Beyond the Big Smoke Brilliance: 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards.Sustainability and community impact are at the forefront of the 2025 NSW Regional Architecture Awards shortlist. The selected projects showcase innovative approaches to environmentally conscious design, adapting to the specific needs of...
Wild Wild West (Coast): Bust’n B Ranch in California by Studio Caban and Sydney Ballesteros.Remember the 1992 Clint Eastwood movie Unforgiven? It was shot on a 480-acre ranch in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains just outside the Canadian town of Calgary. But as one particular property in California proves, it doesn’t take...
Sunlit Sanctuary: A Ranch-style Home in Santa Barbara by Corinne Mathern.This 1980s ranch-style estate with a rambling ranch-style layout, is nestled deep inside the Santa Ynez Valley in California. It was set on acres and acres of land and dotted with olive trees, horses and emus. Just a 3-hour drive from Los...
Lighter than Light: A Country Villa by Grain Designoffice.If there's one thing that defines—and unites—spaces by Grain Designoffice, it's an enduring sense of weightlessness. Walls the colour of sunlight. Furniture in amorphous shapes. Rooms that flow into each other like slow, meandering...
Seamless Integration with Nature: Speargrass House in Queenstown by Arent&Pyke.Designed in collaboration with architect Matt Chaplin, Arent&Pyke’s interior design for Speargrass House in Queenstown creates a forever home focused on enhancing interaction with family, friends and nature, rather than fussy...
Between Forest and Valley: A Family Home Outside of Paris by Atelier HA.This manor house just outside of Paris has been revamped by Atelier HA as the studio transformed the austere house into a welcoming and functional home for a family with five children. Situated in the heart of an idyllic tree laden park,...
Nostalgic Escape: Foam House in Torquay by Amelda Wilde.When Amelia Wilde’s client came across this property, it was exactly what they were looking for—a quintessential Torquay home that transported them back to childhood vacations on the coast of Melbourne. Now boutique holiday...
Quiet Power: Merricks Farmhouse in Victoria by Michael Lumby with Nielsen Jenkins.While architecture is often known to disrupt the landscape, delicate planning and bold moves can introduce a sense of nuance and layer of poetics. In the case of Merricks Farmhouse by Michael Lumby and Nielsen Jenkins, the determination of...
One With Nature: Casa Nogal by Raul Almenara.On the lands of a reigning walnut tree, Spanish architect, Raul Almenera, places down a large granite rock and carves out traditional family home. However, unlike typical homes, Raul uses the granite to lay the bones for a very solid...
