July 2023

A luxury home in New Farm shines with fresh style after an impressive renovation

A collaborative design team has handed over a modern masterpiece to their clients with this renovated riverfront home in New Farm. With expansive river views, a modernist facade, and a side boundary shared with one of New Farm’s iconic heritage-listed fig trees of monumental proportions, this inner-city residence always boasted maximum curbside appeal. But having …

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A dream home by the beach, with plenty of modern style

Building + Renovating, Home + Living

Life is golden for one couple as they move into their modern beach house by the shores of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. A series of property hunting hurdles led one couple to meet the man who would eventually bring their vision of a modern beach house to life, building designer Pete Taylor. The couple …

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Clever architecture leads the renovation of this compact inner-city Queenslander home

Building + Renovating, Home + Living

With a joyful union of old and new, this architect-designed subtropical urban oasis in Brisbane shows how to renovate a Queenslander home for modern inner-city living. Outside this early-1900s cottage, tucked away in a pocket of inner-city Fortitude Valley, you may be hard-pressed to guess what lies behead the façade. While the slender profile and …

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Sustainable design and eco-friendly architecture is at the forefront of this award-winning home.

Building + Renovating, Design + Decorating

Form meets function in this Sherwood home by dion Seminara architecture, where eco-friendly retirement living takes on a modern, inviting feel. Few of us would be brave enough to take on a new build as we approached retirement, but for the owner of this Sherwood home, it wouldn’t just be a new build: it would …

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Coastal style for a home in the Sunshine Coast hinterland

Building + Renovating, Design + Decorating

Inspired by its natural surrounds, this new build home in Buderim, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, is a casual yet inviting take on coastal-style interior design. You might think that in leafy Buderim, the brief would be simple: either achingly modern, or a considered renovation of an existing Queenslander. But for this family of four, securing a …

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Function and form combine in this designer kitchen and bathroom update

Building + Renovating, Kitchen + Bathrooms

Bringing beauty to a blank canvas has delivered new levels of luxury and functionality to this family home. For Litsa and George, life happens around the kitchen. “We love cooking and entertaining — the kitchen is the hub of the home where everyone sits around to catch up,” says Litsa. So when it came to …

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