1996-97 The Kew House / Sean Godsell

One of the things I like about many of the houses in the book is that they were not built with endless budgets. There is very much a sense that it is the ideas and their execution that count not … Read more →

1929-2010 Bruce Rickard

It is the fact that I live in a Bruce Rickard house ( where my family and I have been for 11 years) that started my whole interest in Australian domestic architecture and those that created it. My husband and … Read more →

1975-77 THE VINEY HOUSE / MICHAEL VINEY

During my research for the book I came across, and fell in love with, the work of Tasmanian architect Michael Viney. In the words of Gerard Reinmuth, an advocate of the work his mentor, Viney, ‘ fused a commitment to … Read more →

1996-97 The Droga Apartment / Durbach Block

The Droga apartment was commissioned by Daniel Droga and still belongs to him. We approached him to see if it would be possible to launch the book in the apartment and he kindly said yes. It was the perfect venue … Read more →

1983-1990 The Phillip Island House / Barrie Marshall

Barrie Marshall’s Phillip Island House was the very first one I visited for the book, in July 2009. I was rather nervous to meet an architect from a big global architecture firm like Denton Corker Marshall, but Barrie Marshall, who was … Read more →

1998-2000 THE D HOUSE / DONOVAN HILL

My interview with Timothy Hill in the ‘D’ House in Brisbane’s New Farm, didn’t get off to a good start – through no fault of Timothy’s. Ever stretched for time I had been re-reading my notes on the progressive architectural … Read more →