Relying upon a singular red brick material, Madeleine Blanchfield Architects centralised Iririki house into a monolithic and bespoke family home. Based in Paddington, Sydney, Madeleine Blanchfield Architects is an interior design and architecture studio that focuses on “bespoke and beautifully crafted” design. Iririki house is a 1907 home sitting between Victorian and Federation design. With […]
Bright colours and polished timber dominate in Tribe Studio Architects’s reinterpretation of a classic Californian-style bungalow in Sydney’s inner west. Embracing the “eclectic and experimental”, the local studio sought to “channel the spirit” of the two-storey interwar house, which had undergone numerous renovations. “Originally built by the proprietor of a local lumber yard, the house […]
While most of us were baking sourdough and learning Spanish, Alexander & Co.’s pandemic project took the form of an elegant 3,229-square foot multi-functional house and workspace. Alexander House was constructed over nine months during the 2020 lockdowns. It responds to contemporary design questions of sustainability and work/life balance to become, surreptitiously, a symbol of the times. “If […]
CplusC Architectural Workshop was influenced by the Japanese concept of shakkei (borrowed scenery) for this Sydney home, “bridging the relationship” between exterior and interior. “Three decades ago, Studio Ghibli’s animated fantasy My Neighbor Totoro taught us about the importance of relationships with family, friends and nature,” explains the Sydney practice. “Similarly, the concept of Totoro […]