Australia’s most considered architecture and interior design,
collected in one place. Est living documents the homes, studios
and spatial thinking of the country’s leading architects and
designers — from compact urban dwellings to expansive rural
retreats, and everything in between.
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Inside a Garden-Centric Revival by Lucy Clemenger Architects
Lucy Clemenger Architects reworks a heritage-listed home in Melbourne's inner east, linking its eras through the garden with Peachy Green.
Mim Design’s Parisian Take on a Parkside Melbourne Terrace
Mim Design is invited by Orchard Piper to transform a Victorian terrace overlooking Melbourne's Fitzroy Gardens into its grandest incarnation yet.
First Light: Inside Nathalie Deboel’s Holiday Home on the French Riviera
Belgian designer Nathalie Deboel crafts a holiday home above the red cliffs of Saint-Raphaël, drawing on the tones and textures of the Mediterranean landscape.
First Light: Sea Ranch by Commune Design
Commune Design takes a deep dive into the archives of Sea Ranch—a Californian icon—discovering permission to play with reverence.
"Placing value on simplicity is not only an aesthetic choice, it is an expression of an entire philosophy of living."
Designer John Pawson
First Light: Inside Hollie Bowden’s North London Victorian Terrace
A from-the-ground-up rethink of a 1980s New South Wales property, where the land informed every decision.
First Light: Super Nova Sky Villa by State of Craft
A Sydney Harbour penthouse by State of Craft — twelve years in the making, furnished with custom and commissioned pieces, rare finds and curated art.
LANDE Designs Two Adaptable All-Brick Townhouses
Two all-brick Melbourne townhouses by LANDE show how a few deft manoeuvres of light and scale can make a small footprint feel far more generous.
First Light: Boulevard House by Studio Doherty
At Boulevard House, a once inward-oriented Melbourne home is opened towards garden and sky—colour and texture threaded throughout to modulate every space.
First Light: Inside Seafarm by Madeleine Blanchfield Architects
A from-the-ground-up rethink of a 1980s New South Wales property, where the land informed every decision.
Georgina Jeffries Brings European Hospitality to a Melbourne Heritage Home
Georgina Jeffries reconciles an Edwardian home's heritage and modern addition with European hospitality and Italian design influences.
Studio Gorman and Sarah Johnson Studio Reinvent a Melbourne CBD Penthouse
In one of Melbourne’s oldest CBD penthouses, two studios find that the most considered interventions often leave the most alone.
Studio May Reimagines a Melbourne Apartment for Light and City Views
A dark, convoluted East Melbourne apartment becomes something else entirely in the hands of its designers.
State of Kin Lets a 1914 Perth Home Reveal Its Own Additions
A discovery made mid-construction reshaped the heart of this Federation home, adding volume, light and a story more layered than the brief first suggested.
LC Atelier Brings Craft and Mid-Century Precision to a 1960s Milan Apartment
Place and time are at the heart of this 1960s Milanese apartment redesign, where bespoke additions to its mid-century bones create a simpatico chemistry.
Rachel Donath’s Melbourne Flagship Reimagines the Furniture Showroom
Rachel Donath reimagines the furniture showroom as a richly layered Melbourne heritage home, collected and considered over time.
A High-Performing Home in Virginia Water, Secluded by Design
With a light touch, this seemingly secluded, high-performance home by McLean Quinlan floats above a wildflower meadow.
An Artist-Inspired Danish Seaside Home by Norm Architects
This private guesthouse and studio in Denmark is bathed in the same quality of light that inspired a Danish painter’s most famous works.
Bokey Grant Carves a Sanctuary Into the Southern Highlands
EA House by Bokey Grant offers retreat from both the elements and the pace of modern life, its experience shaped by journey rather than arrival.
Crosby Studios Reimagines a Neglected 17th-Century Tuscan Farmhouse
On a 130-acre estate in Tuscany, Crosby Studios illuminates the past of a 17th-century farmhouse, blending its history with a contemporary gleam.
Studioutte Designs a Retro-Futurist Milan Apartment for a DJ
A 1920s Milan apartment is restored by lifting its original cement tiles inside a new layout and conceding only one room to a different century.
YSG Studio Weaves Cosmic Patterns Into a Balinese Retreat
Converging local artisanship, ethereal designs and eco-friendly experiments, this Balinese sanctuary is an incubator for handcrafted creativity.
