawn Ng

Following a non-linear path into the arts, Dawn Ng’s career is a testament to the power of curiosity and the joy of exploring open-ended questions.

Willett

Los Angeles designer Ben Willett launched his multidisciplinary practice, Willett, in 2022 after working as a creative director for the likes of Nike and Uniqlo.
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