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Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
Well, it may be New Year's Eve(!!), but we're still counting down the Best Australian Homes of 2012 everyday this week until Friday.... if you're at work this week, I feel for you - but at least you have some TDF eye candy to start your days with!
There was a great deal of love for this creative Melbourne home when we originally shared it back in April. Occupying a modest slice of what was previously someone else's backyard in Coburg, this very special pad is the home of architect Emilio Fuscaldo of NEST architects and his partner, Anna Krien, a writer.
Here Emilio and Anna have created a unique, cleverly designed two bedroom home, tucked neatly behind an existing double fronted Californian Bungalow. The new structure isn't visible from the street, and can be accessed via a rear laneway. How superbly modern and efficient!
The home is constructed in reclaimed red bricks with hardwood details, timber door frames and polished concrete throughout. Of course, being the home of an architect, it takes in bucket loads of natural light, with a simple, open plan design reminiscent of a 1960's beach house. It's an understated gem, where careful consideration has been taken to create a functional, energy efficient home - such as Northern orientation, and underfloor heating, which ensures an effortlessly comfortable, fuss-free space.
For more on this fabulous Melbourne home do re-visit the original post!
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