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A new-found connection to the yard and pool, wine storage that's decorative yet practical and integrated seating throughout ...
Solar Hot Water Heating is one of the most efficient ways to harness the sun's power in the home. It saves serious money and is a well-developed technology.
We feature a mouthwatering new home every weekday... A third and final renovation unifies a once-pieced-together home with warmth, flair, and a gourmet-worthy kitchen at its core. Building your dream ...
Completely off-grid and raised up to avoid occasional flooding, Platypus Bend House cantilevers spectacularly over a bushland clearing... Platypus Bend House is named after the elusive resident of the ...
My wise mother, Wendy, has a saying about big houses, 'it's just more to clean'. And yet Australians now have the largest average house sizes in the world. No wonder we feel like we never have enough ...
The lean-to is a classic addition to older homes. Tacked on at some point after it became fashionable (and possible) to have the kitchen, laundry and bathroom part of the house proper, lean-tos were ...
Who doesn’t love to escape to the beach? Whether they’re for holidays or full-time living, architecturally designed beach houses have a laid-back, beachy quality that’s hard not to love. Instead of ...
Would you appreciate black if you didn't know white? What's the point of left without right? And how would you know which way is south unless the compass points you north? Some things need an opposite ...
Oftentimes our image of a sustainable, environmentally conscious building brings to mind recycled car tyres, hessian bags and glass bottle walls. While these earthship-style homes are innovative and ...
The vision behind The Island House was to craft a dwelling that would engage and harmonise with the existing landscape while providing modern comforts. The location is surrounded by native rainforest, ...
A third and final renovation unifies a once-pieced-together home with warmth, flair, and a gourmet-worthy kitchen at its core.
Diagrammatically, the houses' simple rectangular plan is separated east-west into sleeping and living zones and delineated by a change in floor level and a thick rammed earth wall that continues ...