An international meeting place for professionals in lifestyle, interior decoration and design, the Maison & Objet trade fair brings together nearly 3,000 brands and 90,000 visitors twice a year. Houzz’s editorial staff was on the scene to scout out the latest trends in furniture, materials, patterns…

New 2020 Colour Trends, Live From Maison & Objet (15 photos)
New 2020 Colour Trends, Live From Maison & Objet (15 photos)
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A proposed 12-storey office building in Sydney’s Mascot will have a 200-metre running track on its roof.
Sydney office building to be topped with ‘active roof’
Sydney office building to be topped with ‘active roof’
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Murdoch University’s New Academic Building will be the first large-scale timber building in Western Australia.
Lyons-led team designs mass timber building for Perth university
Lyons-led team designs mass timber building for Perth university
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Amelia Melbourne-Hayward talks to architect Julie Stout, who was recently honoured as a Distinguished Fellow by the NZIA.
Urban advocate: Julie Stout
Urban advocate: Julie Stout
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Lea Ceramiche, a leader in the manufacture of very high quality and stylish ceramic cladding, launches its new website with a fresh image, new sections and uniquecontent. The clean, linear, and intuitive design capture visitors’ attention and accompany them in their exploration of Lea, with its products, most prestigious residential and architectural projects, and most significant collaborations with international designers.

Lea Ceramiche, a distinctive style on-line as well: the new website is nowavailable.
Lea Ceramiche, a distinctive style on-line as well: the new website is nowavailable.
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Open shelving in the kitchen is a bit of a love-it-or-leave-it idea, and whether it’s practical or not largely comes down to how you use your kitchen. But if you do want to incorporate floating or open shelves, a question emerges: where should you hang them? There are many great places to put open shelves,…

The Best Places to Locate Open Shelves in Your Kitchen (15 photos)
The Best Places to Locate Open Shelves in Your Kitchen (15 photos)
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The unassuming triple-fronted brick-veneer house is ubiquitous across Australia, having been the common housing typology after World War II. These homes were usually easy to build, relatively affordable and designed for family living. Typically, they had minimal decoration and it is a rare few that have…

Houzz Tour: A Surprising Intervention for a Typical Post-War Home (19 photos)
Houzz Tour: A Surprising Intervention for a Typical Post-War Home (19 photos)
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Stone Services Group (SSG) is proud to announce that it has partnered with StoneGrid, LLC to offer and implement its powerful business software, StoneApp.  The partnership combines the marketing and sales strength of SSG with the preeminent enterprise resource planning software company.  The strength of the partnership is elevated even higher as both companies come from and solely focus on the stone industry. 

Stone Services Group Adds StoneApp ERP System to their Portfolio of Best-in-Class Solutions
Stone Services Group Adds StoneApp ERP System to their Portfolio of Best-in-Class Solutions
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Work has begun on Kirsten Thompson Architect’s trestle bridge-inspired expansion to a building once owned by the late Arthur Boyd.
Construction begins on expansion to Arthur Boyd’s Riversdale
Construction begins on expansion to Arthur Boyd’s Riversdale
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Clerestory windows – essentially narrow windows placed above eye-level – date all the way back to Egyptian times and, since then, have lost none of their appeal. Contemporary architects use these slender, light-loving openings to flood dark rooms with daylight, boost cross ventilation and make small…

27 Light-Loving Clerestory Windows (27 photos)
27 Light-Loving Clerestory Windows (27 photos)
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