The original studio was a Cairns practice. The problems it solved — humidity, cyclone code, finding a block — repeat in other dialects down the coast and inland. This hub is the state, region by region.
From Palm Cove to the border
Queensland regions
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Essays in Queensland regions
Queensland regions · 4 November 2024
Regional Queensland custom homes in Townsville, Mackay and Toowoomba
Three regional climates, three labour markets, one warning — do not import a capital-city plan and hope the trades and the weather will adapt.
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Queensland regions · 16 September 2024
Sunshine Coast custom homes from Noosa to the hinterland
A cooler tourist photograph than Cairns, and a planning culture that still punishes unshaded glass — how to build a custom house between the river, the beach and the range.
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Queensland regions · 24 June 2024
Gold Coast custom homes, hinterland, canal and coast
Three different custom products in one city — salt and wind on the beach, water levels on the canals, and BAL plus contour in the hinterland.
Queensland regions · 13 May 2024
Brisbane custom homes, character suburbs and hinterland
Small lots, timber neighbours, flood maps and a ridge breeze — how a custom house in the capital differs from the tropical catalogue this site grew up with.
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Queensland regions · 15 January 2024
Custom homes in Cairns and Far North Queensland
Humidity, cyclone code, rainforest edges and a labour market that knows the wet season — how to commission a house in the climate this masthead came from.