residential architecture

The Loop by Alexis Dornier redefines Bali’s resort-style living

Who needs a resort getaway when the residents of The Loop is already living in one.

Workification of home: The Indesign guide to work-from-home spaces

With an estimated 40 per cent of the Australian workforce working from home, the push for functional home work spaces mirrors international shifts and is not about to turn around.

Projects

How a Bangkok home caters to the needs of young and old

This remarkable home is a testament to the enduring connection between a son and his elderly mother, bringing two generations under one roof while preserving memories of the past.

Projects

Koki Sugawara Architects transforms an inherited family home to meet modern needs

In Japan’s Kantō region, House For Family examples the potential of adaptive reuse for a young family.

Projects

Can everyday elements be art? L Architects explores this proposition within the domestic setting

Steps, floors, bathrooms, tables and lights are approached like artworks in this interior renovation by L Architects.

People

Pritzker Prize-winning architects Lacaton & Vassal launch Sydney exhibition

Curated by France-based architects Lacaton & Vassal, ‘Living in the City’ runs at the Tin Sheds Gallery within the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning until September 23.

Projects

Sumu Yakushima is an experimental housing co-op that explores regenerative architecture

Created for use by eight owners and their trusted friends, Sumu Yakushima applies regenerative architecture to reconceptualise the relationship between human habitation and nature.

Ideas

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.

Projects

Light House by Studio iF honours its ’80s heritage in the redesign

Studio iF observed a restrained approach for this 1980s intermediate terrace house, treating the original property with sensitivity and respect rather than erase its architectural identity.

People

“The missing middle”: Contemporary terraces and the future of urban density

SJB is well versed in designing residential architecture and, while Ashbury Terraces might be a relatively small project in relation to Sydney as a whole, it provokes some fundamental questions about the future of Australian cities.

Projects

OOAK Niseko: Award-winning designer Steve Leung’s family holiday home in Japan

Steve Leung conceived OOAK Niseko as a gift to his family. The house is an unobtrusive addition to a resort town that is becoming known for architectural innovation.

Projects

Dated ‘60s house renovated into a modern family home that embraces the great outdoors

Quod Architects designs an environmentally-sustainable ‘outdoor house’ fit for Singapore’s tropical climate, marrying nature and the man-made, present and future.

residential architecture

The Loop by Alexis Dornier redefines Bali’s resort-style living

Workification of home: The Indesign guide to work-from-home spaces

How a Bangkok home caters to the needs of young and old

Koki Sugawara Architects transforms an inherited family home to meet modern needs

Can everyday elements be art? L Architects explores this proposition within the domestic setting

Pritzker Prize-winning architects Lacaton & Vassal launch Sydney exhibition

Sumu Yakushima is an experimental housing co-op that explores regenerative architecture

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

Light House by Studio iF honours its ’80s heritage in the redesign

“The missing middle”: Contemporary terraces and the future of urban density

OOAK Niseko: Award-winning designer Steve Leung’s family holiday home in Japan

Dated ‘60s house renovated into a modern family home that embraces the great outdoors

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