Habitus #51

Layered up

An efficient interior meets a layered façade of custom-designed breeze blocks and trees on this A-frame home in Semarang, Indonesia, designed by Tamara Wibowo Architects.

Flying Wall House connects and obscures

While most may look to introverted schemes in a plot hedged by other buildings, Park + Associates’ introduction of a bold, singular gesture is an inventive way of enabling ample outdoor connections.

Croydon House is carved up for entertaining

Croydon House by Apto + Best, an emerging Sydney-based practice, takes a once dilapidated cottage and turns it into an elevated family home.

Life imitates art

As the founders of Studio Periphery, Marc Tan and Amy Lim are immersed in beautiful image making and design, and it spills over to their home and studio.

A Special Pocket of Birchgrove

Located in Sydney’s Birchgrove, this period house conceals a contemporary addition by architect Brian Zulaikha, founding partner of Tonkin Zulaikha Greer.

Power to the People

Criena Gehrke is right at home as CEO of the Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts where she leads with a human-centred, democratic approach.

DKO’s Michael Drescher Talks Kitchens

DKO’s interior design director Michael Drescher considers how the kitchen is the social heartbeat – the milieu – of the home.

Terrace House 1 is a Suburban Jewel

An alteration and addition of a house in an inner-city suburb of Melbourne ticks every box for comfort and amenity, as DREAMER reimagines the old to make new again.

Creating a Sanctuary

While jetting off to tropical resorts and spas across South East Asia might not be as easy as it once was, a sense of escape can still be found in one’s bathroom, as Stephen Crafti reports.

A Place To Congregate: Bona Vista Kitchen In Focus

Studio Prineas lets the old treasures of this 1930s California bungalow inform the new design, with inspiration coming from original terrazzo tiles found nestled in the fireplace.

Contrasting Themes Glue Balnarring Beach House

To couple our Habitus #51 cover story regarding Balnarring Beach House’s outdoor shower, we take you through the whole house, that juxtaposes feminine and masculine nuances amongst a spacious family home.