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27/08/2026

As someone who makes their living writing about architecture and design, I spend a lot of time looking at beautiful houses. Many of them I admire, lots of them I enjoy and some of them I daydream about spending time in. It is, however, very rare that I truly wish a house were mine. Flicking through the images of Burringbar House by Fouch. Architects, I came across a photo that stirred that unfamiliar feeling.⁠
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The photo shows an outdoor deck, which is largely occupied by a generous timber-clad bath. A copper tap arches gracefully over the tub, and recycled charred timber screens surround it, providing privacy without fully obscuring the view. Should one have the pleasure of soaking in this bath, they can tilt their eyes skywards towards the huge canopy of giant eucalyptus trees overhead. Just imagine sinking into warm water as the sun sets and the light changes through the leaves while birds, cicadas and other creatures sing goodbye to the day. Bathing under this canopy seems like a little slice of heaven.⁠
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👉🏽 Read more inside issue 110, available now (link in bio).⁠
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📍 LOCATION BUNDJALUNG COUNTRY / BURRINGBAR / NSW

24/08/2026

When the owners found it, this was a pristine bush block. But it was not without its flaws, according to Klaus Carson Kelly of Sydney-based architecture and interior design firm Studio Carson Kelly. Firstly, there were too many trees to be bushfire safe. Secondly, it sloped – not a gentle slope, but a proper contour, with a 20-metre level drop between the driveway at the top and a creek at the bottom. The owners, James and Sarah, had bought the land with the idea of creating a typical Australian shed. “The whole inspiration was essentially a shearer’s shed, or very similar to a shearer’s shed,” says James. The land already had attached to it a provisional approval for a certain building envelope, which they were told just needed “tweaking” to get right. But, when the architects came on board, it didn’t take much persuasion for James and Sarah to consider a total rethink of their Ulladulla block.⁠
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📍 LOCATION YUIN COUNTRY / ULLADULLA / NSW

23/08/2026

A 9.6-star coastal home owner-built by The Sociable Weaver’s Dave Martin goes well beyond energy ratings, integrating feng shui, geomancy and habitat to care for the land and create uplifting spaces where abundant life can flow.⁠
Their new home, Solara, is tucked behind the dunes at Cape Paterson on a windy corner beach track. “It literally weaves together the things we've discovered over time really work for our family,” Dave says. With two teens, two children under four, dogs, and regular visitors including parents living close by, the brief was an adaptable intergenerational home with spaces indoors and out for privacy, connection, nature play and entertaining.⁠
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📍 LOCATION BUNURONG COUNTRY / CAPE PATERSON / VIC

20/08/2026

As per convention, when a century-old home is extended with a modern addition, any linking element is just that – a walk-through connector. But here on this New Zealand hillside, with the suburban tapestry pixelated beneath, it’s so much more. Within four square metres, Patchwork Architecture has slotted a window seat with storage on one side, a hidden laundry on the other, and a small alcove recessed into the original brick wall as a frame to display singular objects.⁠
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Making spaces work harder has become Sally Ogle and Ben Mitchell-Anyon’s stock in trade, design skills that were put to the test in this family-centric project. Homeowners Hannah Heffernan and Mark Whitmore have three children ranging in age from two to 10, so it’s easy to understand why they needed to adapt this 1930s bungalow for more breathing room.⁠
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📍Wellington / New Zealand

15/08/2026

The Grounded Festival is an initiative of Matthew Evans, a chef turned farmer, writer, broadcaster and food activist. The 2026 event was held in April in the Otway Ranges in Victoria and was fortunate to enjoy a burst of warm weather. Visitors could fully immerse themselves in the diverse two-day program and the spectacular setting by staying on site in yurts or bringing their own camping gear.⁠
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After the first event in 2024 at Fat Pig Farm, and the 2025 event at Galloway Springs Farm in south-west Western Australia, Matthew began planning the 2026 festival at Yan Yan Gurt West Farm near Deans Marsh, some 15 kilometres north of Lorne. The Stewart family has run this farm, set on rolling hills, for five generations. Their emphasis is on care of the landscape as they operate their regenerative sheep and agroforestry farming business. Over the last 30 years the family and friends have planted over 55 000 trees and with neighbouring farms created a 22 kilometre wildlife corridor running to the Barwon River.⁠
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👉🏽 Read more inside issue 110, available now (link in bio).⁠
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⁠~text Tom Bodycomb⁠
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📍 Gadubanud / Deans Marsh / VIC

06/08/2026

Initially, the clients had asked Tim Pilgrim Gardens to give their garden a “bit of a refresh”, but enthusiasm took over and they decided to go hard and overhaul the whole thing. “What started as an old, exhausted backyard needed a full Northcote reset. Every root, every brick, every tired clump pulled out so the garden could breathe again,” say the clients.⁠
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His clients delight in wildlife and were keen to create a naturalistic garden that would celebrate all the seasons, leaving structure (and decay) that would offer shelter to the local fauna. Bees were a huge consideration too. Tim considers pollinators in all his designs, and these clients are also true believers - giving the birds and bees an extra hand by including the nature strip in their planting plan.⁠
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~landscape @⁠t.p_gardens⁠
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📍 LOCATION WURUNDJERI WOI-WURRUNG / NORTHCOTE / VIC⁠TORIA

04/08/2026

If you grew up and studied architecture in Queensland, like architect Peter Besley did, you’d likely have been taught that the way to create houses for the Sunshine State’s hot, subtropical climate is to use green Australian hardwood and have big, sloping tin roofs and encircling verandahs with generous overhangs. You’d have been told that you must cleverly position the direction of the house and its openings to encourage breezes to pass through. This is “a lightweight, highly shaded, incredibly adaptable, incredibly replicable, vernacular housing typology,” Besley explains, adding that it is also cheap and makes use of readily available materials. In other words, it is a tried and tested typology that works.⁠
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When Besley found himself working in the Middle East from the early 2000s onwards, however, he quickly realised that there are other ways to design for warm climates. “I was in some of the hottest parts of the world,” Besley explains, “and the architecture was completely the opposite of what I’d learnt.” He saw brick-heavy buildings with flat roofs, no overhanging elements and generous inner courtyards.⁠
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📍 LOCATION TURRBAL AND JAGERA COUNTRY / BRISBANE / QUEENSLAND

29/07/2026

It’s joyous to interview people doing something utterly unique and so needed at this precise moment in time. Cultural Gardens was born of the shared vision of two friends with complementary skills keen to help community groups not just create indigenous gardens but build the relationships with local Mob to program them. It’s the missing piece in the puzzle for schools, clubs and other organisations who usually don’t have the cultural connections required.⁠
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Agus Gorini and Sarah Schwager met 13 years ago, when Agus moved to Australia from Argentina. Sarah is a First Nations woman whose partner is Argentinian. The pair met socially, became friends, lost touch, and reconnected five years ago at their kids’ Spanish playgroup.⁠
Their business was born after Agus volunteered to help their children’s primary school create an indigenous garden and noticed the need for relationship-building assistance. Naturally she turned to Sarah, who’d just finished two decades in journalism and communications and was craving change.⁠
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📍 LOCATION NAARM / MELBOURNE / VIC

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