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Habitats: City, Coast and Forest

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New Zealand Homes

Scrubby Bay By Patterson Associates Issue 14 Feature The Local Project Image (7)
Framing Antarctic storms rolling into remote Pigeon Bay on New Zealand’s South Island, Scrubby Bay by Patterson Associates delivers a robust guesthouse for group farm stays and wilderness activities.
The Cabin By Johnstone Callaghan Architects Video Feature The Local Project Image (19)
The Cabin by Johnstone Callaghan Architects, situated in Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island of New Zealand, allows one the opportunity to live with nature.
The Folly By Cheshire Architects Project Feature The Local Project Image 10
Ostensibly modest yet perched in the loftiest of locations, The Folly by Cheshire Architects exemplifies a reimagining of the classic garden shed.

North American Homes

Modern Bungalow By Rios Video Feature The Local Project Image (41)
Modern Bungalow by RIOS is a contemporary home for architect and owner Mark Motonaga and provides the perfect sanctuary for his busy Californian lifestyle.
The Invisible House By Tomas Osinski And Chris Hanely Video Feature The Local Project Image (1)
The Invisible House reflects the natural beauty and art of the desert landscape – it is a highly minimalist and subjective home.
Morris Cove By Bates Masi + Architects Project Feature The Local Project Image (69)
Morris Cove Residence by Bates Masi + Architects is located on a narrow peninsula in Sag Harbor, with access to water on all sides.
Ramirez Residence By Norman Miller Architects And Judith Sheine Architect Issue 12 Feature The Local Project Image (21)
A collaboration between architects Judith Sheine and Norman Millar, Ramirez Residence presents a contemporary coastal retreat on a dramatic stretch of northern Californian coastline.
Analog House By Olson Kundig And Faulkner Architects Issue 13 Feature The Local Project Image (20)
Nestled in California’s Martis Valley, within striking distance of Lake Tahoe, is an elemental dwelling perched around 1,800 metres above sea level.

The Art Of The Maker Series

Kenny Yong Soo Son Issue 13 Feature The Local Project Image (11)
With a background in metalcraft and object design, Kenny Yong-soo Son creates pieces that are functional and decorative.
Emotion In Structure – Adam Goodrum Video Feature The Local Project Image (2)
Known for his distinct Australian aesthetic and ability to combine functionality with aesthetics, Adam Goodrum focuses on furniture, product, collectible and interior design.
Dion Horstmans Issue 13 Feature The Local Project Image (8)
Driven by a seemingly limitless creative energy, Dion Horstmans is an artist whose practice explores and redefines the boundaries of sculpture through experimentation with form and shadow.

The Artedomus Expert Series

How To Use Porcelain In Your Home Video Feature The Local Project Image (10)
Paddington Terrace sees Queen Mab Studio renovate the kitchen and bathroom, elevating the home to exhibit a mix of classic and contemporary styles.
How To Use Stone In Your Bathroom Video Feature The Local Project Image (12)
The bathrooms of Base Camp Ewingsdale see Olive Cooke and Henry Tervenski utilise natural stone from Artedomus.

The Artedomus Series

East Melbourne By Hecker Guthrie Video Feature The Local Project Image (2)
East Melbourne sees Hecker Guthrie reflect on the process of craft, integrating new insertions amongst an existing heritage context.
Light Years Asian Bar And Diner By Studio Plenty Is The Artedomus Emerging Designer Awards Commercial Project Winner Issue 13 Feature The Local Project Image (10)
Sumptuously revamped and outfitted by Studio Plenty in collaboration with SARAH ELLISON., Light Years Asian Bar and Diner presents a tantalising den of tone and tactility.
Ab House By Office Mi–ji Wins The Artedomus Emerging Designer Awards Residential Category Video Feature The Local Project Image (21)
AB House by Office MI–JI is a holiday home located a few hundred metres from the Barwon Heads coastline on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula.
New Volumes Collection 02 By Artedomus Video Feature The Local Project Image (43)
New Volumes Collection 02 by Artedomus features furniture, lighting and home décor from a selection of emerging and established artists all using terracotta.
Northside House By Wellard Architects Issue 09 Video Feature The Local Project Image (14)
A home for a family of entertainers, Northside House embodies generosity and warmth. Placing new and old in conversation, Wellard Architects creates an inclusive and balanced sensibility.
Currawong House by Olive Cooke and Henry Tervenski is a secluded home which embraces its subtropical context and proximity to nature.
Inspired by European design, Grange Road Residence balances an intricate choreography of proportion, texture and light.
Kew Residence By John Wardle Architects Issue 05 Feature The Local Project Image 02
Kew Residence by John Wardle Architects represents a project in which decades of lived experience is interwoven with narratives of history.
Moonee Ponds By Architecton Artedomus Video Feature The Local Project Image 01
The Melbourne home of Architecton Director Nick Lukas, balances the simplicity of rectilinear forms and raw materials such as concrete, steel and glass with elegant, detailed interiors.
Episode 8. Journey’s End The Artedomus Expert Series The Local Project Image 06
In the final episode of the Artedomus Expert Series: Japan, the week-long trip filming and sharing the experience of exploring the history, manufacturing and uses of tiles in Japan comes to an end.

The Brickworks Series

Harriet’s House By So. Architecture Video Feature The Local Project Image (17)
Harriet’s House by SO: Architecture is a small brick home that combines an original 1830s cottage front and a contemporary rear addition built of bricks.

The Fisher & Paykel Series

Wānaka S.k.i House By Roberts Gray Architects Issue 15 Feature The Local Project Image (12)
Wānaka S.K.I House by Roberts Gray Architects is a holiday home for a multigenerational family in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island.
Remi Residences By Remi Developments And Bda Architecture Issue 15 Feature The Local Project Image (7)
Broadbeach’s identity finds its grounding in a blend of coastal and urban ideals, thanks to its growing density and proximity to the beach.
Sun Ranch Tlp Fisher Paykel
Tapping into a variety of design influences, Sun Ranch invites guests to kick back and bask in a blend of romantic, free-spirited fun amid the picturesque hinterland.
Naples Street House By Edition Office Issue 14 Feature The Local Project Image (24)
Naples Street House by Edition Office is a multigenerational family home located in Box Hill, Victoria defined by a central courtyard and its connection to nature.
Skelton Studio House By Piers Kay Project Feature The Local Project Image (39)
Skelton Studio House is a mid-century home located on a quiet residential street in Auckland’s North Shore renovated by architect Piers Kay.
Brooklyn Mass Timber By Schiller Projects Project Feature The Local Project Image (16)
Brooklyn Mass Timber by Schiller Projects is a family home that utilises a highly sustainable construction method.
White Rock By Omar Gandhi Project Feature The Local Project Image (5)
White Rock is a Corten steel-clad cubic structure designed by Omar Gandhi in the Gaspereau Valley, an agricultural community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Maison Bodega By Liz Gardner Project Feature The Local Project Image (11)
Maison Bodega by Liz Gardner of Bodega Ltd. is a hybrid live-work space located near downtown Minneapolis.
Nightingale Village Project Feature The Local Project Image (12)
The Local Project’s eight-part Nightingale Village series, created in partnership with Fisher & Paykel, has explored the defining principles of this landmark Melbourne project.
Mermaid Beach House By Maher Design Project Feature The Local Project Image (21)
Mermaid Beach House by Maher Design is an extensive renovation to an existing home along the Gold Coast’s sandy shores.

The Laminex Series

Selby House By Placement Project Feature The Local Project Image (15)
In reorientating the heart of Selby House, Placement has created a living zone that is defined by colour and frames views both inward and outwards.
The Sails Motel By Akin Atelier Video Feature The Local Project Image (14)
Grounded in nostalgia yet refined through contemporary finishes, The Sails Motel is a layered motel renovation elevated by interiors by Akin Atelier and laminate surfaces by Laminex.
Hellenic Homecoming By Maria Danos Architecture Video Feature The Local Project Image (14)
Maria Danos Architecture plays with cultural expression through place, drawing on a combination of nostalgic elements and locally sourced materials such as Laminex.
Laminex Nest And Scoop Kitchen Design By Studio Doherty Issue 13 Feature The Local Project Image (2)
For two kitchen projects created in collaboration with Laminex, Studio Doherty embraced bold colour, form and texture to rewrite traditional kitchen design narratives.
Hazel House By Nat Turnbull And Adriana Hanna Video Feature The Local Project Image (2)
Hazel House sees Nat Turnbull and Adriana Hanna collaborate to craft a sculptural interior landscape in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Clifton Hill.
Fantales Kitchen By Laminex And Ysg Video Feature The Local Project Image 16
Drawing on a tonal and earthy palette, Laminex has collaborated with YSG to design an intrepid kitchen, living room and study.

The Made by Storey Series

Barwon Heads House By Adam Kane Architects Issue 05 Feature The Local Project Image 17
Adam Kane Architects take cues from the home’s coastal milieu to conjure Barwon Heads House as a series of meditative and reductive retreat spaces.
Anderson Road By B.e Architecture Video Feature The Local Project Image (15)
Anderson Road sees B.E Architecture craft an impactful home with a raw materiality, deftly juggling ideas of intensity and texture to establish a unique identity.

The North America Series

Rockbound By Omar Gandhi Architects Project Feature The Local Project Image (55)
Through Rockbound, Omar Gandhi Architects composes a series of volumes with a sense of mystery akin to the emotion of the surrounding coastal environment.
Lone Pine By Clb Architects Video Feature The Local Project Image (7)
Surrounded by nature and frequented by local animals, Lone Pine by CLB Architects is a family home set against a backdrop of picturesque mountains and rivers.
East Village Apartment By Grt Architects Project Feature The Local Project Image (3)
East Village Apartment by GRT Architects is an extensive renovation of an existing dwelling in a storied Manhattan building known as Onyx Court.
East Hampton Modern By Workshopapd Project Feature The Local Project Image (23)
East Hampton Modern by Workshop/APD is a contemporary holiday home with charred timber cladding and a pool surrounded by a meadow of wildflowers.
Hidden House By Opa Project Feature The Local Project Image (18) Min
Hidden House by OPA is located on Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, nestled within a meticulously preserved area, daring to diverge from the typical architectural styles of its neighbouring homes.
Og House By Omar Gandhi Architects Video Feature The Local Project Iimage (47)
OG House is an architect’s own home in Halifax, Canada, that displays a deft understanding of volume and light across various levels.
Sandbox By Peter Braithwaite Studio Project Feature The Local Project Image (16)
The Sandbox by Peter Braithwaite Studio is a three-storey timber-clad residence located along the Bay of Chaleur in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick.
Redwood House By Studio Terpeluk Project Feature The Local Project Image (2)
Located on a hillside in San Francisco’s Noe Valley, Redwood House was originally designed in the 1970s and has been renovated recently by Studio Terpeluk.
Sea Ranch Forest Retreat By Koch Architects Project Feature The Local Project Image (21)
Koch Architects has renovated a cabin at Sea Ranch, a community development in California’s Sonoma County conceived the 1960s.
Ramirez Residence By Norman Miller Architects And Judith Sheine Architect Issue 12 Feature The Local Project Image (21)
A collaboration between architects Judith Sheine and Norman Millar, Ramirez Residence presents a contemporary coastal retreat on a dramatic stretch of northern Californian coastline.

The Rogerseller Series

The Rogerseller story began in the 1890s, when the company was founded in Melbourne. Over the next 130 years, the ability to respond to change has been key to Rogerseller’s continued success.
The Design Of The Kitchen And Bathrooms Was Key To Ensuring The Architects Could Fit Everything Required Into The Terrace House Efficiently Without S
The Local Project presents, in collaboration with Rogerseller, an exploration of the York Street House by Atelier Wagner Architects, an inner-city Melbourne home that reimagines terrace house living.

The S&A Stairs Series

Hearth In The Well By Luigi Rosselli Architects, Arent&pyke And S&a Stairs Project Feature The Local Project Image (7)
Inspired by the familiar warmth of a family home, Hearth in the Well sees Luigi Rosselli Architects, Arent&Pyke and S&A Stairs work together to refocus on connection.
Channelling the sense of warmth that has long-defined the family concept, Taylor Pressly Architects crafts Wimbledon Avenue, a home with a traditional domestic purpose.

The Sustainability Series

Internally, The Spaces Are A Combination Of Expressed External Materiality, Refined Elements And A Timber Ceiling That Runs The Continuous Curve F
Topology Studio’s House at Otago Bay is a play on concealing and revealing through contrasting locally sourced materiality and dramatic formal responses.
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Collaborating with Blum, Hütt Homes constructs a family home that embraces sustainable and passive living that aims to inspire other architects and designers.
Introspective And Independent – Limestone House By John Wardle Architects Project Feature The Local Project Image 01
Limestone House sees John Wardle Architects propose a home that generates and captures enough energy to provide for itself, while beautifully addressing the streetscape as its own living sculpture.
St Andrews Beach House Embodies All Of The Principles Of A Low Maintenance, Relaxing Abode.
We speak with co-founding director, Andrew Maynard from Austin Maynard about St Andrews Beach House, their firms’ approach to the sustainable coastal temporary living.
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Exploring the notion of sustainable living, Alexander Symes Architect has created the Pepper Tree Passive House, placing emphasis on renewable and recycled materials.

The Tongue n Groove Series

Berson House By Monster Ideas Architects Video Feature The Local Project Image (1)
Berson House challenges the traditional narrative of a home in structure, materiality and purpose. Monster Ideas Architects turns an existing pre-1945 house into a bold, multi-functional dwelling.
An Architect’s Own Home – Uxbridge House By Tim Stewart Architects Image 05
Tim Stewart Architects’ Uxbridge House is the quintessential family home that inverts the traditional materiality of the Queenslander.
The Tongue N Groove Series Blue Moon House By Bayleyward Melbourne, Vic, Australia Image 15
A heritage townhouse in South Yarra, Blue Moon House saw BayleyWard approach the internal spaces as a series of puzzle pieces.
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Set on the tip of Point Seymour, the Peninsula House by Stafford Architecture, with interiors by Hare + Klein, balances openness to the exceptional harbour views with a sense of privacy and sanctuary.

The ZETR Series

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On the headland above Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Eagle’s Nest by Ian Bennett Design Studio balances openness to the exceptional views with robust form that explores the nuanced qualities of concrete.

Working From Home: The Herman Miller Series

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Working from Home: The Herman Miller Series. We take you inside the St Kilda home of Andrew Parr from SJB as he adpats to working from home.
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Working from Home: The Herman Miller Series. Step inside the South Yarra home of Manuela Millan from Elenberg Fraser as she adpats to working from home.
Episode 1: The Working From Home Series Richard Healy Of Bates Smart Ft. Herman Millerscreen Shot 2020 05 10 At 2.06.42 Pm
Working from Home: The Herman Miller Series. We take you inside the Richmond home of Richard Healy from Bates Smart as he adpats to working from home.
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