Author: Adam Nobel

Could you live in an apartment that used to be an indoor swimming pool? A 94-year old YMCA building in Cincinatti has now been converted into apartments, but two of them have retained unique features attracting attention – one was…

Australian homeowners gained a $59K wealth boost from rising housing values in FY24, new data shows. Corelogic’s national value index has revealed this week that Australian dwelling values increased a further 0.7% in June, taking growth to 8.0% across the…

Australia needs to be building a lot more homes in the near future, official predictions suggest. In fact, three million over the next 20 years would be a solid goal. The Australian Bureau of Statistics this week predicted that by…

Melbourne has again pipped Sydney as one of the world’s top ten best cities to live in. With an overall rating of 97, Victoria’s capital ranked 4th on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index for 2024. Despite receiving an…

A novel way to fast-track the approval and building of new homes was launched this week by the NSW government, as a means of tackling the housing shortage. The initiative comes in the form of an international pattern book design…

Housing for the elderly and the poor should be as homely and beautiful as any other, says one of the world’s best-known architects. And he should know, since Studio Libeskind founder Daniel Libeskind grew up in social housing in the…

Cushions, cats and craft: these might not be your leading memories of the Covid lockdowns, but they are behind a now-popular line of chairs by British designer Selby Hi. After posting pics on Instagram of the hand-punched rug chair she…

A house with colour-blocked ceilings of deep red throughout has won the judges over in the 2024 Dulux Colour Awards announced this month. Australian Grand Prix winner Lachlan Seegers Architect was unanimously applauded for the burnished red ceiling of its…

There has been a lot of talk over the past weeks about different energy sources, but it can be challenging to understand how household bills will be impacted. A new report* released by the CSIRO, however, shows that significant savings…

Next week is the first week of July, the month dedicated to reducing the amount of plastic we use in our daily lives. Plastic Free July® is a global movement encouraging millions of people be part of the solution to…