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New Sydney homes that go up ‘like a Lego kit’

A leading architect whose clients include 20 of Australia’s richest people is experimenting with fast,sustainable materials on a row of four terraces in Bondi Junction.

  • Julie Power

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The East Balmain project from Johnston Studio looked to the immediate leafy environment for its mix of olive green and timber cabinetry.

The one colour you should not paint your kitchen,according to the experts

This colour was once the last word in stylish minimalism,but a new breed of designers,architects and home owners are embracing a much richer palette for the hardest-working room in the house.

  • Robyn Willis
Historian Zeny Edwards,right,has written a book about the mosaics of the Melocco Brothers,including this example in the State Library of NSW.

The forgotten and overlooked Sydney art you may be standing on right now

The Melocco brothers painted in stone,and their work turned architecture into art in places nearly every Sydneysider has visited. Look down,or you may miss it.

  • Julie Power

A ‘perfect’ inner-city pad set on 30 square metres? One architect’s ‘Goldilocks’ rule

Adam Haddow’s own house is set on a tiny plot. Now he’s focused on his Victorian home town with designs that are not too big,not too small – but just right.

  • Luke Slattery
Hillam Architects’ Riviere Residence in Applecross.

Fear of heights:Why do Perth people resist apartment living?

Medium and high-density housing is the norm for much of the world. But Perth people are reluctant to abandon their mega-sized homes and enjoy the benefits of apartment living.

  • Mark Naglazas
The Airey’s Inlet house is constructed from compressed cement panels and pearlescent-coloured translucent fibre-reinforced plastic.

Shell art got a shellacking. Now it makes an architectural comeback in this beach house design

A tongue-in-cheek beach house makes effective use of shell art and cement panels.

  • Stephen Crafti
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David drew up a plan to woo fellow architect Kawai:500 Solomon Islanders helped

After meeting Kawai Yeung in 2009,David Kaunitz strove to win her over. Today,the couple specialise in humane architecture for disadvantaged communities.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Part of the Wangaratta District Specialist School,designed by Sibling Architecture. The project was 2024 winner of the AA Social Impact Award.

Who doesn’t need a hug? This exhibition will lift your mood

It’s a weighty issue,designing spaces for sensory needs. These architects invite you to be tucked into their sculptures.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

Trump’s plan to make America ‘classic’ again,one gaudy building at a time

The president’s executive order is the same old “drill,baby,drill” attitude,but this time it’s more “gild,baby,gild”,with taxpayers set to foot the bill.

  • Norman Day
The Hoover Dam might be the greatest engineering achievement in history.

Inside one of the greatest engineering achievements in human history

From outside,this vast construction is about size,scale and spectacle. Once inside,it becomes more about appreciating how the whole thing holds together.

  • David Whitley