A Green Kitchen Breathes New Life Into This 150-Year-Old Terrace Built as part of a terrace row in around 1864, this Sydney home has been updated in a thoughtful renovation by BASE in collaboration with Hicks and Holmested.
The charming Redfern house now reveals a patchwork of old and new, where original sandstone brickwork meets a refreshingly contemporary kitchen with green-stained joinery, and light-filled interiors.
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A Sensitive Renovation Of A Modernist Home, With A Few Twists! Rachel Hurst and Richard Wharldall’s Kew home wasn’t necessarily lacking in layout, space or style. Still, the couple saw an opportunity to amp up the ‘modernist cred’ with geometry, colour, pattern and texture.
A clever renovation by Kennedy Nolan strengthens the mid-century charm established by its original architect, Charles Victor Dumbrell, in 1959, whilst adding a few delightful surprises.
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For Sale: A Century-Old California Bungalow, Immersed In Nature It takes creative foresight to look at a neglected home in need of some love and see a modern, light-filled family home. But that’s exactly what the owners of this century-old California bungalow had.
Working with Melbourne architects, Architektura, they completely repaired, renovated and revived the home, keeping its character but adding thoughtful and transformative modern touches.
Now, with an extension that invites the outdoors in with large windows, sliding doors and thriving fernery, the once neglected home is full of life.
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Inside A Young Family’s Sydney Apartment With Parisian Flair The owners of this Darling Point apartment engaged Sequence Studio with a fun brief: to make their Sydney home feel like a classic Parisian apartment.
A sensitive renovation has brought newfound charm to their 1940s abode, building on the timeless herringbone floorboards and elegant arches to create a chic backdrop for the family’s eclectic collection of art and furniture!
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Why This Mid-Century Inspired Build Is A Modern-Day Dream Located in Barwon Heads, Victoria, this new family residence by Megowan Architectural has been billed as the ‘millennial dream house’.
It’s a modern play on the old-school ‘great Australian dream’ of having a homestead on a quarter-acre block, but this time combining elements of mid-century architecture, the owner’s coastal lifestyle, and sustainable living.
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