Urban

A Perth home enhances the experience of changing seasons while providing shelter from the elements.

In a dip between undulating Northcote Hill and Ivanhoe, with bush and Birrarung (the Yarra) at the end of the street, architect Oscar Sainsbury’s elevated home achieves a languid, bush-meets-beach house vibe a stone’s throw from Melbourne’s CBD.

Transforming this tiny house with a heritage listing was not an easy feat, but this project proves that minimalism and heritage can mix.

Eschewing the urgency of most renovations, time allowed this decade-long project to reveal a finished product of fully evolved ideas and utter loveliness.

The glorious views might be across Melbourne but, as a love letter to the 1950s, this house brings some unmistakable Hollywood Hills to the suburbs.

The alchemy of inventing space where so little exists ensures this 150-year-old house lives on as a beautiful and accommodating home.

A WOWOWA alteration has simplified a disjointed Moonee Ponds duplex renovated multiple times before. Reducing height and floorplan helped level out house and garden, re-establish flow and open up living spaces to light and the outdoors.

Architect Anthony Gill has created a modest, economical and sustainable home that reflects and supports his family’s priorities, lifestyle and values.

A subtle but highly original interpretation of this suburban sub-division creates home ownership for two families, with clever design doing the rest.

Filled with light, air and garden views, this Darlinghurst terrace is a calm oasis in the city, achieved through a collaborative approach and a strong creative vision shared by architect and client.