GREEN MAGAZINE is Australia's leading magazine for inspirational stories on sustainable architecture featuring local and international houses, gardens and profiles. Discover spectacular city, country and coastal homes and gardens featuring environmental design with lots of personality, as well as profiles on people engaged in new and exciting projects.
Better Apartment Living • We believe that our projects have a responsibility to enhance our cities, whilst reducing their impact on our natural environment. This is our framework for creating and delivering better buildings for our cities and residents.
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Green Magazine
Forest Tales
KNOT WORK
Order and Balance
Tactility
Terra Firma
Seaweed Department
Forge Ahead
Stop
Conchiglie
On the Cusp
Good Design Saves Lives
Forever Better • For German manufacturing company Miele, standing out from the crowd is nothing new.
Futures Past • Trained in Europe, furniture restorer Britta de Laat, through her studio Dumped and Ditched and shop The Unlikely Item, is returning rightful glory to down-at-heel furniture, piece by stunning piece.
Simple's Sake • Filled with light, air and garden views, this Darlinghurst terrace is a calm oasis in the city, achieved through a collaborative approach and a strong creative vision shared by architect and client.
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Divide and Conquer • A subtle but highly original interpretation of this suburban sub-division creates home ownership for two families, with clever design doing the rest.
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Divine Intervention • Tucked in between two 19th century buildings, the sensitive renovation of Brookes Street House reflects the new owner while paying homage to its original design intent and unique relationship to its urban context.
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Pocket Change • The first phase of a clever three-stage renovation sees a rare Brisbane worker ‘s cottage sensitively transformed into a light-filled and delightful home.
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Telling Storeys • House For Eva's location in a Brunswick East Melbourne activity zone enabled MRTN Architects to conjure a surprising threestorey home, office and rental out of a tricky 88-square-metre garden subdivision.
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Permaculture Tips
Bush Loo
Strapped and Stacked
Forest for the Trees
Green Between • Nestled between two houses, this garden is shared by family members on both sides and provides versatile green space for passage, gathering and play.
Outside In • Without a lot of wriggle room, the design of a Melbourne cottage on a tight site cleverly lays the groundwork for the garden to be front and centre in daily life.
Magnetic Pull • Over 100 years of tourism has somehow managed to leave this under-the-radar island a gentle, low-key and utterly beautiful destination where a slow simplicity – and swimming – rule.
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Bricknell House • 1952 • Beaumaris, Victoria. Boon Wurrung Country