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YSG brings boutique-hotel feel to family home in Sydney

January 17, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

Interiors studio YSG has upgraded a home in Sydney’s Mosman suburb to feature “lavish yet tranquil” interiors that are more akin to those of a luxury hotel. The three-storey house previously had drab grey walls and awkwardly placed partitions but now features more coherently connected rooms finished in a sumptuous mix of materials. “Our clients

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Bright yellow balconies enliven Melbourne apartment block by Austin Maynard Architects

December 29, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A “mountainous” zigzag roofline and bright yellow balconies define the ParkLife apartment block in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne, designed by local studio Austin Maynard Architects. The block is located within Nightingale Village, a collection of six apartment buildings by different architects for housing not-for-profit Nightingale Housing that all demonstrate its development model, aiming to

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John Ellway updates Brisbane cottage with staggered extension and gardens

December 23, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A series of small gardens designed to “encourage play and movement” breaks up Hopscotch House, a cottage in Brisbane with an extension by local studio John Ellway. Situated on a low-rise estate in the suburb of Woolloongabba, the project leaves the original building and its relationship to the street largely untouched, instead extending backwards to fill

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Fraser & Partners unveils design for world’s tallest hybrid timber residential tower in Perth

December 19, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Australian architecture studio Fraser & Partners has revealed its design for a nearly 190-metre-tall residential tower named C6 in Perth, Australia, describing it as a “new benchmark in height for mass timber”. Fraser & Partners says C6, which will be 189.1 metres tall, will become the world’s tallest hybrid timber housing once it is completed,

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Australia bans engineered stone due to silicosis risk

December 14, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. The ban was agreed at a meeting of Australian federal and state workplace ministers on Wednesday, and will come into place across the country from 1 July 2024. The ban targets

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ARM Architecture covers Geelong Arts Centre in swooping concrete curtains

December 13, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Australian studio ARM Architecture has completed the renovation of the Geelong Arts Centre in Victoria, Australia, adding a theatrical draping facade to its exterior. The building, which is the largest regional arts centre in the country, contains two theatres connected by large public foyers. Geelong Arts Centre was originally constructed in 1981 in the brutalist

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Spaceagency converts former Weeties warehouse into family home

December 6, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Australian studio Spaceagency has consolidated three apartments in a heritage-listed cereal factory into a single-family home in North Fremantle, Western Australia. Spaceagency aimed to emphasise the original volume and industrial character of the 1930s brick warehouse, which was once used to make the breakfast cereal Weeties, while creating a light and open interior. To achieve

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Studio Edwards adopts zero-waste strategy for Today Design office in Melbourne

December 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has completed a workspace for creative agency Today Design using recycled and off-the-shelf materials that could be reused in the future. Located on the 12th floor of an office block in Melbourne’s Collingwood neighbourhood, the Today Design Workspace features partition walls made from OSB (oriented strand board) and translucent corrugated fibreglass. Furniture

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John Ellway staggers series of indoor-outdoor spaces at Cascade House

November 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Australian architect John Ellway has renovated an early 20th-century cottage in Queensland into an open family home intended to encourage indoor-outdoor living. Named Cascade House, the residence in Paddington required minimal renovations but was overhauled by Ellway to create more playful spaces for the family’s three children. It has been updated with a staggered interior

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Cox Architecture celebrates heritage features of its own Sydney studio

November 23, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A brick, steel and timber structure is left exposed in this office interior in Sydney, which local firm Cox Architecture has revamped to house its own studio. Cox Architecture removed previous alterations to the structure, which occupies five floors of the heritage-listed Metcalfe Bond Stores warehouse in Tallawoladah, to highlight its original features and complement

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