Talk to your lightbulbs as The Jetsons home gets closer
The day when robots wash our socks might be far off, but mood lighting is now just a spoken command away.
Clever design allows ageing in place
Apartment redesign shows reusing existing homes is a cost-effective way of allowing people to keep living independently within familiar communities.
Electrolux buys Vintec wine fridge company
Sweden's Electrolux has purchased Sydney-based Vintec as its wine fridge has become increasingly mainstream in Australian kitchens.
At home with Greg Hargrave: Street art meets Louis XIV
If a man's home is his chateau, self-confessed "investor-surfer-skier" Greg Hargrave's abode is nouveau rococo.
Retreat to luxurious monasticism in Wales
Here, in the back of the Welsh beyond, is Living Architecture's latest holiday home - a house designed for contemplation, a retreat from the throng.
Suburban houses borrow from the city
Architectural awards focus on suburban homes that borrow from urban settings and open up to the street, rather than sheltering behind walls.
Spend it if you've got it: the Life & Leisure list
Celebrate Christmas in July with antique brass and carrara marble; fabulously textured Chanel; and shiny brogues from Prada.
Now for a virtual reality tour of that apartment
I realise it's a bit odd to be standing in the middle of a coffee table but the reflections in the red glass splashback in the kitchen to my left certainly look real.
Glenn Murcutt's mosque: no minaret allowed
Australia's most revered architect hopes his latest project, a prayer hall in Melbourne's inner west, serves not only as a place for worship but as a conduit for deeper cross-cultural understanding.
Table art goes wild
Handmade Australian napkins finish a table that could have been laid for a tribe of hunters.
Luxury apartment living is on the rise
High-quality apartments are appealing to the prestige market like never before.
