A North Melbourne Terrace Tells A Boom Style Story
Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has updated a heritage-listed Boom Style terrace to tell the story of past and present for years to come.
Whiting Architects And The Beauty Of Small Footprint Living
Whiting Architects delivers a stylish design that belies the constraints of a small site in Melbourne’s Albert Park.
Creativity And Constraints: How Architects Are Modernising Heritage Houses
The constraints of early Australian housing typologies encourage architects to thinking creatively about how to respectfully adapt them for modern-day living.
A Fitzroy Addition Inspired By A Church
Whiting Architects’ renovation of a heritage-listed terrace may have had its fair share of challenges, but it also had a little divine intervention to help it along the way.
Transforming A Pub Into A Home
Ioa Studio worked their magic to renovate a 150-year-old pub in North Melbourne into an eclectic, thoroughly modern urban retreat.
The Transformation Of An Art Deco House Into A Modern Home
The evolution of a Melbourne home from an untouched dark 1930s house to an innovative, light space is a story of how considered design can improve all aspects of life.
Interior Designer Jonathan Richards Renovates His Darlinghurst Home
Heralded in the industry as one of the finest designers in his field, having recently completed the renovation of his own home Jonathan Richards shares his thoughts on his work and how it has influenced his personal style.
An Environmental Foe Becomes A Sustainability Gem
What was once a poorly designed home is now healthy, sustainable and resilient, with a layout by The Design Commission, inspired by the sea cliffs it sits upon.
Reinventing an Inter-war Heritage Home
Renovating a heritage home is never an easy task, particularly when the house has a rich aesthetic and history of being an inter-war period home. Tasked with reimagining the residence as a contemporary, multi-generational home, Lai Cheong Brown took the challenge head on.
Let’s Bring the Church to the 21st Century
As an 18-year-old-boy Josh White walked through a dilapidated old building with no roof and thought, “wow, this would make a great house”. Twenty-two years later, he bought it.
How to Make the Most of a Small Footprint
A young couple expecting to start a family had bought a small plot of land in Melbourne’s busy Prahran, presenting a challenge of how to make the most of an intimate space.
High House: Fluid Design in Fitzroy
Dan Gayfer Design renovated a home that sought to “turn inner city terrace living on its head” in Melbourne’s Fitzroy that focused on “the convenience of inner city living, without compromising on space, function, interaction, flexibility and light.”