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News Archive for 2021 to 2022

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Australian Property Designs 2022

30 Oct 2022
Ghin Ghin House, Victoria
Architecture: Dion Keech Architects

photo : Lyons Photography
Ghin Ghin House
Sitting on a hillside in the idyllic rural setting of Ghin Ghin in northeast Victoria, the U-shape Ghin Ghin House wraps around a generous central courtyard. Thick external walls enable storage opportunities internally and deep window reveals, which provide effective sun shading on all sides.

23 Oct 2022
McAnally Residence, Sunshine Beach, Queensland
Building + interior design: MADDOCK

photo : Scott Burrows
McAnally Residence, Sunshine Beach, Queensland
The stylishly designed McAnally Residence rises out of the sand dune, overlooking the ocean at Sunshine Beach, on the east coast of Australia, approximately 120km north of Brisbane.

7 Sep 2022
Oystercatcher House, Callala Beach, New South Wales
Design: MCK Architecture & Interiors

photo : Prue Ruscoe
Oystercatcher House, Callala Beach, NSW
For some years a Sydney based family had enjoyed their holidays in a tiny prefabricated house on the beachfront lot, but had finally outgrown it. They wanted to improve the accommodation and take better advantage of the opportunities of the location and aspect, while retaining a relaxed, simple pattern of inhabiting the site.

23 Aug 2022
Great Granny House, Coopers Shoot, New South Wales
Design: Harley Graham Architects

photo : Peter Tanevski
Great Granny House, Coopers Shoot NSW
Great Granny House was undertaken in partnership with Peter Carmichael, who’s office of Cocks Carmichael — a pioneer mid-century architectural practice — had closed some time before the inception of this project. The design of Great Granny House is a direct response to the specific site characteristics where the ocean views are to the South and the prime orientation is to the North.

18 Aug 2022
Carlyle Lane House, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Design: Harley Graham Architects

photo : Peter Tanevski
Carlyle Lane House, Byron Bay, New South Wales
This new Australian house sits on a small 500 sqm block in the middle of Byron Bay. The clients, originally from Brazil, had a long-standing penchant for Mid-century architecture.

18 Aug 2022
Port Willunga Residence, Adelaide, South Australia
Architecture: Urban Habitats

photo : Kate Bowman Photography
Port Willunga Residence, South Australia

16 Aug 2022
Portsea House, Victoria
Architecture: Hall Studio with Fender Katsalidis

photo : Tom Blachford
Portsea House, Victoria
This new Australian residence has been a beloved family coastal home for the last thirty years, this art-collecting client needed a home to facilitate the upcoming thirty years, as an eventually less infrequent residence. Nestled into the coastline of Portsea, and overlooking incredible vistas to the ocean beyond, priority was around maximising the homes’ connection to its location, along with being the conduit for an expression of the client’s passion for the Arts.

14 Aug 2022
Mona Lane, Brunswick Heads, New South Wales
Design: Harley Graham Architects

photos : Anson Smart and Michael Nicholson
Mona Lane, Brunswick Heads New South Wales
This contemporary Australian property began in 2015 with our client’s vision for riverside retirement in the sleepy suburb of Brunswick Heads. The clients wished to age in place, without the need for onerous maintenance requirements – a future proof forever home.

12 Aug 2022
Wollumbin House, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Design: Harley Graham Architects

photo : Andy MacPherson Studio
Wollumbin House, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Faced with the challenge of a highly constrained site, Wollumbin House is a project that embraces solitude and sanctuary in the confines of a suburban context. Anchored on a steep west facing site the project acts as a vantage point to enjoy views of the caldera and Wollumbin (Mount Warning) to the west and glimpses of the Pacific Ocean to the north.

10 Aug 2022
116A Edward Residence, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Architecture: Urban Habitats

photo : Kate Bowman Photography
116A Edward Residence, South Australia
When designing the 116A Edward Residence Urban Habitats were excited to show case both the in-house design studio capabilities whilst also continuing to show that the construction team was highly efficient, detailed and quality focused.

29 July 2022
House on Haines, Adelaide, South Australia
Architecture: Studio Nine Architects

photo : David Sievers
House on Haines, Adelaide

5 Jul 2022
Wombat House, Wombat, Young, Southwest Slopes region, New South Wales
Architects: Richard Cole Architecture

photo : Rachel Lenehan Photography
Wombat House, New South Wales

3 Jul 2022
Bundeena House, New South Wales
Architects: RAAarchitects

photo : Michael Nicholson
Bundeena House, Royal National Park NSW

Updated 4 July 2022
Bluff Farm House, rural New South Wales, about four hours from Sydney
Design: Richard Cole Architecture

photograph : Brett Boardman
Bluff Farm House

2 July 2022
Foamcrest Apartments, Newport
Architects: Richard Cole Architecture

photo : Simon Wood Photography
Foamcrest Apartments, Newport NSW

21 Jun 2022
Merindah Park House, Bellawongarah, New South Wales
Architects: Richard Cole Architecture

photograph : Simon Wood Photography
Merindah Park House, NSW
A new owner built farmhouse, Merindah Park House in Bellawongarah, on the tablelands above Kangaroo Valley, takes cues from traditional rural building materials and forms. The splayed plan opens to the landscape and generates a serene central courtyard around which circulation paths are placed.

8 Jun 2022
Whale Beach Villa, northern beachside suburb of Sydney, NSW
Architect and Interior Designer: Rama Architects

photo : Simon Whitbread
Whale Beach Villa

6 Jun 2022
Nelson House, Hobart, Tasmania
Architects: Biotope Architecture + Interiors

photo : Peter Mathew
Nelson House, Hobart, Tasmania

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Australian Houses Spring 2022

25 May 2022
Cockatoo Island, Woolwich, Sydney, New South Wales
Design: Breathe Architecture

render : Mark Gerada
Cockatoo Island Property

19 Apr 2022
Dolphin Sands Studio, Tasmania
Design: Matt Williams Architects

photo : Adam Gibson
Dolphin Sands Studio, Tasmania

11 Apr 2022
Kelvedon Park Club House, Tasmania
Design: AKA Architects

photo : Natasha Mulhall
Kelvedon Park Club House

7 Apr 2022
Buchan Point, Palm Cove, Queensland
Architecture: TPG Architects

photo : Andrew Watson Photography
Buchan Point Residence, Palm Cove Queensland
Buchan Point is a luxury Palm Cove residence, cantilevered from a prime elevated block in the locality of Buchan Point, is designed to provide 270-degree ocean views from every room. Balconies and outdoor areas are provided for each of the four bedrooms.

8 Apr 2022
Studio Feels, Clontarf, NSW
Design: Hobbs Jamieson Architecture

photo : Luc Remond
Studio Feels, Clontarf, NSW
The Studio Feels project involved a studio extension to the existing detached double garage on a large suburban block, to create a multi-purpose space and lower-level sauna. The scope involved an addition consistent in scale with the lower-level footprint displaying an architectural aesthetic in line with the original period detailing of the main home, and future renovation aspirations of the owners for the site.

27 Mar 2022
Mt Eliza House, Victoria

24 Mar 2022
Somers Modular Home, Victoria

22 Mar 2022
Hide House, Venus Bay, Victoria

22 Mar 2022
Mt Eliza House, Victoria
Mt Eliza House, Victoria

21 Mar 2022
Origami House, Hobart, Tasmania
Design: Matt Williams Architects

photo : Adam Gibson
Origami House, Hobart Tasmania
Located on a remnant internal block in inner Hobart, Tasmania, surrounded by nine neighbours, Origami House folds it’s way across and down the site, creating private outside and inside spaces for clients that were as focused on the garden as they were on their new home.

17 Mar 2022
Somers Modular Home, Somers, Victoria
Design: Modscape

photo : Emily Bartlett
Somers Modular Home, Victoria
Nestled in the south-eastern corner of the picturesque Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, this gorgeous beachside Somers Modular Home with stunning coastal views is all about luxury and natural light. The clients called on Modscape to design a knockdown rebuild project – a relaxing retreat they’d call home in the summer months.

15 Mar 2022
Hide House, Venus Bay Beach, South Gippsland, Victoria
Design: MRTN Architects

photo : Dave Kulesza
Hide House, Venus Bay Victoria
Venus Bay is located in South Gippsland, a narrow peninsula of land with Bass Strait the southwest and Anderson’s Inlet to the northeast. The property is located on the crest of a sand dune amongst coastal Tea Tree, and enjoys views to the waterways of the inlet to the north and the grassy tidal plains to the east.

12 Mar 2022
Venus Bay Beach House, Venus Bay Beach, South Gippsland, Victoria
Design: MRTN Architects

photo : Nic Granleese
Venus Bay Beach House, Victoria Home
A bach is a New Zealand term for a family summer house, usually fairly basic in form and simple in finish for when you are your bach you do your living outside, an appropriate starting point for this coastal house for a family of five originally from NZ.

9 Mar 2022
Number 14, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Design: Black Rabbit Architecture + Interiors

photo : Christopher Morrison
Number 14, Heathpool House

7 Mar 2022
Vaucluse Road, NSW
Architects: X.PACE

photo : David Thompson
Vaucluse Road Residence, New South Wales
The view from Vaucluse Road is an iconic post card image. The form of the architecture suggests that the building is ‘looking’ at something significant, Sydney Harbour.

9 Mar 2022
Riverview House, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Architects: Studio Ilk Architecture + Interiors

photo : Peter Mathew
Riverview House, Sandy Bay Tasmania

7 Mar 2022
Tempus, Canberra, ACT
Architects: Cox Architecture

photo : Roderigo Vargas
Tempus Turner Townhouses, Canberra
The Tempus project represents the introduction of a terrace typology to the Canberra housing market akin to iconic terrace housing in major cities like London and New York. The philosophy underpinning the design was to create a single cohesive form, opposed to a collection of individual dwellings.

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Australian Houses Winter 2022

28 Feb 2022
Barangaroo House, Barangaroo South, Sydney, NSW
Design: H-E Architects

photo : Felix Forest
Barangaroo House, Sydney

24 Feb 2022
Loftus Road Apartments, Darling Point, NSW
Design: X.PACE

photo : Tyrone Branigan
Loftus Road Apartments, Darling Point NSW
The Loftus Road Apartments project is an apartment building situated in one of the steepest streets in Sydney, New South Wales. The west facing orientation presents the views of water, city, Harbour Bridge.

21 Feb 2022
New Wave House, Warriewood, New South Wales
Design: Studio Gorman

photo : Prue Ruscoe
New Wave House, Warriewood NSW
This modern NSW residence is tucked away between Warriewood and Narrabeen on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, this idyllic Australian beachside home encompasses indoor / outdoor lifestyle through expansive glazing framing the unimpeded ocean views and free flowing navigation.

24 Feb 2022
Point Lonsdale II, Victoria Home

18 Feb 2022
New Wave House, Warriewood NSW

10 Feb 2022
Huon Barn House, Lucaston, Tasmania
Architects: Studio Ilk Architecture + Interiors

photo : Thomas Ryan
Huon Barn House

24 Jan 2022
Coopworth, South Bruny, Tasmania
Architecture: FMD Architects

photo : Dianna Snape
Coopworth House, South Bruny Tasmania
Nestled in the rural surrounds of Bruny Island, Tasmania, Coopworth is a contemporary interpretation of a country farmhouse. The site’s inhabitants of Coopworth sheep enjoy the wide-ranging views to the water and mountain ranges beyond, as well as the weathering red lead shacks dotted over the island provide an ever-changing landscape with which the house converses.

14 Jan 2022
McCrae Bush House, Horsham, Victoria
Architects: Chan Architecture Pty Ltd

photo : Tatjana Plitt
McCrae Bush House, Victoria
Located on a long and sloping site along the Mornington Peninsula, this new Australian home is a dwelling that was inspired by its unique surrounding context of native bushland and the close proximity of Port Phillip Bay. Located on the highest point of the site towards the rear so as to take advantage of the water and treetop views, the curved driveway approach to the building was carefully considered in the design of the building form.

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Australian Houses in 2021

5 Dec 2021
Memory House, Canberra, ACT
Architects: Thursday Architecture

photo : Anne Stroud
Memory House, O’Connor North Canberra
This contemporary Canberra residence is situated among leafy heritage streets and close proximity to the city, O’Connor’s streetscape is a patchwork of original cottages and modern homes. Having grown up in the original home and later moving after her parents sold it in the early 90’s, it was serendipity, that with her own young family, they came to purchase the property to create a home to reflect their passion for minimalist living, art, and design.

29 Nov 2021
Gawthorne’s Hut, Mudgee, NSW
Design: Cameron Anderson Architects

photo : Martin Mischkulnig
Gawthorne’s Hut, Mudgee New South Wales
This New South Wales property s a luxury, 2 person, off grid, tourism experience within a working rural property 10 minutes from the centre of Mudgee. The project intends to create a unique and sustainable tourism experience that responds directly to the history and context of the property.

4 Nov 2021
House Acute, Killcare, New South Wales
Design: MCK Architecture & Interiors

photography : Brett Boardman
House Acute, Central Coast Region NSW
This New South Wales weekender home was built for a family of 6 on a site abutting the edge of the NSW coastline. The site is exposed to the ocean elements and also sits adjacent to a severe bush-fire prone coastal bluff.

11 Oct 2021
Carina Heights, Brisbane, Queensland
Architects: dion seminara architecture

photograph : Mark Cranitch
Carrina Heights Property, Brisbane

29 Sep 2021
Koonwarra House, Koonwarra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Design: Grant Amon Architects P/L

photograph : John Gollings
Koonwarra House, South Gippsland
The Koonwarra House is a modest weekend home on a small country lot for a retiring couple and family. Inspired by Australia’s mid-century architectural modernist legacy, this simple dwelling provides a calm rural escape amongst the gum trees, koalas and kangaroos.

3 Sep 2021
Anne Street Garden Villas, Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland
Architects: Anna O’Gorman Architect

photograph : Christopher Frederick Jones
Anne Street Garden Villas, Southport Qld

13 Aug 2021
Number 6, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Design: Black Rabbit Architecture + Interiors

photo : Aaron Citti
Number 6, Adelaide Hills House

12 Aug 2021
Bones House, Bells Beach, Victoria
Architecture: Lachlan Shepherd Architects

photo : Nic Stephens Photography
Bones House, Bells Beach Victoria Property
Positioned on a hilltop overlooking the iconic Bells Beach Surfing Reserve, this property involved alterations and additions to the existing dilapidated 3-bedroom residence on site.

17 Aug 2021
The Storehouse, Burnie, Tasmania
Architects: Starbox Architecture

photo : Aaron Jones
The Storehouse, Burnie Tasmania
The brief for The Storehouse tried to answer ‘How can we live with our loved ones as well as our most treasured possessions under the same roof’? The home looks to blend a typical dwelling with offsite storage into one.

13 Aug 2021
Wagstaffe House, Wagstaffe, New South Wales
Design: buck&simple: doers of stuff

photo : Simon Whitbread
Wagstaffe House, Central Coast Region NSW
Wagstaffe House is the realisation of a dream to live in the trees overlooking the water. The layout consists of public and private wings that create a raised courtyard, open on one side to frame the view and create a place of refuge from the elements.

31 Jul 2021
Noosa Nest, Doonan, Sunshine Coast, Eastern Australia
Design: Tim Ditchfield Architects

photo : Andrew Manson
Noosa Nest, Sunshine Coast Home
The Noosa Nest project comprises the renovation alteration and extension to a three storey 1970’s building which was originally designed as a duplex and later converted to a holiday house. The steep semi-rainforest site sits at the end of Laguna Bay.

24 Jul 2021
Bimbadeen House, Fairhaven, Victoria
Architecture: Lachlan Shepherd Architects

photo : Nic Stephens Photography
Bimbadeen House Fairhaven, Victoria Home
This Australian house is designed to compliment surrounding bush by nestling into the sloping site. The simple, low-lying, protective external form contrasts its light-filled, open planned interior.

15 Jul 2021
Off Grid House, Megalong Valley, New South Wales
Design: Anderson Architecture

photography : Simon Anderson and Nick Bowers
Off Grid House, Megalong Valley NSW
Nestled in Sydney’s dense Blue Mountains bushland, this Australian home acts as a premium benchmark for sustainable living under extreme conditions while coexisting with nature. The modest, highly durable home is net zero emissions and BAL-FZ rated; self-sufficient in power, water and sewage.

26 Jun 2021
Callinthe House, Doonan, Sunshine Coast
Design: Tim Ditchfield Architects

photo : Scott Burrows
Callinthe House, Doonan, Sunshine Coast
This new property has been designed to closely connect with its semi-rural context. It is positioned to the rear of the site to ensure privacy from Calanthe Avenue and to be able to take advantage of fantastic views south to a mature eucalypt conservation forest and to look north over landscaped open space.

27 Jul 2021
LA Cool Pool House, Newport, New South Wales
Architecture: Carter Williamson Architects

photo : Ben Guthrie
LA Cool Pool House, Newport NSW
LA Cool is an outdoor living space addition to realise the original vision of our 2015 project, Newport House. Perched above Newport Beach in Sydney’s spectacular Northern Beaches, LA Cool embraces the beautiful views of Newport Beach and Pittwater, the infinity pool, pavilion and living spaces equally ideal vantage point to soak in the views.

5 Jul 2021
Stealth House, Hunters Hill
Architects: Bijl Architecture

photo © Tom Ferguson
Stealth House Hunters Hill

17 Jun 2021
The Bird Cage, Noosa, Queensland
Design: Tim Ditchfield Architects

photo © Scott Burrows
The Bird Cage, Noosa Queensland

22 June 2021
Jacka Crescent Townhouses, Campbell, Canberra, ACT
Architects: CO-AP

photo : Ross Honeysett
Jacka Crescent Townhouses, Canberra
Jacka Crescent Townhouses consists of three new townhouses traverse across a sloping site in the inner-eastern suburb of Campbell, Canberra. The attached dwellings stagger across and up the steep topography, with rooms and circulation spaces stretching and hinging around courtyard gardens which frame borrowed landscapes.

27 Jun 2021
Sea Deck House, Noosa Heads, Queensland
Design: Tim Ditchfield Architects

photo : Scott Burrows
Sea Deck House, Noosa Heads Queensland

22 Jun 2021
Kyneton House, Macedon Ranges region, Victoria
Architecture: MRTN Architects

photo : Dave Kulesza
Kyneton House, Macedon Ranges Region
Kyneton House is an addition to a seventies brick home located on an elevated acre site with established gardens and mature exotic trees. Simply described the addition is a main bedroom suite with associated deck for entertaining with a cover carport and workshop under. The ambition for the design however was more complex than merely the usable spaces created.

13 May 2021
Ballarat East House, Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Architecture: Porter Architects

photograph : Derek Swalwell
Ballarat East House, Victoria Property
On the fringe of Ballarat on a native treed half-acre plot looking over the regional city, this new Australian house sits in its environment engaging every element of its site. A seasonal and 24-hour experience, it engages the winter months with beautiful natural light and views out to changing weather patterns.

17 Apr 2021
Barwon Heads, Barwon Heads, Victoria
Architecture: Adam Kane Architects

photo : Timothy Kaye
Barwon Heads House, Victoria
Adam Kane Architects has given new life to a run-down weatherboard cottage in coastal Barwon Heads, Victoria, transforming it into a contemporary home through the careful use of textural tones and deep understanding of the sense of space. Breaking free from its local label as “the dump”, the black façade of the rejuvenated cottage subtly blends into its sleepy coastal street.

23 Mar 2021
Shoreham House, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Architects: Borland Architecture

photo : Fraser Marsden
Shoreham House, Mornington Peninsula
Built overlooking the Bass Strait in Shoreham on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia the Shoreham House by Borland Architecture is designed to soak up the ocean views. This new residential project is all about the water view – the clients wanted a home as close to the water as the planning rules would allow.

22 Feb 2021
SL House, Aranda, Canberra, ACT
Design: Ben Walker Architects

photo : Ben Guthrie
SL House, Canberra
This contemporary Australian house is located within one of Canberra’s most strongly landscape suburbs – Aranda. The suburb is characterized by mature native Eucalypts and Acacias which are prevalent as street trees, parkland plantings and adjacent public reserve.

9 Mar 2021
Black Ribbon House, Brisbane, Queensland
Architecture: Studio 15b

photo : Angus Martin
Black Ribbon House, Brisbane Property

4 Jan 2021
South Coast House, Illawarra Escarpment, NSW
Architects: Indyk Architects

photo : Murray Fredericks
South Coast House, Illawarra Escarpment
The South Coast House grew out of its formidable site, inspired by the Illawarra Escarpment to the far west and north, and to its east the tidal ocean rock shelf and ocean beyond. Indyk Architects’ aim was to create a ‘safe harbour’ for living; to borrow and imbed the ocean-scape within the house views and to make a home of beauty and craftsmanship.

2 Jan 2021
AB House, Hackett, Canberra, ACT
Design: Ben Walker Architects

photo : Ben Guthrie
AB House, Canberra
The AB House includes 3 bedrooms, kitchen & living spaces, 2 storey study, rumpus, garage and wet areas. The project was designed and developed with careful consideration of site, and the nuances of the client brief. The block was a “Mr Fluffy” site with a previous house demolished prior to the commencement of the project.