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Notions of home are as much a projection of our dreams and memories as they are the bricks and linen cupboards that anchor them. Tangled in the sheets of inner-urban Melbourne, Arcadia is a fever dream of pastoral histories. Shafts of light lend weight to rustic walls; burnt-out chimneys dot the landscape, some still burning; distant views draw the eye; inside and out, the house is ablush with the perpetual hue of an early rise and an early rest. It’s enough to get the roosters crowing.

Highlands House offers a very different experience of living in the landscape to that of the quintessential modern Australian house.

ERA is a small architecture firm focusing on residential architecture and hospitality design. We believe strongly in creating beautiful, sustainable and functional design that responds to site conditions, budgets and clients needs.

Image 7 of 21 from gallery of Marramarra Shack / Leopold Banchini Architects. Photograph by Rory Gardiner

The brief To elevate the function and overall experience of a three-bedroom, single-level brick home on Sydney’s upper North Shore. Remove all extraneous additions and reconfigure the floor space to a northerly more light-filled aspect. Most importantly emphasise a sense of Gezellig — the Dutch word for optimum comfort and cosiness — for the owners […]

Image 7 of 38 from gallery of Dog / Human House / EKAR. Photograph by Rungkit Charoenwat

Topography as the raw material of the architectural object Year: 2018 Size: 350m² Type: Commission Located in the Portuguese town of Oeiras, Casa CM is an architectural response to the irregular morphology of the allotment where it is inserted. The project consisted in developing...

Spanish architect Javier J. Iniesta designs a domestic interior that reflects the lifestyle and creative imagination of a trap icon.

Image 26 of 35 from gallery of "Social With Distancing" Restaurant and Bar / RENESA Architecture Design Interiors Studio. Photograph by Niveditaa Gupta

Image 5 of 17 from gallery of Little Black Cabin / SMITH Architects. Photograph by Clinton Weaver

Pop Up House by FIGR Architecture proposes an alternative precedent for new dwellings, with lush landscaping offering dual purpose.

On a hot summer’s day, nothing beats the shade of a leafy arbour. With dappled cover and a little breeze, the body finds its comfort. This simple extension provides just that. A deep eave shields from the high summer sun, casting the living areas into shadow. Tightly spaced battens, arrayed vertically and horizontally, ensure only fragments of patchwork light slip through. In time, deciduous vines will complete the effect. At the autumn equinox, the first slither of unimpeded sunlight breaches the window wall, signalling the arrival of cooler months as vine leaves turn to amber. The sun has entered the building. Autumn gives way to winter; long shadows sprawl across the garden as sunlight reaches further into the house, finally grazing the back wall. Inside, concrete and brick are warmed throughout the day, radiating their heat into the evening. And so the cycle of seasonal comfort continues, thanks to a single, simple canopy. Like all natural arbours, this is a place to gather, to find comfort in shade, and delight in the filigree of sunlight at play.

Taking root beneath a timber Queensland cottage, this carefully tuned addition knits an experience of the immediate and distant landscape into the daily patterns of domestic life.

Image 56 of 62 from gallery of Island Friends / Advanced Architecture Lab[AaL] + WIKI. Photograph by Arch-Exist

“Better not bigger” was the tenet for the reimagining of this Melbourne home, with a design that subverts the typical terrace plan and prompts a recalibration of what one needs to live well.

Image 6 of 17 from gallery of Little Black Cabin / SMITH Architects. Photograph by Clinton Weaver

Image 1 of 37 from gallery of Binh Thuan House / MIA Design Studio. Photograph by Trieu Chien