Urban

A financial plan to renovate for sale turns into a design challenge as well as a personal rebuttal to the traditional development model.

This new family home on a tight subdivided block in Perth has its priorities right – people and garden over cars and expensive finishes.

It took three essential ingredients to turn this old sweet factory into a spectacular family home: a brave client, a visionary architect, and a building with scrumptious, wholesome bones.

Working to a minimalist brief, Breathe Architecture’s strikingly raw home for two artists finds a beauty in the unfinished space.

With fabulous views both within and without, a statement internal stairwell and refined use of recycled materials, this conversion on the Brisbane River is breathtakingly good.

With architect Ben Callery poised to start his own business, he knew the renovation of his own Northcote “nest” needed to do a lot more than simply meet the needs of his young family.

When a Mosman couple came to Simon Anderson to redesign their late Victorian house, the architect was determined to make it green. Working within a heritage zone, he retained the original home and dovetailed in a new addition that draws in light and fresh air, and collects much of its own energy and water.

This renovation to a typically cramped and stuffy Victorian terrace goes well beyond the usual requirements for more light and space.

A derelict deceased estate in Paddington provided the building envelope for a modern, new family home.

The architects were briefed to be bold and they’ve delivered, taking inspiration from the working class shed ‘out the back’.