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The second half of the twentieth century saw unprecedented transformation of our cities. Modernist ideas of architecture and planning swept aside thousands of years of tradition and collective knowledge, wiping the slate clean in the name of progress and profit. Sydney suffered devastatingly under this wave, losing much of its recent and Indigenous history. In the 1970s, the first rumblings of…

RAFI, designed by Luchetti Krelle, is a sprawling new venue in North Sydney, drawing patrons in with a maximalist, European-inspired interior, and split across four zones to offer an assortment of dining experiences. Owners Ben Carroll and Hamish Watts are behind a suite of Sydney’s treasured restaurants and bars – The Butler in Potts Point, Bopp and Tone in the CBD, Neutral Bay’s SoCal (all…

Green House by Steendijk | ArchitectureAU

Located in the inner Brisbane suburb of Spring Hill, Green House is the third project designed by Brian Steendyk to occupy the same section of narrow street – and the second of them that Brian designed for himself. Comprising renovations of traditional Queensland houses, this collection of neighbouring designs reveals the consistency of ideas in Brian’s practice over more than twenty years,…

In Profile: Core Collective | ArchitectureAU

At Hollow Tree House, so named because a hollowed trunk on this 1830s Tasmanian rural property once served as a post box, Core Collective Architects removed sheaths of aged wallpaper to reveal, and subsequently retain, colonial-era paintwork layered like a palimpsest. On one section of the wall, a worker had scrawled his name before applying the wallpaper, leaving a ghost-like presence that was…

Artichoke 79 preview | ArchitectureAU

From the editor This special issue celebrates the outcomes of the 2022 Australian Interior Design Awards, a partnership event of Artichoke and the Design Institute of Australia. This year we received 449 entries, representing an immense variety of scales, budgets and briefs. However, this year’s award winners all share a common goal – a commitment to emotional connection, artisanship and utility,…

Customized accessibility: Night Sky | ArchitectureAU

The client’s brief for this new residential project high in the Blue Mountains was unique: a sustainable house that lets him travel to the stars, while also being accessible and adaptable for life with a disability. An astronomer and engineer, Basil Borun had investigated the option of a project home but soon realized that any kind of customization would increase the cost significantly, making an…

Talking Houses: Three House | ArchitectureAU

This Talking Houses video celebrates the experience of life inside Three House by John Ellway, which won the New House under 200 square metres award and the Australian House of the Year award at the 2021 Houses Awards. Located in the Brisbane suburb of Paddington, Three House responds to the neighbourhood context with a series of three elevated pavilions. Despite its compact footprint, the…