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While the name of the “Taco pull” certainly tickles our fancy, its tactile robustness keeps us coming back for more. Made in the Rowsaan workshop in Kyneton, Victoria, the pull is made while the steel is piping hot, to shape it and provide a blackene

So much more than just the boss of small spaces, Bradley Swartz has a think about a great many things when he designs. Big or small, his practice considers the client's whole neighbourhood, access to amenities, shops, parks, pools, etc., as well as t

Flooring throughout the house was replaced with ReadyCork floating floor tiles. As a flooring material cork is soft, warm, and durable. Its family-friendly qualities include impact resistance, insulation and sound absorption. Due to being pre-finishe

Faced with the pressures of urban density and increasing population growth, we have no choice but to think outside the box when it comes to how and where we live. It is then the task of architects and designers to transform quirky, poky and tricky si

“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” This famous phrase by William Morris, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement, aptly describes the approach of Lisa Ford and Craig Leech in relation to their

With a site area of 215-square-metres and building area of 120-square-metres, Terrarium House, designed by emerging architect John Ellway, is by anyone’s standards a compact home. The 19th century cottage in Highgate Hill, Brisbane, was rescued from

There are 110 concrete steps leading up to this house in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay. It’s a number Sally Ogle and Ben Mitchell-Anyon of Patchwork Architecture know intimately, not because they regularly trundle up this significant staircase,

1 Spring is the time for planting that summer essential, the tomato, whether you’re raising your own seed or planting bought or swapped seedlings. When it comes to planting out into the garden, gardeners with limited space often just plant and hope f

Having been a gardener for enough years now, for me the return of spring feels a little like Groundhog Day. We’ve been here many times before, there’s a bunch of familiar faces uttering last year’s seasonal clichés (just as they did the year before),

To step out of the lift into the private foyer of Adam Haddow's penthouse apartment in Redfern is to be doubly lucky: one, for being invited to this private, verdant eyrie perched above an adapted warehouse building, and the other, to have a pair of

Environmental engineer Ben Cole has a singular talent for ethical business ideas that make a difference. His PhD was on market-based solutions to sanitation in developing countries, and while living in Hanoi, Vietnam, he created a line of anti-pollut

Listening to the sound of the ocean as we walk through a littoral rainforest, it’s hard to believe that the upscale boutiques and bars in Byron Bay’s township are just a few minutes’ drive away. The walking track can be found on the grounds of sustai

Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea is an encyclopaedia of architectural details. Every fireplace is different, as is almost every door handle. The front door handle is cast in bronze and resembles a piece of timber found on the forest floor, others are shape