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Robin Boyd created the Black Dolphin as a more Australian-style motel.

A lack of bling makes this seaside motel sing

In the NSW holiday town of Merimbula an iconic motel has been bought back to life.

  • Stephen Crafti

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Perched on a river flood plain, it appears to float gently among the surrounding trees.

Art meets architecture in this Melbourne home designed to survive a flood

An elevated house, perched on a river flood plain, appears to float gently among the surrounding trees in its lush garden settings.

  • Stephen Crafti
The interior of the planned Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park, shown in legacy AFL mode.

First look inside new Brisbane Stadium, with construction start-date confirmed

Fresh renders of the Victoria Park venue reveal a three-tier seating bowl and open-ended design, as the state government locks in a June construction start date for the Gabba’s successor.

  • Cameron Atfield
Pivotal to the design is the maze-like arrangement of mild steel walls that loosely delineate spaces.

From Paris to Brunswick: These high fashion designers have a new home

Under-the-radar fashion house Strateas Carlucci has opened a new hybrid studio-shop in Brunswick.

  • Stephen Crafti
A warren of rooms, including the kitchen, dining room and lean-tos, at the back were replaced with one large generous open-plan kitchen and living area.

The Carlton terrace designed as a teenage ‘mess hall’

Teens often gift their parents mess and chaos, so this Carlton couple tried to design their way out of it.

  • Stephen Crafti
Jason Gibney, director of Jason Gibney Design Workshop, designed the flame-proof house in New South Wales’ Central Coast.

This home’s robust exterior can withstand savage wildfires

Wrapped in fireproof fabric and clad entirely in compressed fibre cement, its design answers strict fireproofing guidelines.

  • Stephen Crafti
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Architect David Langston-Jones’ townhouses in Little Young Street, Redfern.

Cobalt blue, vermillion, bright yellow: How much colour really makes a great home?

A lot, if your name is Le Corbusier or Sydney architect David Langston-Jones.

  • Stephen Crafti
Classical architecture is making a comeback, with these modernist buildings being restored to their former glory.

Modernist architects once declared war on Australia’s classic architecture. The backlash has begun

In Europe, buildings and streetscapes are being restored to their former glory. Now the pushback against modernism is being felt in Australia.

  • Greg Callaghan
Babylon House is perched on the crest of a 7000 square metre site on the edge of an Avalon Beach escarpment north of Sydney.

Bohemian home gets award-winning transformation in Avalon’s Babylon

Named after the mythical tower of Babylon, the renovation of this award-winning house overlooking Pittwater and the Pacific Ocean has been years in the making.

  • Stephen Crafti
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Sydney’s most fabulously ugly building is about to get a glow-up

This one-of-a-kind piece of architecture is about to get a $23 million refresh to turn it into the emotional town hall of Surry Hills in Sydney’s inner city.

  • Julie Power