Australian House & Garden

Higher GROUND

It’s rare that a client asks an architect to “surprise us”. But that was the brief Scott and Kylie gave Harry Poulos Architects for the renovation of a pre-1946 cottage they had just bought in Brisbane’s south. The house was in original condition and perched on a hill with three street frontages and uninterrupted city views.

Scott and Kylie had already engaged Leigh Boswell of Highgate House, the interior designer who worked on their previous home. Leigh had also

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