Grand Designs Australia

Following the success of the new Australian TV series inspired by the UK version, Grand Designs Australia welcomes you to a new era in home design magazines. Whether you’re building a new home, renovating or decorating, this publication features everything readers will need to know about creating their own grand designs. Industry experts offer advice on getting started, mortgages, environmentally sustainable design and project management, to name a few. Grand Designs showcases architects and designers, builders and homeowners working together on projects from concept to completion and features the latest colour forecasts as well as planning your interior, kitchens, bathrooms and window coverings.

Grand Designs Australia

From the Editor • Mentionables Carolyn fan art deco mirror. shinemirrors.com.au ‘Cloth’ reception seat. Picture courtesy of Denton Corker Marshall LOFT lounge chair, Scott van Tuil. Photography by Peter Whyte Angela chats to Kevin McCloud. Photography by Chris Walsh

From Peter Maddison

Architects Assist

Book club • Expand your horizons with…

Get social • Click to explore the wonders of our architectural environment

ARCHITECTURE snapshot • Standout architecture that goes above and beyond

Art deco • Love The Great Gatsby? Bring the roaring ’20s into this century with art deco style — strong geometric forms, luxurious materials and striking colours

Stars of TV • Entertainment units — to hide or to celebrate? That’s the burning question…

Kevin McCloud • In town for his The World According to Kevin McCloud tour, we sat down with the Grand Designs stalwart for a chat about the ‘a’ and ‘e’ words

Justin Hutchinson • With a real flair for furniture, this designer aims to create pieces around which stories will be told

Ian Burden • Sitting at the helm of this reclaimed timber furniture empire is one very proud upcycler

Ovolo Nishi IN ITS NICHE • Eclectic, eccentric and extremely cosy — this Canberra design queen struts her heritage stuff with supreme style

PROJECT TEAM

LIVING A sustainable life • Eco-friendly isn’t just something to think about pre-construction. Equip your home with sustainable features to help care for the planet in the future and you could well reduce your bills, too

GET SMART

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

GO BIG AND GO HOME • Deep in Victoria’s bushranger country sits a huge Corten-covered abode Ned Kelly would have been chuffed to call home

PROJECT TEAM

DOWN BY THE station • A living, breathing oasis that exposes its beams and captures our hearts

Mood Board

SUBTROPICAL RETREAT • Journey inside a waterfront residence rich with tactile exploration into thresholds and edges

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REJUVENATION • Large-formed concrete shapes envelop this imposing home that respects and reflects the mountain landscape

CURVY & PROUD • Leave your shoes at the front door and slip inside a Possum Creek home that combines linear walls with radiating grid lines and sloping roofs

Strong of character • A 1960s house undergoes a sensitive modernisation, maintaining its strong character while creating brighter contemporary spaces

Coastal home SHAKE-UP • Forget fading pastels and cracked cane furniture — this industrial-inspired Mornington Peninsula abode is far from your average beach house

PROJECT TEAM

GIVE US A LIFT • Elevator access and salty sea air permeate this Sunshine Coast stunner

PROJECT TEAM

Mood Board

Western Australia’s FINEST • Developed by luxury homebuilder Zorzi, a Perth house is restyled to suit a bachelor and his jet-setting lifestyle

Bright & breezy • From dingy to dazzling, this conservatory-style kitchen brings...