House profiles
Gariwerd gem
At the foot of Gariwerd (the Grampians) in western Victoria, a young couple’s tiny-footprint handcrafted house is a delight.
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Just right for one
Built on a budget, Liz Martin’s character-filled Bendigo home is a delightful example of well-designed urban infill.
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Among the vines
An off-grid Passive House provides comfortable, no-frills accommodation on a working vineyard in Victoria’s Gippsland.
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House profiles
Prefab prototype
A little gem of a backyard studio was the testing ground for a larger project aiming for considered suburban density on this Blue Mountains block.
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Self-built studio
Two young designers combined their skills and knowledge to create and build this modest home for themselves in the Adelaide Hills, without having to give up avocado toast to pay for it.
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Elegant infill
Careful orientation, spaces with double functions, and plenty of storage combine to ensure this family home on a subdivided Brisbane block feels larger than it is.
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Back to basics
Good design need not be expensive – as architect Andrew Kerr demonstrates with his Tassie ‘apple crate shack’ built to 7.1 Stars on a $100k budget.
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New build
Rising from the earth
Traditional local materials and an innovative spiral design with a green roof combine to offer a simple, sustainable lifestyle for this tree-changing family in Japan.
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Hilltop hood
Built on an Adelaide Hills block no one else wanted, a small house draws on big design thinking to overcome several major site constraints.
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Shedding light
Passive solar, 8.8 Stars and tucked neatly into the backyard in place of the original shed, this light-filled secondary dwelling on Sydney’s North Shore is an exemplar of sustainable downsizing.
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Tiny & Infill
A better way up
This studio dwelling above a laneway garage in inner Sydney is both a comfortable, compact place to live and a benchmark for this type of development.
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