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.

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Grand Designs Australia

From the Editor

From Peter Maddison

Creative Edit

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

Book Club • Expand your horizons with …

ARCHITECTURE snapshot • Standout architecture that goes above and beyond

Marshmallow • Feeling a little soft and squishy? The latest interior trend sees marshmallow-hued furniture and accessories taking the lead. Offering a relaxing ambience, marshmallow interiors are warm and creamy, helping create a tranquil, serene home

Timber & stone • Earthy and simultaneously sophisticated, the combination of timber and stone creates luxe interiors wherever they are implemented. From mahogany and marble to oak and granite, a palette of stone and timber will never go out of style

Coastal COMFORT • Take a deep dive into the ocean blue with furniture and homewares that take tonal cues from freshwater pools and treasures washed ashore. Inspired by weathered elements and sea creature silhouettes, bring the outside in, in unexpected ways

Sculptural SOFAS • Settle in and snuggle up as we round up our five favourite sculptural sofas

John Hoogendoorn • As creative design manager at Phoenix, John Hoogendoorn knows a thing or two about taps

Martin Breeze • Behold the fascinating flow of Martin Breeze

WIN BIG MORE THAN $10,000 GIVEAWAY! • Love getting your hands on free stuff? Who doesn’t?! This issue, we are giving our wonderful readers the chance to win one of 10 amazing prizes

GIVE YOUR HOME A MODERN EDGE • Shadowline skirting, the ultimate in contemporary design

BANG & OLUFSEN AT PREMIUM SOUND • Cinematic perfection in the comfort of your own home

DOWN under • The flooring in your home plays a pivotal role in helping to define the functionality and aesthetics of different spaces. Is yours up to scratch?

EXCEPTIONAL FLOORS • Are you looking for a striking, unique and durable floor? Consider luxury vinyl flooring

Houses • The cream of the crop in Australian architecture

SMALL HOUSE, BIG HEART • A labour of love by homeowners, Eloise and Matt, this small house is now a fully functioning family home with a fiery centre

PRESERVING the past • Employing undulating floor plans and minimalist design principles, this Coburg home meets new flood zone requirements and offers space for the family to grow, while also preserving the property’s Federation-style charm

UTOPIAN DREAM • Think you can’t afford an architecturally designed home that ticks all the boxes for sustainability, functionality and style? Think again

Sculptured SPACES • Fluid lines and eclectic style come together in a refined playfulness in this renovated Californian bungalow

A CLOSER LOOK • Sales consultant at Rylock Windows & Doors, Pat McLeod, gives us some insight into the windows and doors specified in Howitt St

SOLID COASTAL DESIGN • This seaside...