Remodelista took a virtual trip Down Under this week to spotlight Australian design. And what they found was a lot of thinking-outside-the-box playfulness.
Above: “The Japanese-esque open timber shelving, the streamlined white cabinets, the black steel window frames, the cutout drawer pulls, the compact footprint: this kitchen in Melbourne by Cantilever, an Australian custom kitchen systems company, checks off all our boxes,” writes Fan. Photograph by Martina Gemmola via Cantilever’s blog, from Kitchen of the Week: A Sensitive and Considered Renovation, by Australian Kitchen Maker Cantilever.
Above: What happens when an architect constructs 95 percent of a project? Ingenuity and unexpected moments. See Rehab Diary: Architect Ben Daly and Family at Home in a Converted Sheep Shed. Photograph by Samuel Hartnett, courtesy of Ben Daly.
Above: The Aussie architecture firm behind this atypical beach house is tellingly named Curious Practice. See more photographs of this playful, boundary-pushing project in The Anti-Surburban Beach House: A New Build that Prioritizes Craft Over Style, Community over Privacy. Photograph by Katherine Lu, courtesy of Curious Practice.