home architecture

Statement stone: At home with Quartzite’s unimposing opulence

Emerging from millennia of geological force, each exquisite slab tells a singular narrative etched by time and tectonic power. And this luxurious dwelling serves as a masterful recontextualisation of this enduring beauty, highlighting the extraordinary aesthetic and uncompromising strength as the ultimate expressions of residential grandeur.

Products

Exhibitions and installations galore from Milan

Milan Design Week amounts to so much more than product launches, so here are a few installation and exhibition highlights that we stumbled across in 2025.

Projects

Forward-looking immersive design in an adaptive reuse setting

Kokoda House in Richmond, Melbourne, puts immersive design front and centre, culminating in a seven-meter-high curved digital screen.

Projects

A windswept house filled with art

Pippins is an architectural response to the land itself, where the boundaries between built form and natural landscape dissolve into one continuous experience.

Ideas

Home Truth at NGV: Breathe confronts the elephant in the oversized room

Melbourne-based architects Breathe have constructed an unfinished house at the NGV that puts the question of house sizes in Australia on the agenda.

Projects

Socially savvy housing

Baldasso Cortese and his team have ensured that HousingFirst Marlborough Street is inclusive and, most importantly, a wonderful place to live.

Projects

An inspiring landscape

Creating an inspired landscape for an exemplar residence, Kiasma Studio has curated the natural world to complement the man-made with exceptional results.

People

Women in construction across India

Women play – and have for centuries played – a central role on construction sites in India. It’s something that western countries such as Australia might take note of and learn from.

News

Preston Crossing takes on a refreshed identity

The social housing project at Preston Crossing by Hayball provides much-needed homes and arguably establishes a new standard in community-focused, sustainable design.

People

Sitting down for dinner with Peter Goetz at Gaggenau Sydney

Gaggenau’s Managing Director was recently in Australia, where we had the pleasure of hosting an exclusive dinner at their Sydney showroom.

News

Designing the ‘Missing Middle’ in Newcastle and on the Central Coast

CKDS Architecture are designing the ‘missing middle’ in Newcastle and on the Central Coast.

Projects

Breaking Ground at DOK Design Aesthetic Experience Center

The DOK Design Aesthetic Experience Center effectively conveys the practice’s capabilities to clients, drawing on both residential and commercial design to provide a tangible, experiential space.