Modernist

July 19, 2023

Book review: When Modernism landed in the tropics with Concrete Jungle

What happens when rational, Modernist architecture puts down roots in a lush, tropical setting? Concrete Jungle, a new book by gestalten, explores locations across Asia and the world to find some of the most visionary residential adaptations of an international style to distinct local settings.

September 5, 2022

Bridging the seventies

In designing the Bridge House, which marries the historical roots of the 70s house with a contemporary extension, Kister Architects has brought to life a modernist triumph.

August 11, 2021

A Careful Re-sculpting

Through fusing restraint and a honed eye, Williams Burton Leopardi rearticulates a confused 1990s home to engage with its intended Modernist principles, while opening embracing its enviable view.

July 14, 2020

How Did Chareau And Le Corbusier Influence This House In New Dehli?

A simple, unadorned exterior to Palm Avenue in India belies the depth of thought that went into this multi-generational house by Architecture Discipline.

August 6, 2018

Life In Technicolour

Step inside a one-of-a-kind kaleidoscope home in Melbourne’s east: an exceptional Modernist house for a creative family of five reimagined in vivid detail by WOWOWA Architecture.

June 28, 2018

rD By Ross Didier Celebrates The Clarity Of Structure

Exclusive to James Richardson, rD by Ross Didier is a new range of furniture borrowing design cues from the mid-century Melbourne tramway and turning it into utilitarian luxury.

December 19, 2016

The Heart and Soul of Bondi

This home by Andrew Donaldson Architecture & Design, as featured in the current issue of Habitus, pays homage to Palm Springs Modernism in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.