Nip and tuck: Orama
For an architect or designer, the opportunity to work on a great residential project with supportive clients is a dream. If they get this chance twice, they might have to pinch themselves to believe it...
View ArticleSlender splendour: Upsilon House
When I visit houses and apartments for review, I usually ask myself, the designers and the clients, “What was the key factor in the success of the project?” You might assume that the first response...
View ArticlePavilion living: Annandale Residence
Both clients and designers learn from their experiences. While designers get the chance to reflect on what went well and not so well after each project, a client typically gets this opportunity just...
View ArticleClean slate: Coastal Home
The “bricks and mortar” nature of a home means it can have many different occupants over its lifespan, changing each time to suit the way the occupant inhabits the space. In the best examples, this...
View ArticleModernist evolution: McLeod House
Some houses are designed, built and inhabited within months and this is generally seen as the best outcome for designer and client. There are, however, many instances where the completion of a house is...
View ArticleAn elegant solution: Bellevue Hill House IV
When looking at architecture it is easy to forget the complex problem-solving that is at its heart. Facades, finishes and furnishings capture our eyes, and yet behind these elements are weeks and...
View ArticleUnapologetically suburban: Binary House
Some fifty years since the publication of Robin Boyd’s The Australian Ugliness , architecture and suburbia still have an uneasy relationship. The Australian suburbs have traditionally been seen as the...
View ArticleAll together now: Matraville Residence
Experimentation is at the core of innovation. In architecture and design these terms are often associated with radical aesthetics, bold colours and novel materiality. However, the real day-to-day...
View ArticleDouble feature: Naremburn Twin Peaks
In order for architecture to transform people’s lives, it doesn’t have to be big or brash – it just has to be good. Tucked away in a quiet street on Sydney’s lower North Shore, a dark bungalow was...
View ArticleA lesson in collaboration: Sly Brothers Semi
All buildings have a story to tell: the story of the lives of the people that have interacted with them and the story of their place. Archisoul Architects was entrusted with reimagining and restoring...
View ArticleQuality over ostentation: Balmoral House
Australia holds the inglorious record of having some of the largest houses in the world, placed behind only the United States in terms of average size. Bigger is generally seen as better. There are,...
View ArticlePrefab off-the-grid: Courtyard House
While it may not be a well-known fact, prefabricated houses have been an integral part of the built environment in the Antipodes since the early days of European colonization. The first known...
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