Houses

For the architect, designer, home owner, home builder or anyone simply interested in the best residential design, every issue of Houses tells the story of inspirational homes, their surrounds and the products that complete them. Through generous pictorial coverage from leading photographers, floor plans and lists of selected products, you share the delight of each home presented. You’ll also meet some of the creative people who designed them and keep up with the latest design trends and issues. Be inspired!

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BUDGE OVER DOVER BY YSG • Perched on a hillside in Sydney’s coastal suburb of Dover Heights, this vibrant house riffs on tone and texture to create a sculptural backdrop to the life of a growing family.

SEAWIND BY COY YIONTIS ARCHITECTS • Divided into two highly personalized living wings, this home in regional Victoria is unequivocally functional while also deeply symbolic of its owners’ lives.

TJURINGA HOUSE BY JESSE BENNETT STUDIO • Motif, texture and concrete acrobatics unite in this sculptural new home, befitting its majestic escarpment setting on the precipice of Toowoomba’s Great Dividing Range.

BLOCK HOUSE BY HA • Inspired by the raw, expressive quality of classic brutalist architecture, this Melbourne home draws on the once gritty and industrial character of its neighbourhood to create a calming, cave-like oasis.

Borrowed light: Insights from a coloursmith • Colour has inspired great thinkers throughout the ages, in disciplines from philosophy and psychology to science and art. Here, Rachel Lacy, Chief Coloursmith at Taubmans Australia, offers a lyrical reflection on living life in vivid colour.

HOUSES AWARDS 2020 • Presenting the winning, commended and shortlisted projects in the 2020 Houses Awards, celebrating the meaningful way Australia’s architects and designers enhance the way we live.

CANTALA AVENUE HOUSE BY ME GOLD COAST, QLD

FITZROY NORTH HOUSE 02 BY ROB KENNON ARCHITECTS MELBOURNE, VIC

SUBIACO HOUSE BY VOKES AND PETERS PERTH, WA

BISMARCK HOUSE BY ANDREW BURGES ARCHITECTS SYDNEY, NSW

RUCKERS HILL HOUSE BY STUDIO BRIGHT MELBOURNE, VIC

CANTALA AVENUE HOUSE BY ME GOLD COAST, QLD

CREMORNE POINT APARTMENT BY STUDIO PLUS THREE SYDNEY, NSW

VAUCLUSE GARDEN BY JANE IRWIN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WITH BATES LANDSCAPE SYDNEY, NSW

NORTH FITZROY HOUSE 02 BY ROB KENNON ARCHITECTS MELBOURNE, VIC

WARATAH SECONDARY HOUSE BY ANTHROSITE NEWCASTLE, NSW

LINEBURG WANG BRISBANE, QLD

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SHORTLIST

Durbach Block Jaggers • One of a select few practices to have driven a new Australian vernacular, Durbach Block Jaggers is known for its dynamic buildings that embody cheekiness, wit, nuance and surprise.

Wilson Beach House • Envisaged in 1968 by Brisbane architect John Railton as a simple “box” for relaxed coastal getaways, Wilson Beach House on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast surpasses modest ambitions and instead offers an enduring example of elegant and expressive Australian design.

Out Driving • Gathered during innumerable forays into Melbourne’s suburban streets, this collection of historical photographs by draftsman Peter Wille offers a candid portrait of mid-century Australian life and architecture.