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Ryan (pictured) made maximum use of the compact 104-square-metre floorplan.

How Laura turned a tiny Sydney cottage into an off-grid wonder

There is no sewer connection, a water-free toilet, and some less surprising features such as solar panels on the roof.

  • Kristy Johnson

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Adam and Nikki Stewart’s Pettit+Sevitt home in Beacon Hill. Adam and the original owner swapped houses after Adam knocked on the door, offering to buy the house

Adam wanted a funky mid-century Sydney home. All he paid was stamp duty

The northern beaches furniture designer spent Sunday nights knocking on doors of houses he liked until he struck gold.

  • Julie Power
The pavilion dates to the 1890s.

How a heritage glasshouse was transformed into an art-filled kitchen, living room

Transforming a Victorian-era glasshouse into a stand-alone kitchen, dining and living area without breaking something, is no mean feat.

  • Stephen Crafti
Apartment owners Ian Thackeray and Rebecca Kaiser during the walkthrough for the Rochford apartments in Erskineville.

The Sydney apartments that no one ever wants to leave

These inner west units are designed to feel like standalone homes. Little wonder it is hard to buy in.

  • Julie Power
Unlike many single-fronted terraces that can feel cavernous and dark, this home benefits from generous glazing along the entire western elevation.

Architect-designed Northcote house keeps it simple in cost-of-living crisis

It may not have wall-to-wall marble, but this simple architect-designed house shows what can be achieved on a relatively modest budget.

  • Stephen Crafti
Judy Mundey looks up at a mural that shows her late husband Jack Mundey - in the upper right with a loudspeaker - a leader of the Builders Labourer Federation and the green ban movement which saved the ’Loo for working-class people and defeated a proposal for highrise.

These murals honour Sydney’s hero of heritage. Will they be preserved themselves?

Murals depicting the Woolloomooloo community joining unions to save the historic area from development are fading. And not everyone wants them repainted.

  • Julie Power
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The original Sydney House was built in 1951.

Everything old is new again as Brisbane’s best house is crowned

Like many New Farm locals, Pip and Nick Spiro lusted after Sydney House, a postwar brick house, for years before they seized the opportunity to buy it.

  • Marissa Calligeros
Tadao Ando’s concrete pavilion at the Queen Victoria Gardens has been offered to the City of Melbourne.

Serene and stunning, this beloved concrete slab has its own security guard

Over 300,000 people have made the pilgrimage to MPavilion 10. Now this Melbourne icon faces its own Eiffel Tower moment.

  • Norman Day
A design carrying the name Archer Designs for a 500metre square apartment at Altair which was withdrawn after owners ciriticism.

More like a tomb than luxury apartments: The plans dividing Sydney’s elite

It’s home to celebrities, politicians, lawyers, bankers and Hare Krishnas, but how will the Altair’s forecourt redevelopment turn out?

  • Julie Power
Stahl House’s pool with a view.

Seven incredible modernist homes in LA you can visit

Architectural innovation is a constant in the City of Angels, where modernism has flourished and dream homes are always on the agenda.

  • Margaret Barca

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