Architect Esmond Dorney is a hero in Tasmania. His distinctive 50s modernist homes combine architectural bravado with simple materials. The Tate House, designed in 1958, has been recently reworked by Preston Lane Architects, who consulted with Esmond’s son, architect Paddy Dorney.
At first glance, these three projects may seem completely disparate, but underpinning each of them is a creative approach that meets at the juncture of sustainable thinking, traditional techniques and modern ideas.
Sarah and Richard Bryant are partners in life and work at the helm of Bryant Alsop Architects. While the studio’s journey is one of adaptability, the renovation of their own family home is a reminder that good design is much like a good story – layered with history, personality and moments of unexpected beauty.
Cloudview, a house designed for holiday stays by Paul Uhlmann Architects, is set high up in the rainforest of Springbrook National Park, forming an enchanting relationship with the Queensland coast below.
The couple behind gallery Fox Jensen, Emma Fox and Andrew Jensen, have followed a similar path through life, with a certain sensibility running through both the artworks and artists their gallery represents. And indeed, the objects they choose to surround themselves with.
SAHA is an architectural studio redefining urban living, where constraints such as small sites and multigenerational living are challenges executed through design problem-solving.
Taking a sensitive approach to reusing and upcycling as much as possible, this 1950s home in Melbourne has been delicately picked apart and stitched back together by Lucy Marczyk Design Studio.
There’s something quite special about an architect’s own home. It’s an opportunity to explore ideas and push a few boundaries, which was certainly the case with architect Andrew Child’s own home in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Rising from the contours of the land, Wood Marsh’s Peninsula House extrapolates the landscape with decisive form.
Not one, but three previously converted warehouse apartments have been combined to create a home that defies conventional family living, guided with architectural finesse by spaceagency.
Freight Architects reimagines a shophouse for a collector of art and ceramics in Oku House.
The latest issue of Habitus is out tomorrow! A reinvigorated cover starring gallerist Emma Fox is a hint at what lies inside. As the Creative Spaces issue, it's jam-packed with adaptive re-use and innovation.
