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$200m glow-up: Sydney’s first skyscraper gets a glittering makeover
More than 75,000 tiles were manufactured to replace original glass mosaics encased in ugly pebblecrete on the walls of Sydney’s first high-rise tower. The effect is shimmering.
- by Linda Morris
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The Sydney suburbs where home buyers pay top dollar for tiny blocks
Architects have come up with clever ways to live in terraces and small homes close to parks and playgrounds, and buyers are on board.
- by Kristy Johnson
It was a bank, a nightclub and a failed bike hub. Now this Oxford Street icon has a new fate
A Taylor Square landmark that has sat dormant for more than 15 years is set for a new lease on life after plans were approved to add three storeys and a rooftop, and transform the basement into a live music venue.
- by Michael Koziol
This is what Sydney’s housing future will look like
The NSW government has revealed the terrace homes and apartment blocks that will be included in its “pattern book” of designs to reshape the city.
- by Megan Gorrey
Many renovations resemble a bomb site. This Sydney home really was one
In the Grand Designs pantheon of things that can go wrong in a reno, nothing compares with finding a live bomb in the backyard.
- by Julie Power
Mid-century meets modern design: This home in Sydney’s inner west pulls it off
The 1880s, double-fronted Italianate home is listed as being of heritage importance because of its original ornate features.
- by Susan Redman
Step inside this Italian home for design inspiration that’s anything but grey
The result is halfway between nonsense and fairytale, a house more illustrated than designed.
- by Francesca Venturoni
Block your neighbour’s view? Not this cliff-top beach house in Bronte
The owners wanted to be neighbourly, to make sure next door’s sight lines of the ocean and Bronte Gully, the bordering park, weren’t blocked by this new three-level home.
- by Stephen Crafti
The new Sydney playground that left a woman hospitalised and children with burns
Multiple passers-by have fallen into the trampolines at Cronulla Plaza’s new playground, and the metal plates installed to cover them have now burned at least two children.
- by Anthony Segaert
Inside Australia’s most beautiful houses, pools and an ‘otherworldly’ tin shed
The Australian Institute of Architects 2024 National Architecture Awards have announced 35 top awards. See the full list of winners and explore the gallery.
- by Julie Power
Inner West Council moves to reduce light, parking and floorspace rules for apartments
As a well-connected and desirable place to live, the inner west is at the centre of Sydney’s housing density debate.
- by Michael Koziol
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