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Some buildings are seen; the best ones are discovered. Shiraz introduces Discover the Taste of Architecture — a four-part design philosophy for homes that reward attention over time.
Before drawing a floor plan, analyse the site. Shiraz Atelier explains what to check before designing a custom home in Canberra, from orientation and slope to planning controls, privacy, access and passive design.
Bigger is not always better. Discover how right-sizing your Canberra home can create more comfort, flexibility, natural light and a stronger connection to the way you live.
Some buildings are seen; the best ones are discovered. Shiraz introduces Discover the Taste of Architecture — a four-part design philosophy for homes that reward attention over time.
Notes from a building designer’s desk on designing with the sun, not against it.
On the question almost never asked early enough: how much does a life actually require
The short answer: a custom home design process starts with your site — its orientation, slope and planning controls — not with a floor plan. Get those conditions right first and every design decision that follows becomes clearer, faster and less expensive
On deciding for people who are not in the room
Why Comfort Is Not Softness On the difference between a space that yields immediately and one the body genuinely wants to return to
On why every sense asks a different question of space — and why architecture becomes poorer when only the eye is answered
On what is already present before the first line is drawn