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The Right Place the right place AUTUMN HOMES COMMUNITIES APARTMENTS LIFESTYLE Child’s Play Keeping it in the Family The Sky’s the Limit Colourful inspiration and Husband and wife furniture Globally renowned architect, practical advice from award design team Mr & Mrs White talk Richard Francis-Jones shares his winning designers Arent & Pyke about how their passion for simple, inspiration for the design of one on how to style bedrooms that will honest handmade design evolved of Sydney’s newest iconic towers, make your children house-proud into a successful family business Ovo at Green Square 62 AUTUMN 2015 CONTENTS 04 – Space, Style, Sanctuary 38 – Grand Designs We visit Claremont in Perth’s desirable western suburbs, Retaining and protecting the natural landscape can where Mirvac is redefining apartment living with its be challenging when building new homes. We learn how sophisticated park side offering, The Grandstand. the design team behind Tullamore, a new community in Doncaster, Victoria achieved exactly that. 42 – Immersed in Luxury 08 – Circle of Success Interiors expert, Greg Natale joined forces with 48 Learn how William Smart and his team at Mirvac to design an elegant apartment interior Smart Design studio fused past and present to for Pier at Waterfront in the Brisbane riverside pay homage to a bygone era with their vision for suburb of Newstead – we dive into the detail. The Moreton apartments in Bondi and hear from some of our happy purchasers. 48 – On the Water 14 – Painting with Colour We travel to picturesque Mandurah in WA to discover 30 some of the very best spots for fishing and crabbing; and Queen of colour, Shaynna Blaze takes time out from meet the locals who have truly embraced estuary living. filming Selling Houses Australia and The Block to share her trade secrets on how to use colour in the home with 52 – Child’s Play confidence, in partnership with Taubmans. Colourful inspiration and practical advice from award 20 – Park Life winning designers Arent & Pyke on how to style bedrooms that will make your children house-proud. It’s off to Cheltenham, Victoria where Mirvac has collaborated with some of Australia’s most renowned 56 – Fine, Fresh and Fast landscapers and sculptors to design a new community with families in mind. Cobbitty Markets offers a feast for all the senses! We meet some of the farmers and growers to learn 24 – Going Global more about how they are championing fresh, seasonal produce in south west Sydney. We unveil a cosmopolitan collection of display apartments at Array, Mirvac’s luxury 62 – From Paris with Love apartments proudly poised on the banks of the 52 Yarra River in Melbourne. Jetsetter, Steve Cordony reports from MAISON & OBJET in Paris, Europe’s interior 30 – The Sky’s the Limit design and decorating fair, on the hottest international trends for 2015. Globally renowned architect, Richard Francis-Jones shares his inspiration for the design of one of Sydney’s newest iconic towers, Ovo at Green Square. 66 – Autumn Feasts 34 Take a tour of Australia’s finest eateries for indulging 34 – Keeping it in the Family this season, courtesy of the Mirvac team who’ve been Husband and wife furniture design team out taste testing to compile this exclusive dining guide. Mr & Mrs White talk about how their passion for simple, honest handmade design evolved into a 68 – Appetite for Change successful family business. Our resident sustainability expert Jon Dee is back, with a sneak peak at some of his hi-tech energy (and money) saving tips from his new book, Energy Cut. KIDS DIY PAPER FUN LIFT OUT 78 residential.mirvac.com facebook.com/mirvacresidential pintrest.com/mirvacproperty twitter.com/mirvac the right place by mirvac AUTUMN 2015 3 MANDURAH WELCOME Page 48 Welcome to the autumn edition of The Right Place PIER AT WATERFRONT Page 42 magazine – brimming with colourful stories, insightful ideas, Page 08 emerging trends and useful tips for living life to the full this THE MORETON, BONDI season! We’ll also take you on a tour of our newest apartments and masterplanned communities, showing how Mirvac is creating great places to live, right across the nation. In this edition of The Right Place we visit Cobbitty Markets in south west Sydney, to meet some of the growers whose mission in life is to help Australians eat fresh from the farm. As autumn is historically a time for feasting, AUTUMN 2015 the Mirvac team has been out taste testing in the name of research. We’ve identified some FEATURE PROJECTS of Australia’s very finest eateries from across the states. So if you’re hungry for some fresh BRISBANE ideas on where to eat out, look no further. As well as fine food, fine design is also on our Page 04 radar this season. We’re delighted to hear from PERTH After a long hot summer, the onset of autumn SYDNEY OVO, GREEN SQUARE interior stylist Steve Cordony who travelled can be a welcome change. Often the pace and to Paris for the MAISON & OBJET, Europe’s intensity of life drops back a notch, along with Page 30 the heat, giving us more time to reflect and largest annual design and decorating fair. MELBOURNE enjoy the finer things in life. From fresh food, He shares his tips for recreating the hottest to friends and family sharing special moments international interiors trends of 2015. at the heart of a beautiful home, within a safe, Autumn is a season associated with colour family friendly community, this issue of The and who better than to give us the low down Right Place celebrates all the elements of life on how to use bright colours when we decorate that make us truly happy. Of course we realise our homes than interiors queen Shaynna Blaze. that ‘home’ means different things to different Her tips will inspire you to embrace colour people. That’s why we are building homes and and get painting! CREST, GLEDSWOOD HILLS communities across Australia to suit every need JACK RD, CHELTENHAM and desire. So no matter what kind of house or With Mirvac bringing to life new homes and Page 56 apartment you live in, it can be the kind apartments right across the country, we check Page 20 of home where your heart is. in on the highlights from each state. From cosmopolitan display apartments showcasing riverside living in Melbourne, to crabbing JOHN CARFI THE GRANDSTAND, CLAREMONT Group Executive and fishing around the estuaries of Mandurah Residential Development in WA, creating great places to live is all Page 38 about delivering an aspirational lifestyle. We hope you enjoy this edition of The Right Place magazine. DIANA SARCASMO National Sales and Marketing Director Mirvac Development ARRAY, YARRA’S EDGE TULLAMORE, DONCASTER Page 24 Page 04 4 AUTUMN 2015 the right place by mirvac When it comes to choosing a new neighbourhood, high on most people’s priority list is being close to nature and surrounded by green space, yet not at the expense of great local amenity. Mirvac’s new community, Tullamore, is set to deliver just this, and much more. eaturing a stunning natural landscape, Tullamore is coming to life on the Eastern Golf Course site in Doncaster, SPACE with a plan to return F20 per cent of the 47-hectare space to the community in the form of open public space. Tullamore will become a residential community of around 800 homes, with a truly bespoke and tailored STYLE design to suit the natural beauty of the undulating landscape. Director at MDG Landscape Architects, SANCTUARY Simon Smith who is part of the design team for Tullamore, says the site has presented an unusual, yet highly favourable opportunity to create a new community. TULLAMORE “It’s not often we get the chance to work DONCASTER, VIC on a site that already has so much going for it in terms of established trees and natural environment,” says Simon. Artist Impression 6 AUTUMN 2015 the right place by mirvac the right place by mirvac AUTUMN 2015 7 “Our vision is to sensitively integrate a mature vegetation as possible, and also to new community within what is a beautiful plan the street network and orientation landscape and to be true to the site, of the homes so they reflect the unique whilst balancing the needs of a modern undulating form. contemporary neighbourhood. We are doing “The result is homes that mingle with this by taking influences from the site and the surrounding leafy vegetation and new Tullamore’s translating them into the design. parkland, as well as a road network that established location “For example, for the children’s play area, responds to the site and offers a different we’re making the most of existing trees for streetscape from every corner.” is exceptional in shade, utilising sloping areas to build slides With a mix of modern, aspirational and incorporating tree trunks and logs from townhouses and two and three-storey terms of amenity. the site into the play equipment itself,” premium homes, the need of every Schools, shopping Simon says. potential resident will be catered for. Other communal features planned include The homes will feature a neutral, muted centres including picnic areas and a fitness trail that winds external colour palette chosen to accentuate through Tullamore with six outdoor the beautiful natural landscape, while inside Westfield Doncaster workout stations along the way. designers have used premium finishes in and easy access to Historically the 19th century country estate calm inviting tones and textures. of esteemed Melbourne surgeon Sir Thomas Tullamore has achieved a Six Leaf the Melbourne CBD Naughton Fitzgerald, the site features a Envirodevelopment accreditation through number of heritage elements including the the Urban Development Institute of combine to make Tullamore homestead and stables, which Australia’s (UDIA) nationally-recognised Tullamore a will be retained and refurbished by Mirvac.
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