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Windowless facade conceals “quiet grandeur” of Woodend bungalow in Victoria

October 20, 2025 Natasha Levy 0

Living spaces richly finished with varieties of Italian marble lie behind the opaque facade of this house in Victoria, Australia, conceived by designer David Hicks. Woodend house is located in Macedon Ranges, a region of Victoria characterised by sprawling forests and rolling hillsides. Inspiration for the home’s design, however, stems from European vernacular architecture, in

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Brick-clad Melbourne home features custom kitchen by Fisher & Paykel

September 12, 2025 Siufan Adey 0

Fisher & Paykel appliances add steel accents to this brick-and-timber house in Melbourne, Australia, as shown in this video produced by Dezeen for the luxury kitchen brand. Designed by local architecture studio Edition Office, Naples Street House is a single storey home that wraps around an internal courtyard. “Rather than trying to address the street,

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Mark Jeavons and Ohlo Studio restore 1970s home in Australia

November 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Australian architect Mark Jeavons worked with interior design practice Ohlo Studio to restore Tomich House, a heritage-listed 1970s house in City Beach, Perth. Originally designed by brutalist Bulgarian architect Iwan Iwanoff in 1971, the home features a landscaped garden and sculptural curved walls built from white-painted concrete blocks. Tomich House had recently been acquired by

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LLDS Architects tops self-designed home in Melbourne with curved plywood roof

November 4, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

A curved roof and textured concrete walls characterise Northcote House in Melbourne, designed by local studio LLDS Architects for its founder partners. Slotted into the site of a former car park measuring 4.6 metres in width and 22 metres in length, the project by LLDS Architects aims to showcase how narrow urban plots can be

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Splinter Society prioritises connection to garden in Australian house renovation

November 2, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Pockets of outdoor space surround Gardener’s House, a suburban home in Melbourne extended and renovated by Australian studio Splinter Society. Gardener’s House is designed for a pair of avid gardeners who had a desire to “recreate the experience of their former property”, which was located an hour from Melbourne and surrounded by rolling hills. To

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BVN tops Sydney’s brutalist Sirius building with copper-pod extensions

October 16, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Architecture studio BVN has retrofitted the 1970s brutalist Sirius building in Sydney, Australia, and extended it with a series of copper-clad pods. The studio renovated the distinctive, brutalist housing project located near Sydney Harbour, which was designed  in 1979 by Dutch architect Tao Gofers. BVN a competition to redesign the building in 2019 following a campaign

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Eight eclectic pizzerias that take the slice-shop to the next level

October 13, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

For our latest lookbook, we look at the interiors of contemporary pizzerias across the globe, including a pink vegan restaurant in London and a Mexico City space informed by a neighbouring church. From New York City to Italy, its country of origin, pizza is a beloved delicacy across the world. As a result, the humble

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Eight Australian houses with sculptural shapes and angular facades

September 23, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Our latest roundup showcases innovative Australian homes, including a house with a fish-pond atrium and a residence with a faceted black-metal extension. Mostly located in Melbourne and Sydney, these eight homes are united by their sculptural designs. While some have unusually shaped floorplans, others use detailed facades, cantilevers, roof cutouts and geometrical aluminium awnings to

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Eight Australian houses with sculptural shapes and angular facades

September 23, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Our latest roundup showcases innovative Australian homes, including a house with a fish-pond atrium and a residence with a faceted black-metal extension. Mostly located in Melbourne and Sydney, these eight homes are united by their sculptural designs. While some have unusually shaped floorplans, others use detailed facades, cantilevers, roof cutouts and geometrical aluminium awnings to

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YSG adds 1970s-style elements to Sydney’s Superfreak cafe

September 18, 2024 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Australian studio YSG has added carpet-lined seating, cork flooring and high-gloss green paint to the Superfreak cafe in Sydney. Located in the city’s Marrickville suburb, the space was converted from an ice cream factory into a pilates studio, which is located at the rear and the Superfreak cafe on the street front. Drawing on a relaxed

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