Domain’s pick of the best properties open for inspection across the state.
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You Wish: Not a grand home – by Brighton standards
St Ninians Road, on Brighton’s waterfront, has some of the city’s most valuable houses.
House of the week: A showcase of smart, ecological design in Preston
Thanks to the thinkers and makers creating a new Melbourne one smart idea at a time.
A high benchmark of adaptive reuse
Melbourne warehouse project an exemplar of all that is worth doing when adapting an old building for a new use.
An idyll life
The search for greener pastures has long captured the popular imagination, both figuratively and literally.
Too old for IKEA: Study shows your age dictates where you go furniture shopping
You may find yourself one day waking up to the realisation that you are too old to shop at IKEA.
When gentrification lacks empathy: a case study
When we parachute into a city, whether for work or leisure, we are more sensitive to contrasts between the familiar places we leave behind and the new places we encounter.
Exposing the inside: architects working with the structures of buildings
Unless purposed for rural, factories or warehouses or in the heritage-heavy wooden house realm of Brisbane’s Queenslanders, the structure of buildings was rarely meant to be seen. Not so these days.
Want to lose weight in 2017: redesign your interior to “fat-proof” your home
A sleek, clutter-free kitchen has many benefits. Did you know it can also help you lose weight?
House-hunting? Six ways to make sure a suburb is right for you
Start by taking a tour of your target area, exploring the main attractions and chatting to the people who live there.