A white box with internal courtyard. Outside to in to out to in to out. Beautiful light penetrates into this clean lined home. Love the kids’ playroom above the open plan living area, the brick pattern, the steel stairs and the bluest of blue bathrooms. Riverview House by Bennett and Trimble.

I’m still stalking and this time I’m thinking of living above a bar. A whole corner building in Surry Hills, Sydney. Plenty of character. As close as one can get to the centre of all the action. Architect designed renovation. Funky and fabulous. Does it mean that I’m an old fuddy duddy that I’m more concerned about sound proofing between the bar and the apartment than excited at the prospect of being landlady to a bar just downstairs? Maybe I’ll just dream of living a hipster life here. Link here while it lasts.

And some shots of the space in its original incarnation from the architect’s site – Six Degrees.

One of Australia’s most significant post-war houses has been listed for auction and of course I’m stalking it. Boyd Baker House, was designed by one of Australia’s most significant Modernist architects, Robin Boyd in 1966. Since then it has had only two owners. Perhaps I could sell my soul to the devil to become the third. Maybe I can rob a bank before the auction at the end of the month. Perhaps I can just be content to stare at the pictures and wish its new owner well. Lucky sod. Link here while it lasts.

Up and down and round and round. Multilevel living spiraling up a set of stairs. Each floor level differs by only 75 cm from the previous one and for now offers 10 levels of continuous space. Stair House in Almelo, the Netherlands by Onix.

Colour blocking and a sleek, minimalist design.  An artist’s home with a modernist sculptural form by Belgian architectural firm Crepain Binst. Perhaps living here is like performance art?