A 10-metre by 40-metre block in Brisbane’s Grange is the kind of site that often invites compromise. Too narrow for grand gestures, too constrained for conventional thinking. Happy Haus, the Brisbane design-build practice that integrates architecture, interiors, and construction under one roof, looked at it and saw something else entirely. The result is Haus Grange, […]
Some homes announce themselves loudly. Others draw you in with a quieter kind of confidence. This newly completed modern farmhouse in Brisbane’s Bayside belongs firmly to the latter category, a study in Scandinavian minimalism and farmhouse generosity that feels both deeply considered and wonderfully effortless. Completed in March 2025 after a ten-and-a-half-month build, the home
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When the builder builds for himself, the result tends to be revealing. There are no client compromises, no budget conversations to moderate around someone else’s priorities. Just the unfiltered expression of everything he knows about how a home should sit in its landscape, and how a material should perform over a lifetime. Aaron Fertjowski of
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There’s a question that gets lost surprisingly often in the rush to maximise every square metre of a new home or renovation: will this actually bring joy to the people living in it? For Brisbane architect and interior designer Laura Stevens of Laura Stevens Architecture & Interior Design, that question sits at the centre of
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There is something undeniably special about a Queenslander. The high-set timber silhouette, the wrap-around verandahs, the intricate fretwork catching the afternoon light — these homes are woven into the fabric of South East Queensland’s streetscapes, and when they are well maintained, they are genuinely beautiful. Painting a Queenslander home is one of the most powerful
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Most family homes follow the same logic: living and entertaining on the ground floor, connecting to the pool and yard, bedrooms upstairs. It’s a formula that works. But sometimes a site presents something so compelling that the conventional approach simply has to give way. In Manly, on Brisbane’s Bayside, that something was the view. An
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When a luxury builder constructs their own family home, the result tends to be revealing. There are no client compromises, no brief to negotiate, no budget conversations to moderate. Just the unfiltered expression of everything they know about how a home should be designed, built, and lived in. For Paul Cross and Tanya King of
The Sunshine Coast Home That Proves Luxury and Warmth Belong Together Read More »
In Brisbane’s leafy inner-east suburb of Hawthorne, a pre-war home had been quietly ageing for nearly a century. Converted at some point into a duplex and largely left alone, it was the kind of property many buyers would have walked straight past. The neighbours next door saw something different. Their vision was bold: take this
There’s a particular kind of confidence required to step back from trend-driven design and commit instead to something quieter, more considered, and built to last. In Wellington Point, boutique Brisbane Bayside builder Bowe Projects has done exactly that, delivering a two-storey family residence that trades noise for warmth, and spectacle for substance. The result is
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Great design doesn’t have a postcode. And sometimes the most inspiring ideas for how we build and renovate here in Queensland come from the other side of the world. This is one of those projects. On a wooded hillside road on the outskirts of Bath, UK, London and South West-based practice Forgeworks Architects has completed
Global Style: A House of Wood Shingle and the Case for Keeping What’s Already There Read More »
The best homes reveal themselves slowly. And this one takes its time. From the street, a modest pre-1911 cottage in New Farm reads quietly — heritage details intact, character carefully preserved. But step through the front door and keep walking. Follow the central hallway as the light gradually intensifies, drawing you forward through the old
Some homes are designed for a season of life. This one was designed for all of them at once. Completed in December 2025, this Gordon Park Queenslander renovation is the result of a close collaboration between Brisbane interior design studio Connors & Co. and builders Soza Projects. The brief was clear from the start: create
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