Robin Boyd
Desks and chairs are straitjackets for kids, says rock-star designer
The radical mid-century furniture she designed with her husband put Melbourne on the global design map. Now Mary Featherston says we need to harness natural curiosity of children, and change the spaces in which they learn.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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The South Yarra architecture that inspired and horrified Robin Boyd
There was outcry when the acclaimed architect’s Domain Park Flats were first built overlooking the Royal Botanic Gardens, but they were a reaction to what he’d seen around South Yarra.
- Cara Waters
Ten mid-century modern Melbourne homes that transformed the way we live
Mid-century housing changed the way Australian homes use light, open-plan living and the landscape. Here are 10 examples of the era’s most iconic homes and their influence today.
- Caroline Zielinski
The Melbourne teen tearaway now feted in Paris – and the NGV
Life-changing offers, a Provencal farmhouse and now, a retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria: the charmed world of fashion designer Martin Grant.
- By Marion Hume
McClymont deserves all plaudits over Jones probe
Congratulations to Kate McClymont for the seminal role her thorough, principled investigations played in the apprehending of Alan Jones.
How a Robin Boyd house came to the rescue of a working couple
Ember House in suburban Melbourne has brought one couple’s competing dream to life.
- Stephen Crafti
The forgotten Robin Boyd house open to the public for the first time
The little-known Wildwood home, designed by celebrated architect Robin Boyd in 1962, quietly went on sale last year. The couple who snapped it up are still pinching themselves.
- Cara Waters
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Heritage wonder or high-rise hell? Forces unite to save Melbourne’s public housing towers from oblivion
Opposition to the state government’s plan to raze 44 towers is mounting, including from a former Labor deputy prime minister and a 97-year-old industry icon, architect Peter McIntyre.
- Royce Millar
What’s in a name? Boosting the value of your postwar home
When it comes to selling or investing in postwar architecture, the name of the architect can bump up the value.
- Stephen Crafti
Mid-century dreams on a budget: Architect Robin Boyd’s last house for sale
With a price guide below $1 million, the three-bedroom home features trademark oversized windows, open-plan living space and lush views out to the Dandenong Ranges.
- Melissa Heagney-Bayliss