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RSSArchitectureNow takes a look back at the most popular Australian houses of 2015.
BVN makes a memorable statement about sustainability and re-use in a renovated and extended postwar house in Brisbane.
Occupied in one form or other since 1845, the corner of Cuba and Dixon Streets is once again the centre of Wellington.
The 2015 World Interior of the Year is an example not just of aesthetic prowess, but of community building through design.
With the end of the year fast approaching, ArchitectureNow looks back over the five most popular houses of 2015.
The national airline’s lounge at Auckland Intl Airport is light and bright, featuring walls of glass overlooking the runway.
Burwood Hospital’s redevelopment forms part of the largest hospital building project ever undertaken in New Zealand.
An urban eyrie enjoys views of Auckland’s most iconic built and natural landscapes.
Jasmax has drawn inspiration from West Auckland’s Pacific heritage for one of the largest secondary schools in New Zealand.
Oko Dessert Kitchen merges contemporary with classic, with a traditional baker’s marble countertop stealing the show.
Medibank enlisted design firm Hassell to create a head office in Melbourne where employees choose how and where they work.
A $200-million infant milk formula plant in the Waikato is the latest addition to the dairy landscape.
M3 Architecture’s design for this holiday retreat wisely defers to its dense surroundings on the northern Queensland coast.
The narrative of the heritage building – and the 150-year old clothing brand – informed the raw industrial look of this interior fit-out.
RTA Studio has designed a colourful, low-cost Māori immersion school on a plan conceived of ley lines drawn by significant markers in the local landscape.
Just outside Los Angeles, a former avian sanctuary is now a peaceful retreat for an interior designer.
The Fearon Hay-designed flagship store for Kiwi fashion label Stolen Girlfriends Club works its rock-and-roll aesthetic.
Brightly coloured and multifunctional, this building serves as the community services centre for a small Canterbury town.
Is it possible to create a space that captures, frames and celebrates the constant movement of Len Lye’s work?
In 1985 David Mitchell was commissioned to design a modest house in Muriwai. Thirty years on, he remembers the process.
The games village is envisaged as a point of engagement between the heart of the country, its people and the outside world.
Robin Williams Architect’s Villa Marittima has won the 2015 Australian National Architecture Awards People’s Choice Award.
This Sydney house follows Isamu Noguchi’s philosophy that art should “disappear” or become one with its surroundings.
Set in the Cardrona Valley is a building the sight of which is sure to warm the cockles on a cold winter’s morn.
With its roots in Pacific culture, Archimedia’s new community centre has been likened to “a giant musical instrument”.
Isthmus’ design concept is thought to be the world’s largest such coastal reclamation project for recreational purposes.
A modest 1970s brick house in Melbourne’s inner south-east is given a renewed, quiet confidence.
Kiwi architect Daniel Lewis is part of the team that has won the coveted 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize for best new UK building.
Michael O’Sullivan has an unconventional architectural approach as client, architect and builder of his Lyttleton studio.
Smart Design Studio performed “radical and transformative surgery” on a Victorian house in Sydney to create a well-lit home.