Founding BIJL Architecture in 2012, Melonie has built a practice dedicated to pursuing meaningful and inclusive client relationships, research, and design excellence. From her formative career focussed on residential design, Melonie’s contributions now extend to public and education architecture –…
Ricciarelli | Ostro by Julia Busuttil Nishimura
This sweet and chewy Ricciarelli recipe from the Ostro cookbook by Julia Busuttil Nishimura is bound to be your favourite cookie recipe yet! These traditional almond biscuits from Siena, Italy are a distant cousin to the French macaron, a hundred…
Let Us In | Episode 15: 1903 Edwardian Home
Hey everyone. I have got a gorgeous family home for you to have a snoop through today. It is a solid brick Edwardian, on a huge block of land in Kew. Let’s go take a look. Straight off the…
Daddy Cool
It’s almost Father’s Day! Not that you need an excuse to hang out with the old man, but we all know how exceptional they are and we don’t need any reason just to make them feel special. Dads do it…
Rhys Cooper | Meet the Maker
Rhys Cooper is a furniture, lighting and object designer. Establishing his studio in 2016, he utilises a range of high quality materials and processes working with local Australian industry and craftspeople. Rhys is driven to create dynamic and original work…
Let Us In | Episode 14: Sub Penthouse in Malvern Road, Prahran
Welcome to Let Us In, a time where we get to break and enter into other people’s homes without the fear of going to prison for the next four to five years. Now, in about five seconds time, I’m going…
Red Rocks by The Ranch Mine
Capitalising on views of the desert terrain on the side of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, the Red Rocks by The Ranch Mine spearheaded the overhaul and addition done to an existing Spanish Colonial Revival style house. The architecture firm…