#96 Mar-Apr 2024

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Design . Architecture . Landscape . Travel

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Editorial
The makeup of housing is changing in our cities, we are seeing a gradual progression towards medium density. We are also seeing alternative approaches to the traditional home. In this issue we look at five different types of architecture that aren't
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Publisher Tom Bodycomb Editor Tamsin O'Neill Art Director Jenni Draper Assistant Editor Ellie Keft Sub Editor Tim Sheedy Contributors Houses/Gardens • Kath Dolan, Rebecca Gross, Monique Kawecki, Claire McCall, Katie Pahlow, Jake Taylor Profile • Phoe
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All Seasons
'A hat for all seasons', Crimp is the brainchild of a Tassie sister-brother duo – renewable energy consultant Bec, and environmental policy postgrad student Louis. Their collection of 1990s-inspired woollen bucket hats are a nod to their family's Bru
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Fish Trap
Manjabu (Fish Trap) by Northern Territory and Burarra/ Martay artist Indra Prudence is made from pandanus palm and natural dyes and woven using a technique taught to her by her mum's grandmother. Indra grew up in Maningrida, a community in the heart
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Sundae
“Sundae Seat” is the new armless addition to the Sundae Collection, designed by Jason Ju for DesignByThem. With gentle curves paired with billowing profiles, it politely demands attention in any space from commercial settings to the modest living roo
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Subtract
This groundbreaking energy positive retrofit sees a two storey exfactory building converted into a co-working space for world-bettering people and businesses. Sanders Place is a collaboration between NMBW Architecture Studio, Finding Infinity and Ope
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Fairy Tales
Painter and sculptor Henrique Oliveira, born in Brazil in 1973, is a master of creating immersive environments and hybrid spaces. His work Corupira features in Fairy Tales an interactive exhibition by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery Of Modern Ar
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By Half
Originally conceived as a small water vessel by ceramicist and designer Paula Schinkel, the “Halb” (German for half) wall light was cleverly adapted into a striking wall sconce with the help of Adelaide-based studio Handmade & Found. “Halb” is create
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Geometric
Pattern, repetition and geometry are at the core of weaving, threads that intersect, going under and over, around and through, lines that loop through other lines. Line/Loop/Line exhibition at the Australian Tapestry Workshop celebrated the complexit
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Flare
Known for his timeless and sophisticated haute couture aesthetic, Pierre Yovanovitch blends high art, architectural elements and vintage furniture in his interior architecture practice. In 2021, he launched his own furniture brand, Pierre Yovanovitch
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Plastic Sprinkles
Designed by Charlotte von der Lancken, the tabletops in Skandiform's Tinnef table collection are made from 100 per cent recycled plastic waste ('tinnef' is the Yiddish word for rubbish). Each tabletop is superbly unique, made from a rotating smorgasb
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Snow to Sand
Ulrica Trulsson creates pots with distinctive glazed surfaces with shifting colours and textures. Paying close attention to patterns, textures and objects in her surroundings, Ulrica's work reflects the natural world; be it the snow-covered ground of
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Landfill Diverted
Japanese designer and architect Daisuke Yamamoto challenges the construction industry's throwaway culture with his FLOW product series, featuring a collection of chairs made from Lightweight Gauge Steel (LGS), a common construction material. Designed
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Celebrating John Pizzey: Champion of Sustainable Innovation at Porta
As we reflect on the legacy of John Pizzey, who passed away on October 26th, 2023, our hearts are filled with a profound sense of loss and admiration. John, as the Managing Director and Owner of Porta, left an indelible mark on a company that has bee
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Flower Power
With an eye for the nuances of natural beauty and an unwavering commitment to sustainability, Ellen Douglas of Botany Melbourne has created a Melbourne-based online floristry practice that, as she explains, “Prioritises environmental responsibility w
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Come Again
• Rarely in life do we get to have our time again. Reunite with trusted collaborators. Revisit an exceptionally challenging project with the benefit of hindsight (and in this case, deeper pockets). Respond to lessons learned with the kind of nuanced
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Family Matters
• In the quiet, suburban area of Mount Gravatt in Brisbane's south, an existing 1970s residential dwelling has been transformed, and is now almost unrecognisable. Young architectural practice Alcorn Middleton has renovated and elevated the original h
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Conversation Starter
• 19 Waterloo Street is an eye-catching, exuberant building in a grittier part of Sydney's Surry Hills. Its whimsical façade is playful and vibrant and attracts curiosity and comment from passers-by. Owner and architect Adam Haddow, director of SJB,
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Unit of Intent
• With segments on public radio, features in two national newspapers, in-depth exploration in the architectural press and countless other online stories, Cohaus – a 20-unit housing project in Auckland's Grey Lynn – was the talk of the town even befor
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Specs
Architect SJB sjb.com.au Builder Promena Projects Location Gadigal Country. Surrey Hills, NSW. Passive energy design The project followed Passivhaus principles but chose to amend them to better suit the Sydney context. For example, the house employs
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Architect Studio Nord studionord.co.nz Builder LEP Construction Location Auckland, New Zealand. Passive energy design The house is mostly oriented to the north and east with glazing to the ground floor living area. The upper floor overhangs and an ex
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Dislodged
• Proudly overlooking Royal Park in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Park Street by Milieu breathes new life into the humble Oxley Lodge. The development rejuvenates the old motel as one of Milieu's first build-to-rent ventures. It is an unde
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Permaculture Tips
• As summer draws to a close, get prepared for next year by saving some of your bean seeds as plants dry off. Choose some from your best plants; that are vigorous and have produced good sized pods. Try not to collect seeds from plants that had a shor
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Keeping It Simple
Davidov Architects' Circle|Square stool, selected as the winning design for the MPavilion 10 Chair Commission, was influenced by MPavilion 10 architect Tadao Ando's emphasis on the geometry of circles and squares. Focusing on purity and simplicity, t
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On Theme
Woodworkers Studio was designed to seamlessly blend into this Auckland site, with an architecturally-designed house at the front, and carefully considered landscaped gardens throughout. Constructive Architecture imagined a space that mirrors the clie
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One Bag, Seven Pockets
The Recycled Everything Bag is the ultimate beach bag, created by Ensemble Studios and Places We Swim. Modelled on the versatile and everlasting IKEA shopping bag but with a vintage Australiana twist – vibrant stripes giving strong 1990s summer vibes
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Built, and They Came
• On this revegetation project in the Painkalac Valley, nestled just upstream from the Aireys Inlet lighthouse on Victoria's Surf Coast, the catchphrase 'Build it and they will come' from the 1989 sports film Field of Dreams applies equally to the re
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Brotherly Love
• Set back only 30 metres or so from a busy arterial route on Auckland's North Shore, this garden that hunkers up to an interior design studio flows out into a reserve where birdsong rises into a kahikatea forest. On approach, the building, by Keshaw
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Bellarine Bounty
• This mall Victorian peninsula separates Corio and Port Phillip Bays from Bass Strait and has long been a haven for savvy tourists and growers of fine food. The Bellarine is well established as a destination to explore fresh produce, wineries and a
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What I Like About You
Kew, Victoria Architect: Kevin Borland As the Yarra River winds along the southern edge of Studley Park the terrain expands out into a flood plain of unbuildable space. Sitting in this zone are a series of residential blocks with typical street front

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