Innehållsförteckning för Issue 138 February 2021 från Houses

One of the most fulfilling aspects of making Houses magazine and writing about architecture is the insight into the creative that is gathered before putting pen to paper. Visiting homes across Australia to talk with architects and clients about the homes they’ve imagined together provides an unparalleled education in Australian residential design. For this issue, I was invited into two wonderful homes designed by inventive architects with meaningful input from their artist clients. Both Beaconsfield House by Simon Pendal Architect (page 38), and Brunswick Apartment by Murray Barker and Esther Stewart (page 76) show the magic of creative collaborations. At Beaconsfield House, sculptural ceilings and washes of ultramarine create distinct atmospheres across spaces, while the geometry and pared-back details of Brunswick Apartment’s kitchen have the confidence of a graphic artwork.…

Roofing: Lysaght Klip-Lok roof decking in Colorbond ‘Monument’ External walls: Rockcote Smooth Set concrete render Internal walls: Resene ‘Ash’ and ‘Half White Pointer’ paint finish Windows and doors: Proglazed Windows and Doors aluminium-framed double-glazed windows and doors in Colorbond ‘Monument’; Designer Doorware Club door handles in ‘Satin Nickel’ Flooring: Woodcut engineered oak flooring in invisible UV oil finish; Artedomus Grigio Orsola stone tiles in acid-etched finish; Halcyon Lake Brio carpet in ‘Haze’ Lighting: Flos Mini Glo-Ball wall lights and Oluce Atollo lamp from Euroluce Kitchen: Laminex laminate joinery in ‘Possum’; Artedomus Grigio Orsola stone benchtop; Brodware City Stik tapware in ‘Brushed Nickel’; Linear Standard Archive handles in ‘Oak’; Fisher and Paykel appliances Bathroom: Artedomus Grigio Orsola stone counter tops and tiles in acid-etched finish; Inax Yohen Border wall tiles from…

Linda Cheng Tell us a bit about yourselves and what your house was originally like. Jurek I’m an artist and I teach art. Michele is also an artist; in addition, she works as an art therapist. We have lived together for a long time, so we are very familiar with and appreciate one another’s aesthetics. Michele The house was, prior to the rebuild, a 1947 disintegrating wood and asbestos building. The ceiling over the kitchen was about to collapse. The bathroom and the kitchen were still in 1947. The toilet was outside, which was fantastic! We had lots of artwork in the house, and we treated the house a bit like a studio space. It was like living in a studio, and the whole time we were imagining what a…

Roofing: Revolution Roofing True Oak Deep roof sheeting; Lysaght Trimdek External walls: Krause Bricks Emperor bricks in ‘Ghost’; Adbri Masonry concrete blocks; Hanson Australia in-situ concrete Windows and doors: Carison Bros. timber windows and doors; Amore Engineering steel windows in Porter’s Paints ‘River Stone’ paint finish Flooring: Solid American oak floorboards; Mutina Mews Chevron tiles in ‘Ink’ Lighting: Muller van Severen Ceiling Lamps; Oluce Atollo 237 lamp and Flos Mini Glo-Ball from Euroluce; Archier Capital pendant; New Works Kizu table lamp in ‘White Marble’ and Lantern floor lamp; Muuto Tip table lamp Kitchen: Astra Walker Icon tapware; Franke Bolero under-mount sink; Miele integrated fridge–freezer and dishwasher; Ilve oven and cooktop; Whispair Monte Carlo rangehood; solid American oak joinery; stainless steel benchtops and splashback Bathroom: Custom brass towel rail by Jason…

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Roofing: Stramit Longspan roof cladding in Colorcote Magnaflow ‘Monolith’; Blue Mountain Mesh steel ember guard in Colorbond ‘Monument’ External walls: Stramit Longspan roof cladding in Colorcote Magnaflow ‘Monolith’; James Hardie Scyon Axon cladding Internal walls: Boral plasterboard lining; Outlast silvertop ash timber lining boards in Cutek oil finish Windows and doors: Miglas Aliclad BAL-40-rated composite aluminium- and timber-framed glazed doors and windows; Centor cavity sliders, top-hung sliding door and fully retractable flyscreen Flooring: Solid Tasmanian oak floorboards in Bona Drifast stain and Bona Traffic coating; Perini Grigio ceramic decking; Gibbon Architectural Tretford Roll carpet in ‘Dark Chocolate’; Rhino Grating hot-dipped galvanized heel guard Lighting: Brightgreen recessed downlights, Curve stair light and external downlights from About Space; Havit Lighting Taper Black LED Wedge wall light Kitchen: Fisher and Paykel Activesmart refrigerator;…

Chloe Naughton Writer Chloe cut her teeth practising architecture in Queensland at Brisbane’s M3 Architecture before moving to Lima, Peru, to work with Barclay and Crousse. She now works in BVN’s Sydney studio. Thomas Essex-Plath Writer Thomas is an architecture writer and sociology graduate who researches forms of knowledge in architectural labour. He teaches architectural history and theory, and is a freelance writer in Wurundjeri Country, Australia. Anthony Parsons Writer Anthony is a Sydney-based architect who has worked on projects of varying scales around Australia. He adores Aldo Rossi, respects Le Corbusier and wishes he was Valerio Olgiati. Ben Peake Writer An associate at Carter Williamson Architects, Ben believes that design can help enrich the lives of citizens and their broader communities. He is the recipient of the 2020 Adrian…

Roofing: Lysaght Spandek cladding in Colorbond ‘Basalt’ External walls: Blackbutt battens from Old Mill Timberyard; Boral blockwork; Rockcote Marrakesh render; folded brass from N.A. Mathie Steel Fabrications; concrete from AKZ Concreting; James Hardie fibre cement in Colorbond ‘Basalt’ Internal walls: James Hardie plasterboard in Dulux ‘Snowy Mountains Half’ paint finish Windows and doors: Design Spec Joinery and Kitchens blackbutt windows and doors; Aneeta sash-less windows; Lickiss Fabrications louvre windows and aluminium door; Halliday Baillie hardware Flooring: Concrete from AKZ Concreting; blackbutt floors and ironbark deck from Old Mill Timberyard Lighting: Unios and Energyline lights from Raylinc Lighting; Michael Anastassiades Mobile Chandelier 12 pendant Kitchen: Artedomus Artetech splashback tiles and terrazzo benchtop; stainless steel benchtop by N. A. Mathie Steel Fabrications; Dada VVD Kitchen joinery from Hub Furniture; Franke Eos pull-out…

“It’s exciting,” CJH Studio director Cassie James-Herrick says of the New York City commission her Victorian practice landed during a global pandemic. “It came about during iso, which was interesting … It’s sort of a whole different challenge but, in a sense, it’s just like doing a job in Melbourne because I couldn’t go to the city this year anyway. Posting samples and having ‘Zooms’ – the processes have been a bit the same.” The commission is for the reworking of an existing apartment, for a client who discovered her love for Antipodean design when she noticed that her collection of reference images favoured Australian designers. Cassie’s “man on the ground” for the project is a ceramist who used to work in an architectural firm; her eye for detail dovetails…

Roofing: Lysaght Klip-Lok and Custom Orb roof cladding in Colorbond ‘Woodland Grey’ External walls: Cement render; cedar V-groove lining in Murobond Woodwash Exterior oil finish Internal walls: Sand and cement bagging; CSR Gyprock plasterboard in Dulux ‘Whisper White’ paint finish Windows: Airlite timber casements in Dulux ‘Lexicon’ paint finish and aluminium sliders in Dulux ‘Charcoal Pearl’ powdercoat finish Doors: Airlite Architectural Aluminium doors in Dulux ‘Charcoal Pearl’ powdercoat finish and timber french doors in Dulux ‘Lexicon’ paint finish Flooring: Eurostyle Floors raw oak boards; Cavalier Bremworth wool carpet Lighting: Weplight Renata 56 pendant; Delta Light Gala LED surface-mounted light; Tovo Pipeline pendant; Lightel wall light Kitchen: Surface Gallery Ocean Grey honed granite benchtop; joinery in Briggs Veneers American oak veneer; polyurethane doors and Locker Group perforated metal doors in Dulux…

For Adelaide-based industrial designer Andrew Eden, simplicity is key. “In a complicated world filled with so much noise, simple things stand out,” explains the JamFactory furniture studio alumnus and founder of AG Studio. “And as I continually explore materials and processes that pique my interest, I’m evolving my aesthetic.” Andrew’s portfolio has an exuberant, youthful energy to it, achieved via an eclectic fusion of fresh styles, shapes and colours. His furniture and lighting designs may be visually minimalist, yet they all possess clever elements that heighten their conceptual rigour. The Frame lounge chair, for example, features a luxuriously upholstered L-shaped form supported by an impossibly thin steel frame. This type of juxtaposition is intentional, and Andrew has succeeded at creating modern seating that evokes equal parts wonder and disbelief, all…

Roofing: Lysaght Custom Orb roofing in Zincalume steel; hardwood framing in Feast Watson Wood Shield protective oil finish External walls: Earth Structures Group rammed earth; CSR Cemintel compressed fibre cement linings; reinforced blockwork Internal walls: Timber-framed ply-clad walls in Porter’s Paints ‘Palm Beach Black’ stain; custom brass handrails Windows: Custom spotted gum windows by joiner; precast concrete sills Doors: Custom ply-clad doors in Porter’s Paints ‘Palm Beach Black’ stain by joiner; Pittella hardware Flooring: Concrete slab in steel-trowelled finish Lighting: Tovo Burleigh, Byron and Iris lights in ‘Copper’ and The Fin LED uplight in ‘Black’; Iguzzini Trick LED lights Kitchen: Custom formply joinery with hardwood timber capping and recycled blackbutt benchtops; Blum hardware; Brodware Yokato kitchen mixer in ‘Copper Organic’; custom hammered-copper sink; Fisher and Paykel integrated fridge–freezer and fridge…

Since establishing their practice Taylor and Hinds Architects in 2013, Poppy Taylor and Mat Hinds have produced a range of projects that reflect an intense commitment to extending the traditions of making places to dwell in Tasmania. Poppy and Mat’s studio in the coastal township of Cremorne, about a 30-minute drive out of Hobart, hints at the core values of their practice. Here, within a 1950s cottage on the neighbouring property to their own residence, life and work are necessarily and joyfully entangled, creating a humble setting that resonates with their humanistic approach to work. Inside the cottage, a number of dividing walls have been removed to create a large shared space for desks, with the interior linings of perimeter walls stripped away to reveal the hardwood studwork and diagonal…

Nestled among a small neighbourhood of Victorian terraced houses in Melbourne, Lande’s South Yarra House certainly commands attention. But while maintaining a strong presence, the home simultaneously draws from and extends the ethos of its place. Lachlan McArdle, co-founder of Lande alongside Ellie Spinks, explains to me how cuttings from the baby’s tears plants that populate the nooks and crannies of the surrounding laneway have been replanted in the house’s new courtyard. It’s an apt metaphor: just as the horticultural embellishments have been transplanted, so too have the quietude and intimate, domestic scale of this corner of the suburb been adopted in the design of this new addition to Lachlan’s own home. The most appropriate place to begin a description of this house may be at its end, the rear…

Roofing: Lysaght Custom Orb in Zincalume External walls: Recycled face brickwork with sponged joints; recycled jarrah weatherboards; James Hardie Hardieflex and Scyon Axon cladding Internal walls: Recycled face brickwork in natural and lime paint; CSR Gyprock Windows: Painted timber frames from Abbott’solutely Timber; Aneeta aluminium frames Doors: Blackbutt doors and frames from Abbott’solutely Timber; Lockwood Robert Watson door handles Flooring: Original jarrah boards in Osmo oil and reclaimed jarrah boards; burnished concrete in Lithofin sealer Lighting: Nyta Tilt Globe pendant from Koda Lighting; Beebo and Zero 0 lights from Aura Lighting; Muuto E27 pendant Kitchen: Smeg oven, cooktop and rangehood in stainless steel; Miele dishwasher; Panasonic microwave; Rogerseller tapware in ‘Charcoal’; Franke stainless steel sinks and troughs; concrete splashbacks and benchtops from Concrete Studio; blackbutt joinery; Blum drawer hardware Bathroom:…

Internal walls: Eveneer crown-cut timber veneer wall panelling in ‘Almond’ from Elton Group Doors: Rattan and American oak sliding screens by Basele Shopfitting; Häfele sliding screen hardware in Dulux Duractec ‘Lexicon Quarter’ Lighting: Foscarini Gregg Midi and Piccolo wall lamps and Moooi NR2 pendant from Space Furniture; Rich Brilliant Willing Monocle sconce from Living Edge; Flos Copycat table lamp Kitchen: Smeraldo island benchtop and Calacatta benchtop and upstand from Artedomus; Appiani Anthologia mosaic tiles in ‘Tiglio’; Qasair rangehoods; Miele oven and warming drawer; Porter’s Paints 2-pac kitchen divider in ‘Grenache’ and ‘Tumeric’; Eveneer crown-cut timber veneer joinery in ‘Almond’ from Elton Group; dining and sitting room sideboards in Porter’s Paints ‘Himalayan Salt’ Bathroom: Rogerseller Caldera basins; Ceramica Vogue Dekorami Kolonne tiles in shower Other: Casamance Winona sheer curtains; custom bedhead…

The design of small architectural insertions into existing spaces is often as complex a proposition as larger design endeavours. When space is at a premium, function becomes imperative, and the conjuring and execution of design ideas – including how they are expressed in finishes and details – becomes amplified. The clarity of the idea that drives a small project can often be understood by observing how new elements sit within the existing built fabric. Whether the architect or designer’s intent is for new layers to blend seamlessly or to sit in stark contrast to what is already there, there’s a level of rigour required to make small-scale architecture sing. Brunswick Apartment, an alteration and addition to an original circa 1960s two-bedder in Melbourne, is a collaboration between architect Murray Barker…