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Life Is Easy In This Designer's Calming Melbourne Apartment

Practising what she preaches, urban designer Shakira Everett purchased an apartment to support a low-maintenance and walkable lifestyle.

An Effortlessly Stylish Apartment Interior In Iconic Bondi

This 55-square-metre apartment is a celebration of iconic Bondi; its rugged cliffs, famous beach, and effortlessly relaxed lifestyle.

Inside A Compact Bondi Apartment With Brazilian Modernism Influences

Clever space saving features and Brazilian modernist influences have transformed this Bondi apartment.

Inside One Of Sydney's Dreamiest Art Deco Apartment Buildings

With glorious architecture and idyllic waterfront views, it's easy to see why the lucky residents of these Double Bay apartments never want to leave!

A Creative Bondi Family’s Renovated Art Deco Apartment

This ‘practically quirky’ apartment reno balances colour and original art deco features for a family of four.

10 Of The Best Apartments We Visited Last Year

These clever homes prove just how fabulous apartment living can be! Find our 10 favourite apartment tours here.

A Respectful Renovation Of A Progressive 1970s Carlton Apartment

With a $70,000 budget, Jack Davies and Elizabeth White have completely revitalised their 1970s Carlton apartment.

A ‘Jewellery Box’ Transformation Of A 1970s Studio Apartment

A statement ‘pod’ clad in copper, mirrored, metal laminate has transformed this tiny St Kilda studio apartment.

Original Features Are The Hero Of This 1960s Apartment Renovation

This 1960s Melbourne apartment makeover by Healy Ryan Architects leans into its original features.

This Melbourne Apartment Hides A Parisian-Inspired Makeover

A 56-square-metre apartment brings a taste of Parisian chic to Melbourne's CBD. See the before and after photos!

Inside A 1960s Apartment Complex in South Yarra

We visited two residents at the mid-century complex, both with starkly different apartments!

A Blue + Peach Sydney Apartment For A Young Family

When an interior designer/artist designs her own home, the result is spectacular!

A Fully Wheelchair-Accessible Mid-Century Apartment

A wheelchair-accessible renovation has maintained the modernist feel of this 1960s apartment and enhanced its sweeping views.

A Downsizing Couple’s Cleverly Renovated 1950s Apartment

This renovated Sydney apartment makes the most of its 70-square-metre floor plan in surprising and creative ways.

The 10 Most Memorable Apartments We Visited In 2023

It’s no secret that we love apartments here at TDF. Here, we’ve rounded up 10 of the most memorable apartments we saw in 2023!

Inside A 28 Square Metre Basement, Turned Bold Red Studio!

Hidden in the basement of a sandstone Sydney home, this self-contained studio makes the most of its tiny floorplan.

Sustainable Homes

A Sustainable Retrofit Of A ’70s Apartment Building In Fitzroy

Rather than tear down this red-brick building, its been retrofitted to create a series of sustainable apartments with impressively low energy bills.

Inside Melbourne's Community-Focused Skye House Apartment Building

Meet two of the residents in Skye House, designed by Breathe Architecture, in Melbourne’s innovative Nightingale Village.

An Inspiring Makeover Of Standard Brick Veneer Melbourne Unit

Robinson Architecture have improved the look and function of this compact 1970s brick unit with carefully reconfigured and updated interiors.

This Sustainably-Renovated Apartment Building Is Designed Just For Renters

You can now apply to live in this Brunswick apartment building developed especially for Melbourne renters.

Sustainable Homes

Inside Melbourne's Unconventional 'Evergreen' Apartment Building

Evergreen by Clare Cousins Architects is one of the six Nightingale buildings in Brunswick, where leafy balconies and rooftop gardens offer the best of apartment living!

A Look Inside The Fitzroy Chocolate Factory Turned 'Old-School' Apartments!

The MacRobertson confectionery factory is home to a series of warehouse conversions like no other. Step back in time into the 1880s complex and three of the endearing apartments!

Life In Leftfield: The New Melbourne Building Raising The Bar Of Apartment Living

Leftfield designed by Kennedy Nolan for Nightingale Housing is the new standard of Australian contemporary apartment design.

Before + After: A Sunny Modernist Makeover Of 1960s Sydney Apartment

A mid-century inspired kitchen renovation by Studio Barbara takes a Glebe apartment back to its 1960s roots.

Inside A 100-Year-Old Apartment Building, In The Heart Of Melbourne’s CBD

We tour two unique apartments inside Temple Court, an elegant 1920s building nestled on Melbourne's iconic Collins Street!

10 Unforgettable Apartments of 2022

2022 was the year of incredible apartment tours here at TDF. We stepped inside some iconic buildings and got a taste of just how fabulous apartment living can be!

This Sunny, Yellow Building Is One Of Melbourne's Most Revolutionary Apartments

Tour the newly built ParkLife building designed and developed by Austin Maynard Architects - under the innovative Nightingale model!

Life In Torbreck: Brisbane’s Landmark Modernist Apartment Building

Inside the 1958-1960 Torbreck apartment building that pioneered a new era of Brisbane living.

An Inside Look At Domain Park: Melbourne’s Revolutionary 1960s Apartment Building

Once the tallest residential building in Melbourne, Robin Boyd's Domain Park (1962) paved the way for a new era of apartment living.

A Look Inside South Yarra’s Magical 1930s Beverley Hills Apartments

Step inside South Yarra's Beverley Hills flats (1935-36) — Melbourne’s best known historical apartment complex.

Inside Toorak’s Amazing, Coral-Coloured Caringal Flats!

An exclusive look at the late-1940s apartment complex, and the homes of two young architects within it.

A Rare Look Inside Fitzroy’s Iconic 1930s Cairo Flats

A look inside one of Melbourne's best and earliest examples of well-designed, minimal, medium-density housing.

A Traditional Queenslander Turned Multigenerational, Japanese-Inspired Home

Arcke architects lifted this Queenslander to accommodate an apartment underneath, and provide better connections to the outdoors via an ‘engawa.’

This Blushing Bondi Apartment Makes The Most Of A Narrow Space

Built-in furniture and an art deco inspired palette have transformed this Bondi apartment for entertaining.

Modernist Australia

A Glittering, Glamorous Mid-Century Pad Is For Sale

This apartment in Caulfield North retains all its original charm through a sensitive, contemporary renovation.

A Modern Update To One Of Melbourne’s Most Iconic Converted Warehouses

A converted warehouse in Collingwood's former Foy & Gibson department store gets a modern update by Rob Kennon Architects.

Two Best Friends Create A Spacious Contemporary Apartment In A Former Chocolate Factory

Architecture Architecture creates a slick contemporary apartment in an industrial Fitzroy building.

Sustainable Homes

This Sustainable Apartment Is A Little Slice Of LA, In Melbourne

First home buyers Samantha Curcio and David Waddell share their sleek, sustainable and personality-filled apartment.

A Melbourne CBD Apartment That Embraces Its Industrial History

Melanie Beynon and Megan Hounslow strip an 1870s Melbourne apartment back to its roots.

A 'Minimum Dwelling' Studio Apartment That Maximises Every Inch

Minimal interventions and clever partitioning make the most of this this tiny studio apartment.

The Tiny Beachside Apartment That Packs An Architectural Punch

This original 1965 apartment in Clovelly is now living its best life.

A New Life For This Dream Deco Apartment

Molecule Studio elegantly renovates a heritage apartment in the 1930s Otway block in Hawthorn.

Surf's Up In This Manly Apartment!

A home re-configured for beachside living, by McNally Architects & I+D Studio.

Two Bedrooms Are Better Than Three, In This 1970s Sydney Apartment

The Courtyard Apartment by Brcar Morony Architecture in Sydney offers an elegant blueprint for family apartment living.

A Home Where Opposites Attract

This treetop Surry Hills apartment is renovated to serve dual functions by architecture firm Downie North.

An Extra Small Home, Streamlined For Tiny Living

Nicholas Gurney shares the 5S tiny home in Potts Point, informed by a Japanese strategy for five practices of everyday living.

The Sweetest Home Renovation

A former confectionary factory in inner Melbourne gets a sparkling upgrade from Folk architects.

An Art Deco Nest In Inner Sydney

Retallack Thompson create a new feeling of space in a small-footprint apartment in Potts Point.

Micro-Luxe Strikes Again

Small delights with T-A Square Architects.

This Home Transforms Neglected Housing Stock Into Micro Luxury!

The 'tiny home' phenomenon continues... explore the Type Street Apartment from Tsai Design.

A Futuristic Apartment in Footscray

BoardGrove Architects show us a glimpse of what the future might look like, with this sleek renovation.

Are These The Coolest Apartments In Fitzroy?

A look inside the truly breathtaking Whitlam Place building by Freadman White and Anon Studio.

Nightingale Housing Wants You To Own A Great Apartment

We tour Nightingale 1, a brand new apartment building in Melbourne shaking up inner-city development.

Are you Sirius?

Stuart Harrison sheds light on an iconic Sydney building, currently under threat of demolition.

Casba

Our architecture columnist Stuart Harrison visits Casba, a new mixed use development in Waterloo, Sydney.