Margie Fraser

Contributor Profile

Margie Fraser is the Brisbane editor of Artichoke and Houses, and a writer specializing in design, art and architecture. She also promotes emerging designers through consultancies and publicity work.

Occupation: Writer/editor

Location: Brisbane, Australia

‘An elemental shrine’: Tinbeerwah House

Projects | Resting on a steeply sloping, heavily damaged site, this house works to stabilise and rehabilitate the land.

Outdoor shenanigans: Rocky House

Projects | A generous site has been transformed by Base Architecture into a private park and a new home that takes from modernist cues.

Suburban sculpture: Bardon House

Projects | Drawing in surrounding bushland, this new home in Brisbane intimately engages with its context and climate.

Subtropical modernism: Chapel Hill House

Projects | Reddog Architects has peeled back a 1980s Brisbane home and reprogrammed it into an interconnected “collection of pods”.

Lost World pavilions: Ridge House

Projects | A striking pavilion duo that encourages a connection with the landscape while referencing the heritages of the owners.

Light in spades: Garden House

Projects | A dark box in Brisbane has been transformed into a garden-centric, light-filled house where views abound.

Geometry at play: West End House

Projects | This Brisbane renovation and extension by Marc and Co Architects opens up and embraces a delightful backyard setting.

The outdoor type: Project Zero

Projects | BVN makes a memorable statement about sustainability and re-use in a renovated and extended postwar house in Brisbane.