Office of the Future
At the recent office* 2013 exhibition, Bolon, Futurespace and Schiavello joined forces to create innovative, and remarkable design.
Sheltering Sky
Just below a significant ridge line on Waiheke Island, three black pavilions trace the contour. Conceived as a series of ‘verandahs’, this house by Dave Strachan is permeated by the elements, with a direct connection to the outdoors. Andrea Stevens finds a very subtle building that is carefully tuned to its environment.
Bluff Modernism
Clean, geometric and expansive, a distinctly modern holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula straddles ocean and meadow views.
A Pod’s Potential
The addition of a stand-alone multifunctional space to a family home on the south coast of New South Wales demonstrates creative flexibility, material ingenuity, and the fruits of collaborative labour. By Nicholas Sherwood.
Greening the City
Adi Purnomo is regarded as one of Indonesia’s most innovative architects. So, it seemed logical to throw him the challenge of designing a house which is simultaneously theatrical and intimate. Kerstin Rose reveals how it does this, as well as integrating with its landscape.
New Store, New Collection, Same Passion
In 1975 John and Elizabeth Hunt first recognized a potential market in Australia for fine luggage and leathergoods, and so Hunt Leather was born. But the story behind this company is not one simply of business, or business-know-how. Rather, it is a story of a deep and enduring family passion for great and unique design, now celebrated in their new Sydney flagship store
Sensory Living
Chu Lik Ren writes that architect Ko Shiou Hee is interested in the emotional responses his work evokes. In this house in Singapore, we can see how typical strategies, such as integrating the landscape, help invest the house with emotional richness.
Voila House
Clean, minimal interiors and an ingenious solution to connect indoor and outdoor space make for an elegant and functional tropical home.
Convival Solitude
A poem, a spectacular landscape and a love of good company were the elements of the brief which Barbara Schmidt and Peter Cudlipp gave to architect, James Grose, for this house in the mountains above Sydney. By Paul McGillick.
Revival
Evoking the elegant reserve of continental city dwellings, these Hawthorn homes echo the Melbourne suburb’s historic aesthetic.
Modernism Tailor-Made
Like most architects designing a home for themselves, Ed Calma, one of the Philippine’s best modernist architects, took the opportunity to explore some ideas. As Aya Maceda points out, these are often the ideas that clients have been too timid to take on.
Lift & Extend
Elana Castle discovers another crafty and context-appropriate residential extension by Sydney-based architecture firm carterwilliamson.