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Residences

Remote chance

Amid the harsh landscape near Australia’s Bass Strait, a farmhouse offers intimacy and true escape.

  • Issue #158
  • 5 min read
Open-plan kitchen with timber cabinetry, white island, green shelving and vaulted wood ceiling
Design

Tread lightly

For these discerning Australians, a new place to call home means eschewing outdated ideals and focusing on a more sustainable way of living, as pioneered by one trailblazing Antipodean architect.

  • Issue #145
  • 6 min read
Modernist living room with timber-lined built-in sofa, brick floors, and large glass doors opening to garden.
Design

Design

We take a spin in a classic convertible in our brand-new series on the stories behind the world’s most beautiful works of industrial design. Plus: the latest furniture.

  • Issue #135
  • 7 min read
Design
Design

Sunny disposition

This strip of Australian coastline has developed a gentle architectural style that takes the heat in its stride. Indeed, if you need an air-con system, your design is judged a failure.

  • Issue #135
  • 8 min read
Sunny disposition
Design

Architecture

Denmark’s longest timber building has been rebuilt and the Pavilion Le Corbusier reopens.

  • Issue #125
  • 6 min read
Architecture
Food & Drink

Sweet spots

Melbourne’s mid-century milk bars are being reimagined by a new breed of entrepreneur. Who fancies a shake?

  • Issue #123
  • 10 min read
Sweet spots
Architecture

Complex life

How Whitlam Place in Melbourne eschews the cookie-cutter design of most new apartment complexes springing up in the fast-growing city.

  • Issue #122
  • 8 min read
Complex life
Design

Keeping it in the family

When Sandy Cavill’s parents asked him to renovate their Brisbane home he tackled the project with a respect for the past, the city and nature – and his mum and dad, of course.

  • Issue #113
  • 7 min read
Keeping it in the family
Travel and restaurants

Ripe for discovery

After years of neglect, Mitchelton Wines has been restored to all its mid-century glory. We meet the father-and-son team behind the tasteful new hotel and vineyard.

  • Issue #112
  • 7 min read
Ripe for discovery

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