9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (610+ words) September 5, 2026 — 10:36am Brisbane couple Annie and Jim bought their 1920s timber cottage in 2008, but 10 years later, it was too small for their growing family with three small kids. They also wanted a swimming pool. “We knew we wanted the pool to be…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (238+ words) A historic home gets a spacious new addition to reorient the rear living space to light, air and terraced garden views. The houseNewlyn House is a freestanding 1890s Victorian home in Sydney’s Bronte with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a heritage-listed façade…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (789+ words) July 24, 2026 — 5:00am Among the myriad paintbrushes, paints, tools, musical instruments and personal effects scattered around the floor of Brett Whiteley’s former studio stands a battered green wicker chair. “Nobody’s allowed to sit in there,” says Wendy Whiteley, former wife, art patron…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1149+ words) July 15, 2026 — 7:00pm Charlie Brookman’s first word wasn’t mum or dad. It was “fish”, the Kingsville resident says. As a toddler, Brookman developed a fascination with marine biology, often captivated by fish tanks and obsessed with the underwater world. “I fell in…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) July 3, 2026 — 7:29pm New plans for a luxury development on the controversial Shafston House site in Brisbane’s east – including a private marina and six pools – have been unveiled. Singapore-based Capella Hotel Group and Brisbane-based developer Verso Projects are helming the Kangaroo Point…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (281+ words) An eclectic array of vintage pieces, playful patterning and colour brings an upbeat vibe to a compact apartment. The houseA one-bedroom apartment in an iconic 1960s block on a hill between Bronte and Tamarama beaches, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, and featuring…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (711+ words) June 26, 2026 — 10:00pm Architect Peter Besley would like to make one thing clear. He’s not against “typical” Brisbane house design. He especially loves classic Queenslanders. “I’m very respectful of the older houses. I think that’s a really beautiful language that’s developed here....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (745+ words) June 19, 2026 — 10:00pm The former Female Refractory Ward at the Sunbury Lunatic Asylum once housed 50 women in tiny cells, some of them padded, but it has since been transformed into a community arts precinct that has been awarded Victoria’s top award for…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (270+ words) Type a keyword, ask a question or describe what you need June 15, 2026 — 5:01am To visit Barcelona’s soaring Sagrada Familia basilica is to visit a parallel universe in which architectural modernism barely happened, symbolism and decoration remained acceptable and we kept creating…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (316+ words) June 11, 2026 — 9:00pm N. Andrew McPherson wanted to know if anyone remembered Meccano (C8). The short answer is: yes, multitudes, including Peter Craig of Dulwich Hill who says, “For decades my wife and I had the Meccano set which had belonged to her…...