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Earthly home comforts
An earth-covered sustainable home pays homage to its surrounding environment.
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Japan inspired
A New Zealand home inspired by Japanese architecture and passive design principles seeks to cross cultural borders.
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Tropical heat
This award-winning home demonstrates design for a comfortable lifestyle in the tropics – without air conditioning.
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In case of fire
This new home on a bush block north-west of Melbourne meets new requirements for building in bushfire prone areas, without sacrificing sustainability or liveability.
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Reborn from fire
Rebuilding after the devastating Victorian 2009 bushfires, Chris Clarke created a smaller, greener home – an extraordinary home born from its impassioned history.
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Transformation on a budget
A routine restumping transforms an old weatherboard in inner-suburban Melbourne into a charming home.
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Making waves
“We wanted the house to have a ‘sense of place’. We wanted it to reflect the movement of waves and the shape of sand dunes,” says Bradford of his parent’s house on the beachfront at Port Fairy in Victoria. “It was very important that the design was sympathetic to the landscape.”
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