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The surprising feature Melburnians want in a home
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (819+ words) Yvonne Yuan walked her dog past a Victorian terrace house in Armadale for 10 years, striking up a friendship with the owner. He suggested she should buy it " "the cheapest one in the street. The 63 year-old wasn't looking for a heritage…...
Stacked design panel approves Trump’s ‘beautiful’ White House ballroom
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (811+ words) February 20, 2026 " 7:22am Washington: A design panel recently stacked with Donald Trump loyalists has approved the president's White House ballroom, taking it a step closer to reality despite overwhelming opposition from the public submissions. The Commission of Fine Arts voted 6-0, with one…...
These examples of classic modernist architecture are where, exactly?
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (862+ words) February 14, 2026 " 4:39pm The enclave of classic Australian modernist architecture is so well hidden that some long-time residents might not even know it exists. Yet, this is no ritzy Melbourne cul-de-sac or CBD development, but a quiet residential court in Wangaratta, north-east…...
Restaurants and high-rise apartments? How Victoria Barracks could be redeveloped
2+ week, 1+ day ago (651+ words) February 5, 2026 " 10:21pm The Victoria Barracks site could be developed into a new West Village-style hub with restaurants, retail space, offices and high-rise apartments, while its sale also reopens the possibility of a land bridge linking Petrie Terrace to the Roma Street…...
Why Lynne is fighting to heritage list her home before it hits the market
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (867+ words) January 31, 2026 " 5:00am Many people fear heritage listing a home reduces its sale price, but artist and teacher Lynne Eastaway is willing to sacrifice a higher return on her north-western Sydney property to protect a slice of Australian cultural history. Eastaway, 77, hopes…...
Next to the Australian embassy in DC, a lesson in how to build more homes
3+ week, 6+ day ago (867+ words) January 25, 2026 " 5:00am Next door to the Australian embassy here, a construction project has been under way for the past year. A former office building " once home to the Air Line Pilots Association " is being converted into 157 residential apartments. It is one…...
Chatswood’s space-age tower from the 1970s faces the wrecking ball
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (693+ words) Architect Peter Lonergan remembers riding the space-age external lift that rose 13 levels to a rooftop restaurant on the curved BMA Chatswood skyscraper designed by migrant architect Hugo Stossel. "I went up and down a few times with a view to…...
Jarrod Bleijie reveals architects chosen to design Brisbane's new Olympic Stadium
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (21+ words) Queensland's Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has unveiled the team chosen to design Brisbane's new Olympic Stadium at Victoria Park for 2032....
‘Is this the right thing to do?’ Grand Designs takes on smaller builds with bigger heart
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (845+ words) By Lenny Ann Low In all the rooms, in all the houses, in all the designs featured in ABC series Grand Designs Transformations, just one factor is essential. A home revamp " big, small, exorbitantly priced or built for a song…...
Inside some of Sydney’s most inspiring homes
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (173+ words) From world-class harbour views to a deeply personal 1930s cottage on the coast, prepare to be enchanted. The owners, including an interior designer, converted the two-bedroom, one-bathroom space into a Parisian-inspired three bedder. The site in Sydney's Marrickville has a new…...