Harry Seidler
Chatswood’s space-age tower from the 1970s faces the wrecking ball
The suburban icon with an external lift was ahead of its time – and now time may be called on Chatswood’s landmark Panorama building.
- Julie Power
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He used to be a street kid. Now he has an apartment with a harbour view
Kings Cross has changed dramatically since the heady days of the late 1960s. So too, one of its most colourful and long-time locals.
- Lucy Macken
Adam wanted a funky mid-century Sydney home. All he paid was stamp duty
The northern beaches furniture designer spent Sunday nights knocking on doors of houses he liked until he struck gold.
- Julie Power
‘Not a museum’: The Sydney apartment owners fighting heritage protection
A council wants to preserve nine boxy brick buildings from the 1950s and 60s. But some residents aren’t happy.
- Megan Gorrey
The housing marvels that came to Sydney’s northern beaches and defied the McMansions
The Northern Beaches Council has called on the public to submit examples of mid-century modern architecture they want to see saved.
- Julie Power
They’re the ‘cockroaches’ of Sydney housing. But what will terraces look like in future?
The NSW government is pulling together a pattern book of designs for medium density buildings from two to six storeys that will attract fast-track approval.
- Julie Power
Drone footage of Blok Belongil
Drone footage of Blok Belongil, a triangular shaped beach house for a triangular shaped site at Byron Bay, going up in a day. A modular design, by architects Blok Modular with Vokes and Peters ,it was made in a QLD factory, and shipped to the site by truck. It is shortlisted for the NSW Architecture awards for best new home to be announced in late June.
Why a heritage listing for this Seidler-designed Bondi synagogue has been rejected
Waverley Council is vowing to fight any redevelopment proposal by the site’s owner, Harry Triguboff, who says he has no plan to build apartments there “at this stage”.
- Michael Koziol
Portrait of the artist, and his portrait of Sydney life
Michael Kelly is a landscape artist who’s kept sketchbooks of what he’s seen, studied, and where he’s lived. Many will be on show at the State Library of NSW.
- Julie Power
Dollhouses for adults: how social media turbocharged tiny models
Take a step inside a world where architects’ wildest dreams come alive before politics, zoning and costs get in the way.
- Julie Power