Willoughby-based firm Bijl Architecture recently completed Surgo House, a family home in Mosman on Sydney’s North Shore guided by a sustainable policy of up-cycling existing spaces. The team at Bijl embraced the client’s brief of creating a functional family home – rather than a lavish palace – by creating open plan spaces, improving light functionality, […]
Located in a Heritage precinct in South Hobart, Tasmania, Wentworth by local design studio Studio Ilk is a family home that delineates itself proudly between old and new. Led by the founding director and principal Kate Symons, Studio Ilk is an architecture and design practice based in South Hobart. Symons is passionate about the preservation […]
Custom Mad places family first in Josh’s place, a Sydney home centred on ample living space and Australian craftsmanship. Custom Mad is a Sydney-based architecture and design studio founded by Claire McCaughan. With the brief to create a no-fuss and flexible family home, McCaughan relied upon everyday routines to inform her design. “With four kids, […]
Located at the top of a hill in Northcote, Melbourne, Picket house by Austin Maynard Architects is a love letter to ‘dream suburban life in the 1940s and 50s’. White picket fences are synonymous with mid-century residential design. Described by the Smithsonian magazine as a “visual shorthand for the good life”, the picket fence also […]