Grand Designs Australia

How do wine flavours alter with age? During the ageing process, acid and tannins become rounder in character, colours evolve and fruit flavours diminish and are replaced by more complex, aged notes. More precisely, wine can be defined by three diffe

EDITED BY LOUISE SMITHERS Sustainable and contemporary, the multi-award winning Sunnybanks House is tucked into the bank of a north-facing hill in Middleton, Tasmania. The home was built for a retired couple who wanted to connect with the land and w

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS PHOTOGRAPHY SIMON WHITBREAD six months was all the time needed to complete this multi-level beachside home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. We know what you’re thinking: How can you get a house finished so quickly? The answer is si

WORDS JOHN WILLIAMS PHOTOGRAPHY JAMIE COBEL  having lived in Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo for many years, Lorraine and Mike Izzard have a very real sense of what “urban” living is all about. It’s something that has become deeply ingrained in them. So

WORDS STEPHANIE RUSSO it’s hard not to love the work of Camie Lyons. The Australian artist experiments with the very processes and materials of sculpting to create startling interpretations of the human experience. Camie’s successful artistic career

WORDS STEPHANIE RUSSO anyone who has lived in a home with an impossibly small bathroom knows the frustrations that can arise in a compact space: bumping into the vanity at every turn, an overflow of grooming products, and towels and linen with no pla

WORDS KAREN BOOTH PHOTOS URBAN ANGLES of contemporary, cutting-edge design, this Melbourne home called for a garden of equally modern, equally striking design. Although the rear garden is not particularly large, it packs a strong visual punch and wor

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS PHOTOGRAPHY NICOLE ENGLAND HOUSE Southbank Apartment LOCATION Southbank, Vic DATE COMMENCED July 2016 DATE COMPLETED February 2017 INITIAL BUDGET $550,000 FINAL PROJECT COST $650,000 this apartment in Southbank is occupied part

industrial designer and co-founder of DesignByThem Nick Karlovasitis is a man of wide experience and curious creative thought — and his body of work is exemplary. The creative calling struck Nick when he was just a whippersnapper. “From a young age I

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS with so many lighting fads and trends to keep up with, it’s hard to know what lights should go where. A pendant in the kitchen? Chandeliers in the bathroom? Sconces in the bedroom? Perhaps a splattering of track lighting in the

EDITED BY STEPHANIE RUSSO 01/ Interior Goals Zephyr, a luxury lounge on George Street, Sydney and designed by The Stella Collective, required a big, bold and adventurous personality to service the brunt of office workers over 42 levels of corporate

WORDS PETE COLQUHOUN one of my favourite sayings in architecture is: “man created right angles but God created curves”. And it’s this innate majestic attraction to curves that has, over the centuries, imbued great design with forms otherwise found in

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS PHOTOGRAPHY MAXIME BROUILLET THE DISCREET PALETTE OF BLACK, WHITE AND PALE WOOD COMPLEMENTS THE AGE OF THE HOME HOUSE Lévesque House LOCATION Laval, Quebec, Canada DATE COMPLETED 2016 as any semi-lucid centenarian can attest, 1

WORDS ANDREW WINTER during my decades as a “real” real estate agent and my now many, many years of TV real estate, I have yet to hear a buyer ever exclaim their love of a home, or space, due to the lack of light, or that dark and gloomy is in fact a

Beyond aesthetics and LED fittings, the other big thing to look out for is lighting control, which has been rapidly evolving. Bluetooth technology is being incorporated to make remote controlling from your phone or via wireless wall switches possible

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS Sure, a doorknob here and a towel rail there don’t sound very important. However, the right hardware and fittings can add thousands of dollars to the value of your home, boost functionality and create aesthetic harmony and appea

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID SOLM “PRAGMATICALLY, THE GLASS BOX ALSO PROVIDED ADDITIONAL SPACE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BRING THE GARDEN INSIDE” – LOUISE SERGI “THE HOME WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE ORNATE OR FANCY BUT TO BE VERY NATURAL A

Designer: Lauren for Sisalla Interior Design melbournecontemporarykitchens.com this stunning Toorak residence is a statement in contemporary design, so much so that it was the top-prize-winning entry at the Australian Cabinet Maker of the Year awards

WORDS CHRIS KNIERIM are you among the many people who have become completely addicted to reality television home improvement shows? In Australia, reality TV dates back more than 13 years. These intriguing and informative programs have kept us on the

WORDS STEPHANIE RUSSO baby, it’s (finally getting) cold outside, and we want to help you warm up so you’re ready for winter. On average, 40 per cent of the energy we use at home is for heating and cooling. The amount of energy your household uses wil

WORDS CLAIRE MCCALL PHOTOGRAPHY JACKIE MIERING WHEREAS MIES VAN DER ROHE CHOSE TRAVERTINE AND MARBLE FOR HIS PRISTINE PALETTE, CONCRETE CLAIMS A STARRING ROLE IN THE MATERIAL LINE-UP HERE deer farmer Lachlan McDonald was studying Spanish and investig

WORDS KATE ST JAMES, FDIA 01/ Choose flooring that is non-slip, durable and GreenTag certified. 02/ Select low-flow taps with a high WELS rating, and quality materials and construction. 03/ Insist on zero- or low-VOC materials including paints, glues

WORDS LOUISE SMITHERS PHOTOGRAPHY JACK LOVEL the White House is a labour of love founded on the blood, sweat and tears of owner/architect Meaghan White and her partner, Deon, who took a run-down 1930s bungalow in a less-than-lovely state and transfor

There is nothing worse than a rangehood that sounds like a jet engine landing, making conversations or entertaining virtually impossible. Schweigen’s innovative silent IsoDrive technology is the answer. The revolutionary silent rangehood design begin