Residential design
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Student housing with room to settle in
AJC Architects’ EPIISOD Macquarie Park brings a more residential approach to student accommodation, pairing warm interiors with shared amenity and a strong connection to campus life.
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Newcastle Quay rethinks the harbour edge
Led by SJB, Newcastle Quay is imagined as a mixed-use waterfront precinct where housing, hospitality, public space and heritage work together to reconnect Newcastle with its harbour.
People
Who is Up To Something?
Spreading its young but mighty wings across Victoria and Tasmania, emerging practice Up To Something blends landscape, art and craft into thoughtful design.
Articles
Find precision with Poliform’s wardrobe systems
Poliform approaches wardrobes as a kind of architectural infrastructure within the home – modular systems, with highly-engineered fittings and a wide palette of finishes to allow for configurable, design-led solutions.
Ideas
A book on constructing your own home with Melbourne architect, Alexander Hill
‘Find Your Way Home’ is a comprehensive guide to designing, renovating and building your own home in Australia based on the ‘Three Hat Approach.’
Ideas
Anthony Gill and Jason Gibney on urban density and bushfire resilience
Winners of the 2025 Habitus House of the Year and Editor’s Choice Award respectively, Anthony Gill and Jason Gibney join the podcast to discuss the state of housing in Australia today.
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Brunswick Yard: Carr’s largest residential project
Carr’s largest residential project to date integrates concrete, steel mesh and landscape across 122 apartments in Melbourne’s Brunswick.
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Clubhouse class in India
The Godrej Woods Clubhouse is the jewel in the crown of a residential development in Noida, India, offering every facility curated with style and finesse by Studio IAAD.
Articles
GH Commercial’s new launch is an ode to Australian Craftsmanship and a local manufacturing legacy
The new Heritage Loom Collection weaves past and present together to capture the spirit of iconic fabric construction
News
Major Award Winners at the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards announced
From public buildings to private dwellings, the 2025 Victorian Architecture Awards celebrated excellence across the board – here, we take a look at the major winners.
Events
All about Sydney Metro as the 2025 NSW Architecture Awards winners are announced
The very best of NSW architecture was celebrated in the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2025 NSW Architecture Awards in a gala celebration at Sydney’s ILUMINA.
People
F3 Studio “delve into the needs and wants of each client”
F3 Studio is making its mark on residential design, creating spaces and places that are client specific to transcend the every day.
Events
UNSW housing analytics lab launches in Sydney
A new analytics lab led by UNSW researchers will draw on generative AI in an attempt to tackle Australia’s housing crisis, and has opened with an event attended by the NSW Premier in Eveleigh.
Ideas
Behind the Brand on the eve of Sustainable House Day with Helen Oakey
Helen Oakey is CEO of Renew and, with Sustainable House Day 2025 upon us, she talks to us about the climate crisis and what people can do at the scale of the home.
News
Build-to-rent projects call for considered design
Remodelling the build-to-rent model with award-winning Australian property developers Mirvac alongside revered designers Hecker Guthrie and FK.
Ideas
Don’t demolish Flemington Estate, says OFFICE – ‘Retain, Repair, Reinvest’
Australia’s only not-for-profit architectural practice, OFFICE, is supporting the residents of Victoria’s housing estates in their fight to save their homes and communities.
Workplace
Residential luxury at the office: Kay & Burton HQ by Powell & Glenn
Powell & Glenn designed the Kay & Burton headquarters to key into the warmth of residential homes the brand represents.
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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.
Workplace
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.
Project
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.
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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.
Ideas
Why 10-Star Homes Will Become the Norm in Residential Design. But How to Get There?
Sustainability Summit’s session explores the shift in homeowner and builder aspirations beyond the mandated 6-star energy rating.
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Celebrating the design legacy of William Smart
Celebrating 25 years in his indominable style, William Smart invited the glitterati of Australian architecture to an evening of white on white in the Sydney Opera House’s impeccable Utzon Room.
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This zero-gas, urban residential precinct presents a Best-of-the-Best case scenario for modern living
Providing people with a better template for living is the Nightingale Village in Melbourne, which was celebrated as the Best of the Best project and entry for INDE.Awards 2023. This is no small feat when you are competing against a region’s worth of outstanding architecture and design.
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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.
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RSDA brings Chandigarh to the Delhi suburbs in this family home
Transplanting the essence of one Indian capital city into another, RSDA has retrofitted a family home with a finely tuned focus on colour, material and furniture.
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An elegant family home designed for work and play
While the home’s aesthetic is refined and elegant, it was imperative that the space be fun for the children, but acoustically robust enough to facilitate the owners’ ongoing need to work from home.
Project
This Singaporean designer’s home embraces Le Corbusier’s colour theory
SPARK’s director Wenhui Lim demonstrates how Brutalist building interiors can be successful upgraded into a colourful, light-filled home for creative self-expression and freedom.
Events
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.
Project
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.
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Carving out a small corner of Chandigarh in the Delhi suburbs
Transplanting the essence of one Indian capital city into another, RSDA has retrofitted a family home with a finely tuned focus on colour, material and furniture.
Furniture
1977 redux: King Living takes inspiration from its roots
King Living announces the launch of the 1977 Sofa, a reimagining of its inaugural furniture piece that blends modern aesthetics with time-honoured design elements.
Ideas
Plus Architecture comment: What inspired us about the Scandinavian housing model?
Plus Architecture’s Patric Przeradzki offers four key takeaways from the Scandinavian housing model. Przeradzki argues they can be applied in Australia to work towards healthier, safer and more cohesive residential communities.
Events
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.
Project
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
40 years of landmark architectural moments with Wood Marsh
Wood Marsh has made an indelible mark on Melbourne over its illustrious 40 years – from freeways to bespoke houses, the CBD and suburbs are considerably richer as a result.
Events
Book review: Earth & Fire, the timeless fundamentals of working with clay
A new – and beautiful – book written by Kylie and Tiffany Johnson takes an in-depth look at ceramics and the work of the artist from clay to kiln. Covering a wide variety of artists, Earth & Fire also ranges from porcelain and sculpture to everyday functional pieces.
Events
“Collector of stories”: Tim Ross is designing another legacy on television
The first series of Designing a Legacy aired in 2020 and self-proclaimed design nerd, Tim Ross, is back with a two-part series on ABC. It’s a chance to bring important architectural issues to a national broadcasting audience.
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Colouring outside the lines: This year’s Dulux Colour Awards winners
The Dulux Colour Awards 2023 has once again celebrated the audacious and sublime use of colour in architecture and design. We bring you the debrief on this year’s winners.
Project
Massoneong creates a breathtaking show suite in MeyerHouse
Massoneong’s design of a show unit in the WOHA-designed MeyerHouse evokes the architecture’s French Chateau influences in a modern idiom.
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OMA by the Sea interiors done by Brewin Design Office
Brewin Design Office has completed the interiors for OMA by the Sea, a luxurious residential development in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
News
“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.
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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.
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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.
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Celesta Heights by Aedas redefines city living with its resort-like concept
Lush sky-rise greenery, unobstructed city views, and indoor-outdoor living are just some of the features that make Celesta Heights desirable.
Project
Living Grid House uses window boxes and plants as a clever solution to heat and privacy
Designed with a contemporary gridded form, the aptly named Living Grid House by L Architects deals with Singapore’s tropical climate in a clever manner.
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Terrace house with split-levels, skylights and indoor gardens
Formwerkz Architects employs a medley of judicious manoeuvres to create a light-filled, interactive terrace house filled with the pleasantries of plants.
People
Licking the local competition: Studio Roam
While Perth’s Studio Roam chooses to stay consciously small in practice, its vision is big, and its joint ventures lead to even larger outcomes.
Project
Linghao Architects designs an atypical tropical house
A roof that drips, windows with no glass, a stair between patches of grass – Linghao Architects’ renovation to a house in Singapore allows its occupants to live with nature’s vicissitudes.
Events
<strong>Shigeru Ban designs Odin Hills alpine luxury chalets in Japan</strong>
The upcoming Odin Hills in Niseko features eco-conscious Nordic-Japanese designs conceived by Pritzker-prize winning architect Shigeru Ban.
Project
Working where the grass is greener: Turner Studio’s Norwest Business Park
This Sydney business park by Turner Studio has its own amenity-rich mixed-use precinct – a slice of CBD life in the ‘burbs.
Magazine
The life and career of Luminary Meryl Hare
In an era of fleeting enticements, Indesign Luminary and INDE.Awards 2022 Luminary recipient, Meryl Hare, engenders empathy, elegance and grace through her luxurious and cohesive designs.
Events
Who will be judging INDE.Awards in 2023?
In 2023 the INDE.Awards is joined by an exemplary group of architects and designers who form the official INDE.Awards Jury. We introduce you to your Jury for 2023.
Events
The 3 winners named Habitus House of the Year
In November the Melbourne design community came out to Stylecraft to celebrate Habitus House of the Year 2022 – and discover the program’s three crowning winners.
Project
Reimagining the classic terrace with Smart Design Studio
Smart Design Studio has explored the classic terraced house as a convenient and comfortable luxury staple for Mirvac’s latest development. Read on for a sneak peek of the Portman Terraces, due for completion in 2023.
People
The cinematic yet soft design of Carole Whiting
Carole Whiting is an artistic whirlwind of creativity, and the interiors she’s crafted have to be seen to be believed.
Project
The Col James student accommodation is changing the face of ‘The Block’
Featuring 519 rooms, the Col James Student Accommodation sits on land owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company.
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The big little practice: MAArchitects
Karen Alcock, principal, visionary, pragmatic. By heading MAArchitects, the practice has made a name in delivering conscious and quality-driven projects to Melbourne’s cityscape.
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Sky and sea is key: Why One Sydney Harbour is the dream address
Renzo Piano and State of Craft put an emphasis on light and transparency, with operable facades and winter gardens also integrated into the design.
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The upcoming Sky Eden@Bedok is an urban oasis with biophilic design
Sky Eden@Bedok offers the convenience of a wide range of F&B and retail amenities, easy transportation and popular schools.
News
Leading the shift to premium residential development
Celebrating a decade in business, Milieu has been at the forefront of a manifest shift toward high quality residential development and medium density living.
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Make some design noise: Wellard Architects
Wellard Architects is a practice that doesn’t make a fuss, or shout out its name. The practitioners of this studio are the quiet achievers but they happen to be making quite a lot of design noise at the moment.
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MAKK Architects imparts humanistic qualities to the House at Jalan Seruling
The House at Jalan Seruling, described by the owner as a “house that breathes”, is an emotive spatial outcome by MAKK Architects that integrates structure, activity, and the language of architecture.
Events
Steve Leung Design Group reimagines contemporary living in China with its new design brand, SL2.0
SL2.0 provides high quality design solutions for mid- to high-end residential market in Mainland China.
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Czarl Architects designs 3 Ash House as a series of interconnected villas
Embodying the idea of a tropical retreat, 3 Ash House in Singapore is a singular design for a particular client.
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The wait is over! Presenting the INDE.Awards Shortlist 2022
After much deliberation among INDE.Awards’ jurors, we are incredibly excited to present The Official Shortlist for the INDE.Awards 2022.
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Cera Stribley’s eyelid-like design for St Hubert’s Winery
Cera Stribely steps out of its residential design remit to debut its first hospitality design – the remarkable redevelopment of Yarra Valley’s St Hubert’s Winery. Annie Reid reports.
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GroupGSA delivers social housing for the future
GroupGSA has delivered an affordable housing and retirement living hybrid model that successfully addresses urgent housing needs.
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Can social and market rental housing co-exist?
SJB’s Brighton Social Housing Development is a one-of-a-kind project demonstrating that social and market rental housing can co-exist.
Articles
5 mins with Sebastian Herkner and Blume
In this intimate chat with Sebastian Herkner, German designer of international renown, we learn about his love for camping, the craftsmanship essential to his work, and his Blume collection for Pedrali.
Articles
Bosch helps us bring cohesion to the kitchen
For perfect living that starts in the kitchen and extends throughout the house, Bosch presents the accent | line Carbon Black Collection. Here’s how it’s revolutionising kitchen design and lived experience, too.
News
INDE.Awards entry deadline extended
INDE.Awards entries are extended to 31 March, to give you just that little bit more time to get your award-worthy submissions in. Here’s everything you need to know.
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The 5 things you need to enter INDE.Awards today
We know how much work is involved in pulling together an awards entry. We’ve collated an INDE.Awards entry checklist to help you along.
People
What’s in a rebrand? Studio Johnston weighs in.
Studio Johnston will continue to bring its acclaimed design talent to new residential and commercial projects, with a renewed focus on interiors and the collaborative process.
People
Richard Archer on balance, form and the human endeavour
Behind every great design is a considered philosophy. For Richard Archer, he believes in creating harmonic environments that inspire creativity.
Ideas
What’s shaping residential and hospitality design in 2022?
SB Architects, renowned for creating award-winning hospitality, residential, and mixed-use design solutions tailored to the heritage and character of their location, has released insights into the biggest influences that informed design in 2021, and what trends will pick up even more momentum in 2022.
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The Envelope is an urban refuge for a Bollywood luminary
The latest residential project from Studio IAAD is both discreet and majestic. A dichotomy of styles that nevertheless blends together perfectly to pay homage to the client and a stellar collection of art.
People
On balance, form and the human endeavour with Richard Archer of Archer Design
Behind every great design is a considered philosophy. For Richard Archer, he believes in creating harmonic environments that inspire creativity.
Ideas
Heat stroke, wasp bites, and homes with a whole lot of soul
Our very own editor at Indesign, Jan Henderson, has co-authored a book with photographer Dianna Snape. It saw them traverse the Australian continent – in the midst of the pandemic no less – to get to the heart of (architectural) matters. Indesignlive chats with the two authors.
Furniture
Welcome, Fredericia! Cult Design unveils its new partnership
As one of the country’s most comprehensive purveyors of Danish design, Cult Design is thrilled to announce their new partnership with Danish brand Fredericia.
NSW
How Crown Group is bringing serenity to city living
Paving the way for a new era of slow, biophilic multi-residential design are the two new developments by Crown Group in the inner-Sydney suburb of Waterloo.
Edit
A defining chapter in Italian design history
In this special edition of The Indesign Edit, we take a look at B&B Italia’s reigning legacy of boundary-pushing creativity and design innovation throughout history.
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Brad Swartz Architects’ site sensitivity conquers darkness
The eternal quest for natural light in an inner-city terrace finds a unique design solution in Sydney at the hands of Brad Swartz Architects.
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Anonym crafts a rock climber’s haven within perforated walls
Sailom House by Anonym brings three families under one roof, responding to their eclectic combination of hobbies with unique design elements, including a rock climbing wall.
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3 Singapore homes that utilise concrete to great effect
See how architects reinterpret the tropical house with concrete as an endearing protagonist.
Edit
Capturing the essence, culture and design evolution of five iconic places in the Silestone® LOFT Collection
Capturing the essence of five iconic cities, the new Silestone® Loft Collection takes you on a worldwide journey of inspired urban living.
Articles
A lifestyle of grace and inspiration
When it comes to apartment living there is no market more discerning than empty-nesters and their message is clear: down-sizing doesn’t mean down-grading. Through superior lifestyle design, The Grace, in Sydney responds with clarity and style.
Articles
Design Within Reach – Now Within Reach for Australia and NZ
Design that inspires and solves problems. This is the philosophy of Design Within Reach – and thanks to Herman Miller, the exceptionally crafted collections of this San Francisco founded design giant are now available in Australia and New Zealand.
Articles
Sinking into Sleek Comfort with the Bellaire Bed
Designed following the success of the Bellaire Sofa, the stylish Bellaire Bed is a contemporary bed for contemporary design needs.
Finishes
Brickworks x Adam Goodrum bring back the breeze block
As original as it is functional, Adam Goodrum brings back the iconic breeze block in Kite Breeze: a homage to Australian living and European manufacturing.
Articles
Above Left puts the finishing touches on The Realm
The Realm in Adelaide is the city’s new record breaking tallest residential skyscraper. Stunning inside and out, The Realm is home to a beautiful collection of Royal Thai custom rugs, thanks to Above Left.
Articles
King Living Put Australian Design On A Global Stage
Two of King Living’s most celebrated pieces of outdoor furniture, the Jasper II Outdoor sofa and the Luna Outdoor Chair, are feats of local design. An in-house and external collaboration respectively.
Project
Bean Buro finds resolve for living and working under one roof
Bizhouse is the transformation of a mid-century building in Hong Kong into apartments, elegantly designed by Bean Buro to cater for working from home.
Articles
Live The Hamptons lifestyle
The Hamptons are all about sophistication and simplicity. They are a place where natural light, openness and style meet. So, it makes sense Australians are using the signature Long Island address to inspire the design of their next home.
Ideas
Television has ruined your sense of what a house should be like
Writer Andrew P Street believes that our perceptions of how big our houses and apartments should be might have been a little skewed by the TV we watched and on that note, where the hell is his live studio audience?
Ideas
Television has ruined your sense of what a house should be like
Writer Andrew P Street believes that our perceptions of how big our houses and apartments should be might have been a little skewed by the TV we watched and on that note, where the hell is his live studio audience?
People
Quck Zhong Yi of ASOLIDPLAN on creating evocative spaces
In the age of social media, does form still follow function or is it vice versa? The narrative has always stayed the same for architect Quck Zhong Yi of ASOLIDPLAN.
People
Quck Zhong Yi of ASOLIDPLAN On Creating Evocative Spaces
In the age of social media, does form still follow function or is it vice versa? The narrative has always stayed the same for architect Quck Zhong Yi of ASOLIDPLAN.
Articles
Luxury living in The Malton
The word home can inspire so many different things for so many different people, however one constant is that it should represent a complete picture of serenity – which The Malton delivers in spades.
Project
Tropical Modernity At 80ADR-House By ONG&ONG
ONG&ONG expands on the Modernist language of a house, and adapts it for a multi-generational family in Singapore.