Houses

For the architect, designer, home owner, home builder or anyone simply interested in the best residential design, every issue of Houses tells the story of inspirational homes, their surrounds and the products that complete them. Through generous pictorial coverage from leading photographers, floor plans and lists of selected products, you share the delight of each home presented. You’ll also meet some of the creative people who designed them and keep up with the latest design trends and issues. Be inspired!

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Fresh finds • Turn back time with these re-launched and yesteryear-inspired pieces for the home.

Japandi haven in Mount Keira • A hillside home on the Illawarra escarpment is a serene retreat, wrapped in a refined and robust skin that adds texture and depth.

NORTHCOTE TOWNHOUSES BY BIRTHISEL WITTINGSLOW ARCHITECTS, STUDIO ESTETA AND CARR • Buoyed by collective ambition and a collaborative spirit, this townhouse development in Melbourne’s inner-north evolves the model for gradual densification at a time when it’s needed most.

STUARTHOLME HOUSE BY NIELSEN JENKINS WITH MICHAEL LUMBY • Rich in experiential delights, the most recent evolution of a Brisbane cottage is a robust and elemental private shelter from which to survey the sky and the ground.

INJIDUP SPRINGS HOUSE BY WHISPERING SMITH • Immersed in the coastal bushland of south-west Western Australia, this new house and recording studio is a seasonally attuned place for living and making.

Card ONE TO WATCH • Long-time friends and bandmates, Tahj Rosmarin and Jimi Connor are now also co-directors of a fledgling studio creating down-to-earth architecture that enhances the everyday.

Curated essentials • Hand-picked designs that elevate kitchens and bathrooms from service space to showstopper.

Design that’s full of fresh possibilities • Fusing sophisticated design with superior performance, Sub-Zero’s food preservation technology inspires a higher standard.

NEBRASKA BY LARA MAESEELE • Sculpted and playful, this layered and finely crafted home allows an extended family to enjoy the full spectacle of Bruny Island.

GOLD CREEK BY STEENDIJK AND GLENN MURCUTT • Through a synthesis of site and structure, this carefully composed pavilion house, tucked into the ridgeline, becomes a platform for living in the landscape.

Benjamin Hubert INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER • With a conviction in the power of design to effect change, Benjamin Hubert explores the intersection of technology and craft to imagine an efficient and resilient future.

Moonah House by Karen Abernethy Interiors and Architecture FIRST HOUSE • A holiday house, designed in 2010 for her family, upheld Karen Abernethy’s belief that architecture enhances wellbeing through connections to people and place.

PALM BEACH HOUSE BY KNIGHT OFFICE AND DAN WILSON • In the Gold Coast suburbs, where demolition comes fast and spectacle often triumphs, this family home pursues a different path of retention and adaptation, creating a grounded setting for relaxed coastal living.

WARRANDYTE HOUSE BY FIGUREGROUND ARCHITECTURE • In the tranquil bushy setting of Melbourne’s north-east, a new home designed as a series of permeable pavilions helps a family of five connect to the landscape.

BLUESTONE HOUSE BY ELLUL ARCHITECTURE • A crisp addition and smart internal reworking of a spatially constricted 1860s cottage brings a relaxed minimalism to a dwelling with a rich history.

Lineburg Wang • Established in 2018, this acclaimed Brisbane studio interrogates the constraints of site and brief to realise homes marked by spatial ingenuity and deceptive simplicity.

Deepacres by Jack Hobbs McConnell • Conceived and built during...