A Retail Interior of Quiet Authority in Melbourne’s Armadale.Working with the building's existing industrial bones—original brickwork, timber roof trusses, and restored skylights—AP Design House has delivered a retail interior grounded in material honesty. Aged leather sofas, vintage lighting,...
A Restrained Interior With Plenty to Say: Homer Rogue Taverna by AP Design House.There's nothing more satisfying than a space that’s not overdesigned and generally doesn't try too hard. Homer Rogue Taverna gets this. Conceived by AP Design House for brothers Harry and Mario Kapoulas, this 100-seat Greek restaurant on...
Tardis-Like Small Sydney Semi Gets a Big Transformation by Downie North.In Sydney's eastern suburbs, Downie North have transformed a modest semi-detached home into a family sanctuary. Through clever spatial planning and thoughtful material selection, this Queens Park residence now offers doubled outdoor space,...
How 22 Square Metres Changed Everything for This Sydney Architect’s Home.When Sydney architect faced the challenge of expanding her family's Inner West cottage during lockdown, she turned constraints into opportunities. The resulting 22sqm addition, featuring a cantilevered bay window and seamless garden...
Brisbane’s Best-Kept Secret: A Luxe Family Home Atop a Commercial Building.More than just a pretty face, Newstead Apartment tells a story of urban living reimagined. Partridge Daniels prove that with a bit of imagination (okay, a lot of imagination), you can create a slice of paradise anywhere—even on top of a...
This Architectural Gem in Sydney’s Paddington Transforms the Street.There’s an ease to this newly-built Paddington house that masks its economy. Single gestures generate multiple outcomes, nothing is wasted, and much is achieved with little. Designed by Phillip Arnold from Plus Minus Design, in...
A Blend of History & Modernity: The Estate in Rural NSW by Luke Moloney Architecture.Set in far-off rural New South Wales, Luke Moloney’s latest project, The Estate, is a sensitive refurbishment of an 1880s homestead built for a prominent pastoral family. With an effortless blend of history and modernity, the apparent...
Laneway Glass House by Brad Swartz and Henry Wilson.For five years, Sydney architect Brad Swartz and industrial designer Henry Wilson collaborated on a luminous laneway home that punches well above its modest footprint. Hovering at the fringe between the public and private domain, the...
Moss Manor in Moss Vale by Luke Moloney Architects.Moss Manor has had many lives. Its glorious Victorian bones once housed the town's council chambers, and now, in its present avatar, it serves as the Southern Highlands’s first art hotel. To say it has set precedents would be putting it...
