CO-architecture | The Latest in Australian Home Design

Heritage homes carry a kind of weight that newer houses simply do not. A federation cottage in Adelaide, a Victorian terrace in Paddington, a Queenslander on stumps in Brisbane's inner suburbs, these buildings are living records of the way Australians once lived, and owning one comes with a quiet responsibility. When it comes time to renovate, extend, or restore a heritage pr...

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It takes a particular skill in working with the existing: restraint where instinct might lean toward invention, and precision where the temptation is to impose. For homeowners, architects, designers and anyone interested in heritage restoration, thoughtful home design or sustainable renovation, the projects gathered here show how that discipline plays out in practice.

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Few home improvements deliver as consistently as a well-built outdoor living space. Whether it is a simple elevated deck off a bedroom, a full alfresco or patio under a tiled roof, or an outdoor kitchen designed for year-round entertaining, Australians are spending more on outdoor rooms than at any point in the past decade. Outdoor living projects now represent one of the top...

There is a particular quality of light that happens in Australian homes when a rear wall opens completely — when the boundary between the kitchen table and the garden dissolves and the two spaces breathe as one. It is not merely an aesthetic achievement. It is, for many homeowners, the single most transformative thing a renovation can do to the way a home actually feels to li...