#64 November-December 2018

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Design . Architecture . Landscape . Travel

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Editorial
To compile our annual office feature is a delight, with so many engaging, considered approaches to workplace design emerging in our cities. Thankfully, the place where we spend much of our time is no longer just a space in which to prop ourselves for
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Not So Basic
Les Basic is an intuitive and functional collection of furniture, lighting and accessories created for the Millennial age by Alexander Lotersztain. This modular sofa system is designed to be configured as required to meet the needs of the home or off
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Horses for Courses
Kerstin Thompson has transformed Victoria Police’s Southbank horse stables for the Victorian College of the Arts with consummate skill in adaptive reuse. It’s the latest in a long line of educational and cultural projects for a multi-dimensional arch
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Inside
Artwork with a lot of black in it is best hung in areas with no direct natural light so that subtle detail is legible. This internal space without large adjacent windows is perfect for the Delphic painting “Night swimming” by South African artist Kir
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Working Smarter
The office of Middle Park House was designed and styled by sisällä for a client who runs a consultancy business from home. Sisällä carefully selected a colour palette that would nurture a sense of calm and consequently encourage productivity – the hu
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Promise Kept
It’s the most honest brief of all time: “Don’t ruin the house!” There was more to it than that, of course. Clients Sarah and Michael knew their modestly scaled, light-drenched, cream-brick home of the last 12 years (tucked behind the ABC’s old Rippo
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Specs
Preston Lane prestonlane.com.au Sargant Constructions sargant.com.au The extension is positioned to the south of the block and extends to the east, providing an expansive new northern façade, which strategically blocks out a large house to the south
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Antidote
The inner-suburban enclave of West End, Brisbane is under threat on several fronts. Densification and with it, gentrification, threatens to dissolve the patchwork personality of this characterful place. Piecemeal alterations and additions made to the
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Specs
Phorm architecture + design with Silvia Micheli and Antony Moulis phorm.com.au Westera Partners Pty Ltd westerapartners.com.au Greg Thornton Constructions gregthorntonconstructions.com One Room Tower is a small addition to the architecture of the cit
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Palace Electric palaceelectric.com The railway cottage is oriented to the north, with the main living, kitchen and main bedroom orientated to make best use of the sun’s path. Roof overhangs provide shelter from the summer sun whilst the living room a
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Perennial
Woollahra House, designed by Porebski Architects, sits in a unique pocket of bushland located within the Woollahra Heritage Conservation Area in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. Surrounded by century-old residential development, the diminutive park has a st
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Specs
Porebski Architects porebskiarchitects.com.au MoBuild Constructions Collaboration with HANDELSMANN + KHAW The house has been designed with the living and sleeping areas orientated to the north, while service areas and bathrooms are located to the sou
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Evolutionary
Beneath the humble hip roof of this railway cottage, there’s a lot of thought. Architect Ben Daly and his wife Dulia bought it unexpectedly in a rural valley north-west of Napier in New Zealand – “Dulia insisted we drive out to the countryside; we di
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Permaculture Tips
1 There’s still time to plant vegetables if there are some gaps in your garden. Basil will take off quickly now if planted as seed or seedlings, and eggplant and capsicum seedlings will respond quickly to the warming temperatures, as will zucchini an
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Upfront Garden
“It’s an asymmetrical marriage of steel and captured nature; art and plant,” elaborates Joslin Koolen of A.NOUK Style about the “No Words” limited edition wall art planter – and we think she hit the nail on the head. This striking geometric piece her
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Tough Stuff
By late spring most of the veggie patch is set; however, there are a few vegetables that have yet to be invited into the summer garden. Eggplant is one such variety that really knows how to get its groove on in the heat and the turn of the season is
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In Conversation
As this visually-striking house was gradually emerging from the ground in one of Sydney's sedate Lower North Shore suburbs, the builder grew tired of fielding questions and comments. “Is it a shed or a factory?” passersby would demand to know. But no
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Room to Bloom
The long commute after a tree change saw gardener and florist Sandy McKinley finally making the decision to fully embrace her new country life. Along with her partner, Rob Roy she has transformed her Trentham property in Victoria into a business that
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Catalyst
When Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara shared their chosen theme of Freespace for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale they explained: “Freespace describes a generosity of spirit and a sense of humanity at the core of architectur
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33rd Lane • 1960 – 1970
I find Sri Lanka, along with Japan, one of the Earth’s most rewarding places to travel. The cuisine, the culture, the history and the architecture make it that ultimate mix of holiday and study trip. I’ve been to Sri Lanka twice now and the design le

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