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Vaucluse Sydney 2 Chris Bang Crescent $10 million J E N M E LO CCO

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For sale: by expressions of interest Agent: Ray White Double Bay, Ashley Bierman 0410 161 881 There are certain homes that win you over the moment you step inside.

Watch the sun rise over the ocean from the

They are the ones that, through their design and position, create a feeling

comfort of this Hamptons-inspired clifftop home,

that makes you think, “this has something special”. Our cover property

which enjoys panoramic views of the coastline.

this week, a Peter Stutchbury-designed laidback retreat at Sydney’s Whale

Close to elite schools and harbour beaches, the

Beach, is one such place. It’s not about high-gloss finishes but instead great

property comes with a heated pool, a home

architecture and craftsmanship that blends into its environment. Meanwhile

theatre, a wine cellar, smart-home technology

we visit the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn in Living In this week. Parkland,

and a kitchen with Sub Zero and Wolf appliances.

including plenty of off-leash dog parks, a diverse dining scene and good retail are all attractions. The real pull for the area, along with the fine homes of course, is its location close to some of Melbourne’s most select schools.

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That combination makes Hawthorn an area that is much sought after and

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Editor: Jen Melocco Jen.Melocco@domain. com.au Editorial producer: Isabelle Chesher Managing editor: Alice Stolz Senior designer: Colleen Chin Quan Graphic designer: Emma Staughton Chief executive officer: Jason Pellegrino Chief consumer officer: Jason Chuck Residential sales: Queensland Brad McLeod, 0429 571 826 New South Wales Belinda Sinclair 0414 580 903 Victoria & Tasmania Mitch Armstrong 0438 820 767 Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Jeroen van de Peppel 0427 292 797

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DESIGN DIGEST Shine of the times

COVER STORY Beach living with a difference

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O U R COVE R 18 Beauty Drive, Whale Beach NSW

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LIVING IN The leafy enclave of Hawthorn

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Toorak Melbourne 3/2 Trawalla Avenue $6.5 million-$7 million

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Expressions of interest: close June 12 Agent: Marshall White Stonnington, Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271 Beautifully detailed American oak floors and three-metre coffered ceilings set an elegant tone in this whole-floor penthouse. One of just three, the home is book-ended by generous terraces. There’s a Gaggenau-appointed kitchen, a fitted library, and a main bedroom with opulent spa en suite.

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Darlinghurst

Hendra

Sydney l40/184 Forbes Street

Brisbane 6 General Street

$17.5 million-$19.25 million

Auction

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For sale

Auction: June 22

Agent: Belgravia Private, Adam Ross, 0409 663 051

Agent: Place Estate Agents Ascot,

The crowning jewel of Harry Seidler’s Horizon tower, this palatial penthouse

Patrick McKinnon 0431 430 760

occupies the entire 40th floor and boasts jaw-dropping views of Sydney

A glass-fronted wine cellar, tundra marble

Harbour. A sophisticated new fit-out from award-winning Mim Design

flooring and double-height ceilings dish up an

showcases herringbone oak floors and Cote d’Azur.

impressive entry at this well-appointed home.

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DESIGN DIGEST

Rise and shine Reflecting a contemporary aesthetic, designers and makers are reinterpreting opulent materials. C o m p i l e d b y PAU LIN E M O RRIS SE Y ACROBAT SERIES BY PORCELAIN BEAR Melbourne design studio Porcelain Bear unveiled their new series of lights, Acrobat, during this year’s Milan Design Week. Featuring four designs, each is characterised by the ambient glow of a translucent porcelain vessel. porcelainbear.com

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NINETEEN AT THE STAR BY MIM DESIGN The latest addition to The Star Hotel on the Gold Coast is the fine dining, bar and function space, which features a brass-panelled foyer, emerald upholstery, expanses of marble and largely custom-made furniture and lighting. mimdesign.com.au

OASIS DESIGN BY FRANK CHOU

BE BOP CHAIRS BY KARTELL Another new release from Milan Design

Merging eastern

lines of a traditional carved African stool with softly-curved plywood shapes

essence with western

of the mid-20th century. spacefurniture.com.au

Week, Kartell’s new collection includes the Be Bop chair. The design blends

design, HC28’s furniture collection reflects a sense of harmonious modernity. The Oasis Side & Coffee Table combines a natural marble surface and an oak texture. domo.com.au

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Flight control

COVER STORY

Perched high above the ocean, Wedge House is anchored in concrete yet appears poised to soar into the blue. B y PAU L B E S T

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he “wow factor” is a term that often arises when describing a certain home.

Usually, the property embraces one or more design elements that are simply out-ofthe-ordinary, using scale, material, form – or a combination of – to produce something in between jaw-dropping and eye-popping.

Paradoxically, though, wow factor has less to do with architects wanting to flex some kind of out-there creativity.

Rather, wow is often what you get when logic, pragmatism and solid architectural design principles are applied first and foremost.

Internationally recognised Sydney architect Peter Stutchbury made this plain when

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articulating his thoughts about one of his early projects, Wedge House, perched atop a rocky outcrop at Whale Beach on Sydney’s northern beaches. The property, which has now hit the market, was built for the current owners between 1998 and 2000.

“Architecture can be explained logically beyond the creative,” Stutchbury has said about Wedge House. “The experimental thought can be integrated progressively.”

Borrowing a line for a moment, it could sound like: “Build it and the wow will come.” But build it soundly to conditions. In this instance, a tricky sloping block, offering views of the ocean.

For Stutchbury, this demanded an irregular

design to accommodate an irregular site.

What he came up with was a structure comprised of two intersecting wedges. One, constructed from concrete, is firmly planted into the earth while the other – made from more lightweight materials, like timber and glass – appears to soar above it, bird-like. It’s an analogy that fits.

Again, these are contrasting forces at play, much like the creativity and logic of the architect.

One wing of the building – housing the main bedroom, office, laundry and outdoor shower – implies nurture and protection; literally, a sense of being nestled and grounded. Look around.

Lush garden surrounds.

The other wing – a light-filled, open-plan living, dining and kitchen – suggests vulnerability and flightiness.

A pointy beak-like timber deck, cantilevered over the kids’ quarters below, connects the eye to sky and water, as does the kitchen, a glass box projecting from a timber batten wall.

Freedom awaits.

YOUR AGENT David Edwards, LJ Hooker

“It’s a very holistic, liveable home with a spiritual, calming inf luence. Whoever sees it won’t want to leave.

It’s a really big drawcard.”

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Lending the house a little more wow is the tilting, seemingly twisting plane of the roof, a design that recalls the corrugated skillion roof of the Sydney Olympic Park Archery Centre Stutchbury designed for the 2000 Games. It’s a habit of designers: letting one project inform another.

LJ Hooker principal David Edwards fully gets that the wow factor comes from architectural challenge.

“Architects are inspired by topography,” says Edwards.

“It gives them the opportunity to express themselves creatively as opposed to a building on a level block of land.”

Stutchbury’s design also successfully captures the archetypal beach house and coastal lifestyle: the use of light materials like timber and corrugated iron but also something that feels in tune with the elements. One minute open and exposed, the next snug and sheltered.

It’s also the right response, too, when the house is only 10 minutes’ walk from the beach and sits on a private site with views out to sea

and the horizon. Multiple areas of the home lead directly the block’s lush surrounds.

As Stutchbury explains: “Wedge House is an intuitive response to the issue of seaside living on a specific site.”

Whale Beach Sydney 18 Beauty Drive $3 million-$3.3 million

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Expressions of interest: close June 12 Agent: LJ Hooker Palm Beach, David Edwards 0415 440 044

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HAWTHORN

With cafes and green spaces galore, Hawthorn will keep every member of the family happy. B y K ATE FARRE LLY When you’re keen to shower love on a new

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Hawthorn

All three cafes are located on Glenferrie Road

puppy, it helps to have plenty of off-leash dog

which has a well-deserved reputation as an eat

Melbourne 58 Mary Street

parks nearby so your pooch can run amok with

street. Barrett says Japanese stand-out Ocha

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its canine friends.

and Santoni Pizza Bar with its rooftop bar are

For Shaynna Blaze, discovering a great choice of off-leash amenities gave her one more reason to love calling Hawthorn home.

“There are a lot of off-leash dog areas and

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Blaze likes to drop into St Cloud Eating House, a Vietnamese restaurant that also boasts a rooftop balcony, and Tinto Restaurant and Wine

says the interior design expert and television

Bar for “incredible Spanish cuisine”.

personality, well known as a judge on Channel 9’s

Blaze says the tree-lined suburb is filled with

The Block and as a host on the Lifestyle Channel’s

boutique strip shops, including homewares and

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fabric houses. She likes to visit Mallalieu, a fashion boutique with a cafe and artisan deli, and

a veritable feast of green spaces including

heads to Peony “for exquisite scents and

St James Park, Grace Park, Fairview Park and

candles”.

along the Yarra Bank Reserve, which are all

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Burwood Road also has plenty to offer foodies.

having recently got a new puppy, it’s a life-saver,”

Blaze’s new border collie Phoenix has access to

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hugely popular with locals.

designed to keep dogs and their human minders

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happy.

But perhaps Hawthorn’s biggest drawcard is its

Shaynna Blaze at

Agent: Marshall White Stonnington,

proximity to Melbourne’s finest schools.

home in Hawthorn.

Marcus Chiminello 0411 411 271

“[Hawthorn] has a very strong community to it and kids, dogs, adults and bike riders all mingle extremely well,” Blaze says.

Food for thought There’s also no shortage of options for your

Barrett says families target the area in a bid for

period homes and Quamby, set on 780 square

School, Scotch College and Carey Baptist

metres of established gardens within the

Grammar School.

exclusive Grace Park Estate, is no exception.

“It’s a great lifestyle location for families,” Barrett says. “It’s close to the CBD, transport,

Blaze and Liar Liar top of a long list for Marshall

parks and the river precinct where there’s walking

White Boroondara agent Chris Barrett.

trails and bike paths. Property is very tightly held

Moustache Brothers.

Hawthorn is home to some beautifully restored

easy access to Xavier, Trinity, MLC, Ruyton Girls’

caffeine fix, with Blood Orange a favourite with

Barrett also recommends Short Straw and

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in Hawthorn, and in this market people are reluctant to move.”

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Bronte

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Sydney 17a 17 Gardyne Street $5 million

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ecause we are basically suckers, consumers have become inured to the idea of planned obsolescence and are happy to accept the idea that a smart phone, while it might still at least make calls two years after we buy it, will be far too uncool to be seen dead with in public by then.

When it comes to our ever-expanding TV screens, however, it often seems the tech is moving so fast that in the few minutes after you’ve bought a new one, you’ll spot an even more lushly colourful and thinly sliced version as you’re on your way out of the showroom.

LG recently showed off its Signature OLED R TV, which can roll itself up into a tiny box.

However, it is not yet confirmed for Australia.

I was also boggled by its new 8K televisions, with 8K screens that have four times the pixels of 4K ones, or 16 times the pixels of a full HD television.

When watching a flyover of the New York skyline, you could actually see the people inside the skyscrapers.

This cutting-edge wondrousness would be slightly more impressive if there was actually any 8K content available to watch.

In an attempt to find the best new TV so far this week, I agreed to be locked in a room for 18 hours with the LG AI ThinQ SUPER UHD TV, an experience that left me feeling like I was denying my children a proper upbringing with their comparatively low-fi, drab TV. Not only can you use the Google Assistant to speak to your television, and ask it for anything you desire, but its Alpha 7 Gen 2 Intelligent Processor makes watching sport at home feel more photorealistic – and more comfortable – than actually being at the game.

It is only when you find genuinely 4K-quality content on Netflix that you realise how totally immersive and jaw-droppingly beautiful a modern SUPER UHD television can be.

Unfortunately it made my TV feel so obsolete I had to go home and throw it into the street, so until 8K becomes more widely available, this is the tech your eyeballs are looking for.

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Auction: June 15 Agent: Phillips Pantzer Donnelley, Alexander Phillips 0418 404 337 It is perhaps the ultimate test of any television to put it on a wall next to a truly spectacular view and see how long it takes people to be lured away

by Game of Thrones in HD. This beautiful Bronte home with giant windows provides the perfect setting for a new OLED TV.

LG’s AI ThinQ SUPER UHD TV offers jaw-

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Stuart (adj. Cadell) 9230 Goyder Highway / Contact Agent Claiming 300m of level river frontage, this c.1850 National Trust listed 260-acre estate has been painstakingly restored, and is a significant slice of River Murray history. Featuring landscaped grounds, a water licence, 6kW of solar, 3-phase power, homestead with cellar, function hall with mezzanine and billiard room, and a self-contained cottage. Plus a boat ramp, rotunda, helipad and 2 wharfs - ideal for a houseboat.

Land 262.27A A / For Sale Benjamin Tan 0433 785 796

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Graced by premium quality appointments and state-of-the-art features throughout, this residence sets a new benchmark, one of opulence and absolute indulgence. With an eclectic mix of styles, textures and colours, the home boasts a classical Hamptons aesthetic with elements of modern design. The result is a beautiful home that emanates sophistication but maintains simplicity at its core. With five bedrooms, four bathrooms and several generously sized living areas, this executive property offers an elevated living experience.

5 BED 4 BATH 2 CAR +POOL

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AUCTION Sat 22 Jun at 12pm, On-site INSPECT Sat 11am – 12pm or by appointment

PATRICK MCKINNON 0431 430 760 WILL CHURCHILL 0405 978 700

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N o o s a H e a d s 1 3 A l l a m b i Te r r a c e Live the ultimate Noosa lifestyle in this architecturally-designed coastal masterpiece. From the expansive walls of glass that frame the panoramic water and mountain views to the seamless indoor/outdoor layout and exceptional location only moments from The Junction and Hastings Street, you will want for nothing.

Allow yourself to be impressed by this exceptional home, hand-crafted by Ken Robinson Architects; it perfectly blends contemporary style with tantalizing glimpses of architectural perfection.

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