#71 January-February 2020

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Design . Architecture . Landscape . Travel

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Editorial
New kitchens can be cold and hard but we are delighted with our selection for this issue’s feature. On the contrary, these are full of warmth, texture and colour ensuring that they form the heart of each of their homes. They are also great advocates
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Upfront
Sydney’s Natalie Rosin brings her background as a graduate architect to her ceramics practice. Her work evokes intersectional principles of design that remind us of the artistry inherent in architecture. Selected works available via Saint Cloche Gall
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Transience
Temporary architecture has long been an opportunity to experiment with ideas, respond quickly to change and draw attention to cultural issues. While many temporary architectural structures require a significant amount of materials and energy despite
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The Place To Be
This home in Victoria’s Yarra Valley was feeling the strain of accommodating the clients’ three boys and extended family, which called for a highly-considered renovation by Chelsea Hing. The home’s country location informed its redesign, which combin
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Modernist Dream
When WOWOWA Director Monique Woodward says she’d live in client Ros Willett’s St Kilda “Modo Pento” (modernist penthouse) in a heartbeat it’s clear she means it. Even before her team transformed the interior with help from builder Peter Sak and Kynet
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In Harmony
North Rocks in Sydney’s West is a family-friendly suburb, surrounded by densely forested valleys. Its streets are predominantly lined with single-storey 1950s cottages and new two-storey project homes, which are unrelated to their context, lacking co
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Artful Industry
Architectural photographer Simon Wilson has an artist’s eye and a maker’s mind. So, he was well-qualified to build this holiday hut in the hills of Waipu, 90 minutes north of Auckland. Simon and his wife, Anna MacLeod found the land – 10 acres with a
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Synergy
Sitting at a prominent T-intersection, the former shopfront of Lilyfield House has long been a local landmark. Built in the early 1900s, it has been the store of a bootmaker, tobacconist, property management and driving school and was converted to re
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Permaculture Tips
If you have milk-drinkers in the house, try boosting your soil microorganisms with some out-of-date milk, rather than tipping it down the sink. Mix one part milk with five parts water in a bucket, and stir well to combine. It can be added in this for
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Free Flow
The colonisation of Australia’s landscape is most pronounced in our towns and cities where ancient landforms are seen through the filter of urbanisation. In Brisbane, creeks and rivers, hills and valleys still very much define the city’s morphology a
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Appetite for Life
“We want to make growing food easy for people in the city, even if it’s just a carrot or some tomatoes,” explains Leonor Babo, one part of urban gardening business, Noocity Urban Ecology (pronounced “new-city”). They flat-pack self-watering gardens (
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Design Island
Tasmania’s location and isolation are the key elements to its burgeoning design community. The island designers have an ingrained aptitude for self-reliance to create distinctive products and architectural forms. And due to the mountainous terrain an
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What I Like About You
Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory Architect: Russell Jack; John Allen and Russell Jack Architects (subsequently Allen Jack and Cottier) Embedded in the hillside of Red Hill, ACT, the Cater House is an illustration of endurance resultant from ma

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