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How The Principles of Mid-Century Modern Design Remains Timeless
Mid-century modern design, emerging in the 1940s/50s, revolutionised architecture, focusing on simplicity and innovation.
How This Coastal Home Renovation Reduced Its Construction Waste
Solomon Troup Architects transforms a 1980s home, prioritising sustainability through the minimising of construction waste.
How a ‘Less Is Best’ Approach to the Landscape Design Settled the Off-Grid Home
While Sue and Jim were collaborating with Ben Callery Architects to create their off-grid weekender, they knew they needed a landscape design to make it feel a part of the landscape.
How the Existing Mid-Century Home Inspires This Modern Extension
Studio 101 Architects revitalised this 1960s Mid-Century Modern home in Geelong's riverside suburb, Belmont.
How Landscape and Simplicity Influenced the Design of This Small Off-Grid Home
Sue and Jim approached Ben Callery Architects to design a weekender on an exposed rural site in High Camp.
How This Scandinavian-Inspired Extension Honours The Art Deco Architecture
Megowan was approached to transform this Art Deco house in McKinnon, with the owners wanting a more flexible and modern home that connected with the rear garden while still preserving the charm of the original architecture.
How This Architect is Renovating His Own Mid-Century Modern Home
A sensitive renovation looked to preserve its history while updating for modern living, emphasising the mid-century modern timeless design principles.
How an Architect Renovated and Modernised Their Own Mid-Century Home
Wilko Architecture has sympathetically renovated his own mid-century modern home which suffered from a bad 70s makeover.
How An Architect Designed Their Minimalist Family Home to be Future-Proofed
Melanie Beynon Architecture has used materials and replanning to future-proof their own family home.
How a Sensitive Renovation Saved These 1970s Apartments from Landfill
Park Street is a former 1970s motel in Brunswick with 17 apartments that have been lightly renovated.
How This Off-Grid Modern Farmhouse Has a Deep Relationship With the Landscape
The design of this modern farmhouse was driven by its site, landscape and a deep understanding of sustainability.
How This Contemporary Extension on a Victorian Home Engages with the Native Garden
Located on a small block in Northcote, this sustainable contemporary extension interacts with the elements and allows the owners to live in their garden.
This Japanese House Garden Immerses You in the Beauty of Changing Seasons
Located in Tokyo's west, this unique home shares a communal garden between two families.
This Rural Off-Grid Home Embraces Biophilic Design Principles to Connect with Nature
Sitting on a rural property in Wooragee, a small town in Victoria, is a compact off-grid home designed to connect the family with their natural environment.
How These Two Japanese Homes Have Been Designed Around a Shared Garden
Japanese architect Hiroyuki Unemori designed two homes in Tokyo, one for himself and one for his sister-in-law, emphasising privacy and connection.
How This Japanese Architect Makes Clever Use of a 45m2 Site in Tokyo
On a site barely 45m2 in Tokyo sits the home of Daisuke Ibano, where he wanted his new family home to be bright and spacious.
How This Warm, Textured, and Inviting Extension Provides a Backdrop for Family Life
Pat and Taryn wanted a natural and light-filled extension to their cold and dark Victorian weatherboard home in Brunswick.
How This Japanese Minimalist Home Took a Wabi-Sabi Approach
Katsutoshi Sasaki realised one of his dreams as an architect designing his own home for his family.
How This Japanese Home Connects with Nature Despite the Industrial Urban Environment
The clients of this home in Ichinomiya City, Japan, wanted their new home to be bright and connected to nature.
How These Townhouse-Style Apartments Integrate Biophilic Design Principles
388 Barkly Street is an apartment development that looked to create apartments that would encourage family living.