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Get ready because it’s home lottery time and this contemporary home in Melbourne’s inner East is an absolute dream. The latest grand prize in the Royal Melbourne Hospital Home Lottery is valued at $4.9million and is located on a leafy street in Kew. A design collaboration from Mazzei Homes, Webster Architecture and Nathan Burkett Landscaping. Featuring a balanced palette of moody notes with light and airy tones, this modern interior is very easy to move straight into! Take a closer look at your potential new home and purchase a ticket to be in the running…

What’s it like to live in a tiny home that’s not so tiny? This week we explore The Cutting, a project from designer Nick Lane and builder Aaron Shields, who came together to shift the idea of living within your means and to show that living smaller – actually allows for better interaction with each other and with nature. The Cutting was designed and built in collaboration between Small and Ample co. Since the completion of this project Aaron has started a new business specialising in the design and manufacture of bespoke transportable spaces.

The Eastern Dock Edge is part of the Canada Water redevelopment for the enjoyment of the existing community and new residents, workers and visitors who will come to Canada Water as part of the regeneration underway to deliver a new town centre. We entered and won a design competition to design a hub that would knit together with the wider masterplan and development by British Land, reflect the heritage of Canada Water and Southwark and provide an individuality to this part of the development.

For 20 years, Grace Dlabik has been seeking an accessible rental property suitable to live with her son Elijah, who has cerebral palsy. Elijah is quadriplegic, and uses an electric wheelchair that’s too wide and heavy to move through most Australian homes. 

‘Wheelchair accessible rental homes are very hard to come by, and we’ve lived in compromised conditions for Elijah’s entire life that have not at all been adequate for his needs,’ says Grace, who is a creative director, artist, and director of creative agency

In March of 1966, Paul Rand finished his Ford logo presentation book. It was a proposal to Ford Motor Company for a new house mark. I’ve always found it intriguing to read the words Rand used in his logo presentations. The story, the confidence, the rationale, the salesmanship. The presentation has been transcribed here for reference.

When faced with buying in an unaffordable and overinflated housing market, architect William Samuels and his partner Hannah D’Arcy were forced to consider alternative paths to home ownership. ‘To address this, we looked at how to detach the house value from the land value,’ says William.

The answer: leased land. William and Hannah struck up a long-term agreement with a landowner in Nelson, located in New Zealand’s South Island, to rent the land required to host their future home. 

Built on a NZD$150,000 (about AUD$140,000) budget, William and Hannah’s resulting home, The Studio House, tackles the issues of housing affordability as well as sustainable design, the liveability of smaller spaces, and adaptable architecture.