charred timber

July 5, 2023

Shadow House by Grotto Studio is full of spatial poetry

When two school friends reconnected over a shared love of design and sustainability, the opportunity to collaborate did more than give new life to a 110-year-old house – it cemented a friendship while making a poetic story in the process.

January 19, 2022

A holiday sanctuary

Corke Design Studio’s beachy getaway brings a distinctly Japanese aesthetic to The Great Ocean Road.

April 12, 2019

Shou Sugi Ban: The Art Of Charred Cedar

Five Australian architects and designers are embracing the centuries-old traditional Japanese technique of Shou Sugi Ban.