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Apartment owner Carolyn Martin with Architect Michael Heenan.

The innovative Coogee window that solves a common coastal problem

If your home faces south, down a slope towards the water, the views are great. But getting sunlight in from the north has been impossible – until now.

This Month

Architect Nick McKimm in his Brighton home in Melbourne, Victoria.

Where you can and can’t install a $7000 skylight

While the traditional light well with polycarbonate sheet still has a place, skylights have gone upmarket. But you need to know how to use them.

June

Living on their own terms: Henry Martin and Di Hetzel in the backyard with Henry’s ‘chapel’.

Why this modern suburban home has an outdoor dunny

Most houses in this city-fringe suburb used to have backyard toilets. Modern plumbing has changed that, but this couple had their own reasons to rebuild one.

Architect Luigi Rosselli at one of the four terrace houses which he designed and are being built using cross laminated timber. The terraces will be rented out.

This architect is building for himself – at a quarter of the cost

Luigi Rosselli is the designer of one of Sydney’s most controversial homes, but for his own investment, he’s using a novel material to build on the cheap.

May

AFR, A breakfast nook located in a kitchen corner of a newly purchased luxury Sydney harbourside apartment designed by Arent&Pyke for an empty-nester couple. Supplied 12th March 2025 photo: Anson Smart

Why the kitchen in this Mosman home has a sofa

With no children at their Sydney home, an empty nest couple did not need to rush in their cooking and dining room. So they set out to make it leisurely.

Discreet space: Model and SJB architect Olivia Domazet in a second-floor apartment at the SJB-designed Casba apartment building, in inner-southern Sydney’s Waterloo.

An apartment to be nude in

Good balconies are crucial for apartment living, allowing connection with the outside without putting your life on display.

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