Habitus #43

June 12, 2019

Narrative-Rich Spatial Experiences By Studio -Gram

Two of Australia’s most exciting young architects, Graham Charbonneau and Dave Bickmore are creating narrative-rich spatial experiences as directors of Studio -Gram.

May 22, 2019

Shadowing An Architect: Koichi Takada

Koichi Takada Architects is known for luxury high-rise apartments, rich materiality and expensive finishes. But we find there is much, much more substance to this story than just good looks.

May 14, 2019

A Nissen Hut Structure Overlooks The Great Australian Bight

In this beachside holiday house that remembers the iconic Nissen Hut, Max Pritchard Gunner Architects showcases the beauty of understated, simple, environmentally responsive design.

May 10, 2019

Build It, They Will Come: The Pavilion Frenzy

Spectacular architectural pavilions are big crowd-pleasers, but critics claim they’re running out of control.

May 6, 2019

Barwon Heads House Is The Perfect Playground

Once a holiday home, now a primary residence, Barwon Heads House has been designed with consideration of its outlook and coastal conditions.

May 1, 2019

Gentle Activism By Anna Ross Of Kester Black

Anna Ross, founder of Kester Black, has pioneered a design-led approach to cosmetics, underpinned by ethical ‘common sense’. See what this approach translates to at home.

April 29, 2019

The Sunshine Beach Holiday Retreat By Bark Architects

Celebrating the prodigious beauty of its location, this beach house by Bark Architects embraces nature and champions passive design to establish a simple but bountiful life for family and friends.

April 26, 2019

Tropic Wonder; A Bamboo Exposé

The new age of bamboo construction is ushering in the transformation of the humble tropical plant from a decorative element to a sustainable structural material of the future.

April 25, 2019

What Happens When A Designer Goes Rogue?

Jean-Pierre Biasol has taken it upon himself to design a suite of stools exactly the way he would like to use, and specify, for his clients.

April 23, 2019

Formwerkz’ Modern Take On Traditional Architecture

Alan Tay and Seetoh Kum Loon of Formwerkz designs Cloister House in Malaysia as a refreshingly modern take of the idioms of classical architecture.

April 17, 2019

Inside The Home Of Singapore’s Studio Juju

The home of Timo Wong and Priscilla Lui, co-founders of Studio Juju, is filled with their favourite things and a rather impressive collection of chairs.

April 15, 2019

Haxstead Garden House Is Pared Down To The Essentials

Haxstead Garden House on the south coast of New South Wales, designed by Tobias Partners, is a fine architectural example of less being considerably more.