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The Armstrong-Mobbs Sustainable House
Home owners Michael and Heather went to unprecedented lengths to integrate energy and water saving systems into their home. The result is an attractive house with a tiny environmental footprint. Read...
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The Eco-Challenge House
The Eco-Challenge home is all about promoting the sustainable building industry whilst challenging home owners to build the most sustainable home they can afford. Read the full article The...
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Out-of-the-Box Homes
Prefabricated and kit homes, or “modular” homes, are an alternative to conventional on-site new home construction. The home is built in an indoor factory and is shipped to the construction site for...
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Girasole – Canberra’s Rotating House
The Girasole House in Canberra is pushing boundaries of what’ is possible in home design and passive orientation. Operated by a touch screen panel, the home can fully rotate in less than 10 minutes so...
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Modernising a 1980s Townhouse
When he came to buy his 1980s townhouse in Perth almost 4 years ago Alex Bruce, who runs the life cycle assessment company eTool, was keen to put his sustainable ideas into practice. Read the full...
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Transforming a 1920’s Brick Bungalow
Kirsten Aberle and David Mason always knew they would renovate the 1920s red brick bungalow they bought in 2004. When daughter Elizabeth was born three years later, it was time to extend. Read the full...
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Petersham Terrace Transformation
Meet architect Caroline Pidcock, who joins our Liveability team as curator of the new ‘be inspired by design’ section of our site. In this month's case study Caroline profiles a terrace renovation in...
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Renovating a 1970s Classic
This family found a classic “Sydney School” designed house with a great north orientation, beautiful bush setting and good bones then set about improving their little piece of paradise. Read the full...
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Creating a Coastal Hideaway
This wonderful holiday house was designed for a semi-retired couple but can accommodate their extended family when visiting. Compactness has been achieved by carefully designing space with multiple...
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Habitech’s Hampton Extension
Good prefab design can provide high-quality buildings, to budget and on time so a prefab solution for their renovation was just the ticket for this Melbourne family. Read the full article Habitech’s...
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Caroline Pidcock’s Renovation Journey
Sustainable architect Caroline Pidcock shares her own renovation challenges with a historic terrace home in Millers Point. Read the full article Caroline Pidcock’s Renovation Journey on Liveability.
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Guide to Prefab and Modular Homes
Here’s our easy reference Liveability Poster Guide to Prefab and Modular Homes, which lists Australian prefab companies. Find out about the different approaches to prefabrication, and varying...
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Prefab Homes in Action
Built on an ultra-steep site on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, the prefab TEKTUM SPACE2.0 is a compact family home. See it “come to life” with a time lapse video of the 5-day construction. Read the...
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A Rotating Writing Studio
Underneath George Bernard Shaw's little writing studio was a manually operated rotating floor base. Check out the plans to see how easy it was to make. Read the full article A Rotating Writing Studio...
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What is the Living Building Challenge?
Caroline Pidcock provides an overview of this design challenge; an inspiring opportunity to create buildings that function elegantly and efficiently, now and as the future unfolds. Read the full...
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The ‘Connected’ Home
Architect Ben Callery demonstrates how much joy can be found when one designs to connect people together within a building and its garden, using carefully chosen, life enhancing materials. Read the...
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Beautifully Crafted Cabins
These Natural Cabins are a testament to Noek Witzand's three passions: the power of design, the beauty of the natural world and how both enhance ones well-being. Read the full article Beautifully...
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BDAV People’s Choice Award
The Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) showcases some of 2015’s highly regarded building projects from Victoria. Each year, more and more beautiful, efficient and smart homes are being...
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The Breuer House – a place to ‘be’
Memory is the essence of the Breuer House – gathering, sharing and making memories. This family home design looks out to a tree canopy and incorporates ideas of modernism, the bushscape and...
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Designing for re-use – PET Lamps by Alvaro Catalán de Ocón.
Many plastic bottles are quickly consumed and thrown away; yet when viewed from a design perspective, Alvaro Catalán de Ocón discovered that PET bottles had the potential to be transformed into a...
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