Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.

The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.

The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.

The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.

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SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.

“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.

The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.

“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.

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The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.

Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.

The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.

COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.

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“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.

The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.

The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.

Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a>

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First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has revealed plans for a new mixed-use tower at 10 Dangar Street, Wickham, advancing a proposal that would reshape the southern gateway to Newcastle’s city centre with one of the city’s tallest residential buildings.

The State Significant Development proposal, now on exhibition, seeks approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bowline-10-dangar-street-wickham-nsw-2293">43-storey tower</a> immediately adjacent to the Newcastle Interchange. The project would deliver around 200 apartments, including 42 affordable housing dwellings, alongside 99 co-living units, a 171-room hotel, retail space, and new public domain integrated through the site.

The scheme marks a significant escalation of plans previously approved for the site. Urban Property Group took over the prominent 2,904 sqm parcel, where excavation and demolition had already commenced under an earlier consent for a 14-storey mixed-use development.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, the tower has been conceived as a landmark transit-oriented development anchored to the Newcastle Interchange precinct. The proposal includes 245 build-to-sell apartments across a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom residences, as well as two penthouses. Fifteen apartments and one operational unit are earmarked for NDIS housing. The co-living component would add a further 99 units, while the podium would accommodate retail uses and hotel facilities.

SJB said the site presents “a valuable opportunity to anchor the precinct by setting the standard for design, active ground planes and character at the key southern gateway.”

The architecture responds directly to the site’s position beside major transport infrastructure and within one of Newcastle’s fastest-evolving urban renewal precincts. The tower form sits above a sculpted podium designed to frame new public spaces, including a through-site pedestrian link connecting Station Street to Hannell Street, landscaped plazas, and activated retail edges.

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The design report describes the project as part of the broader transition of Wickham into “a vibrant, high-quality mixed-use urban precinct” that leverages proximity to the station, open space, and regional connectivity.

A detailed public art strategy has also been prepared for the development. The strategy positions the project as “a transit-oriented development of state significance at the gateway to Newcastle’s city centre” and outlines a series of integrated artworks responding to Newcastle’s industrial and transport heritage.

Creative Road’s curatorial framework for the project, titled Unveil, draws on “stratified surfaces, carved volumes, and light-filled apertures” while referencing Newcastle’s transformation from an industrial city into a contemporary education and technology hub.

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The proposal is being advanced through the NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway after being declared State Significant Development in June 2025. The accompanying scoping report states the development aims to “maximise the site’s proximity to the Newcastle Interchange by delivering transit-oriented development” while increasing housing supply and affordable housing provision within the Newcastle LGA.

Urban Property Group’s plans align with the long-term strategic vision established under the Wickham Master Plan, which identified the interchange precinct as suitable for substantial uplift in height and density. The current proposal would significantly intensify that vision, positioning the tower among the tallest developments proposed for Newcastle.

The site sits immediately north of the Newcastle Interchange, bounded by Dangar Street, Hannell Street, and Charles Street. It is surrounded by a rapidly growing cluster of residential towers and mixed-use projects that have emerged following the completion of the light rail and transport interchange.

First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s latest tower at Wickham interchange

Bottega House has completed settlement of a landmark riverfront site in Macquarie Street, St Lucia, representing its first major Brisbane development.&nbsp;

Positioned on the banks of the Brisbane River, the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/180-macquarie-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">premium site at 180 Macquarie Street</a> features uninterrupted river frontage in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held residential precincts.&nbsp;

The proposed development, currently under assessment with Brisbane City Council, has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/plus-studio">Plus Studio</a> with interiors by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/mim-design">Mim Design</a> and will deliver a boutique collection of premium residences positioned specifically for owner occupiers and downsizers.&nbsp;

The residences are set to redefine luxury apartment living in the area, with a focus on architectural quality, refined finishes, landscape integration and elevated amenities including curated wellness facilities, resort-style pools and recreation spaces rarely seen in the local market.&nbsp;

Exclusive sales for the project will be led by Keenan &amp; Byrne, ahead of an anticipated launch later this year.&nbsp;

Bottega House Managing Director Nick Malloch said the project reflects the group’s ambition to deliver a highly curated residential offering within one of Brisbane’s most tightly held precincts.&nbsp;

“This is an incredibly rare riverfront opportunity and one we have approached with a long-term perspective,” Malloch said.&nbsp;

“Our vision from the outset was to create a boutique collection of residences that feel more like private homes than traditional apartments, with generous proportions, refined finishes and exceptional amenity throughout."

Malloch says there is a&nbsp;lack of premium owner-occupier stock of this quality in the market, particularly for downsizers wanting space, privacy and a true lifestyle offering without compromise.&nbsp;

"Demand is expected to be strong given the scarcity of premium riverfront opportunities of this nature within Brisbane’s inner-west."&nbsp;

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The arrival of the first piling rig officially marks the commencement of construction at SIERA’s new beachside apartment development, Exhale, in Northcliffe.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/exhale-surfers-paradise-8-enderley-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Exhale</a>, a glass-encased tower featuring 54 large-scale apartments at 8 Enderley Avenue, is SIERA’s third Gold Coast development. It follows the recently completed PIPIS Bilinga beachfront project, which achieved suburb-record prices, and the soon-to-be-completed Chevron Island development, Tapestry.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/siera">SIERA</a> Founder and Managing Director Brent Thompson said the arrival of the piling rig represented a significant milestone for the development, which is scheduled for completion in late 2028.

Over the next month, around 260 piles are expected to be installed as work progresses on the basement structure. The building is anticipated to rise above ground level early next year, before unveiling its sculptural glass curtain wall, developed in collaboration with specialist façade engineers.

“The façade was designed to maximise panoramic coastal views while creating a distinctive architectural identity,” Thompson said.

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Designed by BDA Architecture, Exhale will comprise just 54 two- and three-bedroom residences across 26 levels, a level of low-density living rarely delivered in this beachside pocket between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.

The project has been conceived as a resident-only building, with no short-stay accommodation permitted. SIERA says the model is intended to appeal to long-term owner-occupiers rather than transient holiday demand.

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Residences have been designed with large-format layouts and expansive glazing, with most apartments featuring more than 30 metres of glass frontage to maximise natural light and ocean views.

The amenity offering spans two levels and centres on wellness and lifestyle, including a heated magnesium pool, sauna, yoga and Pilates studio, gymnasium, private dining facilities, cinema lounge, and dedicated surfcraft storage.

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More than half of the apartments have already sold. SIERA has also opened a sales gallery for Exhale at its Chevron Island commercial premises, near its Tapestry tower and the site of its second Chevron Island apartment development, which is slated to launch in early 2027.
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SIERA kicks off construction at Northcliffe tower Exhale

Local Little Bay residents, along with buyers from premium postcodes across Sydney’s affluent Eastern Suburbs, have dominated purchases in developer-builder Urban Property Group’s first Eastern Suburbs apartment development, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/este-little-bay-jennifer-street-little-bay-nsw-2036">ESTE Little Bay</a>.

The $250 million coastal project, one of the first new developments in the area in several years, has proven particularly popular with downsizers, especially those from Coogee and Bondi. One Double Bay downsizer paid $4.7 million for a four-bedroom penthouse, setting a new local apartment price record in the process.

Buyers have been attracted to the combination of coastal tranquillity, premium design and amenity-rich neighbourhood living. The walkable village setting, along with proximity to three of Sydney’s leading golf courses, New South Wales Golf Club, St Michael’s Golf Club and The Coast Golf Club, has also been a key drawcard.

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Built across two low-rise buildings designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/hill-thalis-architecture-urban-projects-pty-ltd">Hill Thalis</a> and set along a lush, landscaped green spine, designed by leading landscape architect <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/landscape-architect/arcadia-landscape-architecture">Arcadia</a>, ESTE Little Bay offers a collection of one, two, three and four-bedroom residences with interiors by Richards Stanisich.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> Sales Director, Tom McIvor said the response to ESTE has been "nothing short of extraordinary."

“Buyers have been quick to recognise ESTE as a rare opportunity to invest in a coastal sanctuary that offers both seclusion and connectivity to the heart of Sydney,” McIvor said.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/project-marketer/srm-residential">SRM Residential</a> Senior Director, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/project-marketer/srm-residential">Clayton Ross</a> said the local market has responded incredibly well, driven by ESTE’s exceptional location and the rarity it offers.

“We’ve seen strong interest from a variety of buyer groups, all of whom are drawn to the exclusivity and quality of the build and construction by the 4.5-star iCIRT-rated builder / developer, Urban Property Group. There’s truly nothing else like it along Sydney’s coastline.”

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The project also includes robust buyer protections, including Resilience Insurance’s Latent Defects Insurance, providing 10 years of structural cover, and an independent iCIRT-rating of the developer.

“The iCIRT-rating adds another layer of confidence,” Ross added. “Buyers see it as a safeguard for their investment and their lifestyle.” A highlight of ESTE’s offering is its exclusive wellness amenities, including a heated rooftop infinity pool and outdoor heated spa, a state-of-the-art Technogym fitness centre, and a sauna.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/este-little-bay-jennifer-street-little-bay-nsw-2036">ESTE Little Bay</a> is topped out and is on track to complete towards the end of 2026, with residents moving in before Christmas.

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One of only four standalone houses left on the Manly beachfront has been listed for sale.
There has already been the sale along the North Steyne beachfront strip of the landmark Bris De Mer, Manly’s last original beachfront cottage.
It changed hands in March for $7,755,000, breaking the street’s house sale record when the heritage-listed 118 North Steyne sold to a north shore family.
Now another beachfront property on the market, a few doors down, at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-manly-128542762" target="_blank">No.122 North Steyne</a>.
It comes with views across the sands to the ocean.
Anthony Calacoci, of Belle Property Manly, said the property has been held by the same family for almost 20 years.
The renovated house is on a level, 259 square metre block, closer to North Steyne and Queenscliff beaches than Manly’s southern end.
There is also scope to add a third level to the house (STCA).
It goes to July 4 with $6,550,000 hopes through Belle Property Manly.
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Rare standalone beachfront Manly trophy home listed

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A Coorparoo home listed through Place Bulimba gent Denis Najzar has been sold for $2,265,000.
The new, Hamptons style home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-coorparoo-127894414" target="_blank">34 Jerome Street </a>had 100 plus groups through its first open home.
Some 200 groups came through over the three week marketing campaign.
There were five written offers on the property, with four more than $2 million.
The home has five bedrooms and three bathrooms across two levels.
There was 406 square metres of space of under roof living.
It is on a 647 square metre block.
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Hamptons-style Coorporoo trophy home fetches $2,265,000

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An unusual school conversion has been listed at Woodend for $1.9 million.
The house is quite elevated, and appears to float on the gentle slope, courtesy of its unique sub-floor.
The 3857 square metre allotment is undulating. 
It's not your Victorian or Edwardian brick or timber building.
The former Catholic primary school was built in 1974 to an innovative design by a priest who was also an architect.
It has an external frame.
It has been repurposed as a family home with huge interconnected living areas.
<a href="http://www.joangladman.com.au/properties-detail.asp?ID=572" target="_blank">Joan Gladman Real Estate</a> agent Joan Gladman has the listing.
Separate from the main residence, is an elegant and sizeable studio, workshop and double garage.
Some 8kW of solar panels make an eco-contribution to the energy needs of the house. 
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A six bedroom Church Point house remains listed for sale with $4 million to $4.4 million price guidance.
It is offered by Jesse Chester and Jonathan Morton from Clarke &amp; Humel Property who suggests its embraces expansive yacht-sprinkled Pittwater panoramas and the northeast sun from its near waterfront position.
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<a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;layout=edit&amp;id=83597" target="_blank">The 2115 Pittwater Road home</a> comes with open plan living and dining space, vast media room, and wine cellar.
Additional features include kitchen with Terrazzo island bench centrepiece, video intercom/secure gated access, and rear with mosaic-tile pool.
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Positioned on 771 sqm block, it is located directly opposite the shores of Pittwater within footsteps of a sandy beach and Quays Marina/café, and minutes to schools, Mona Vale Village and Beach.
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Church Point trophy home listing with $4 million plus hopes

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A award-winning family house on a 3230 square metre block in Richmond, a town in Tasmania about 25 kilometres north-east of Hobart, has been listed for sale. 
It was offered by by Kim Morgan from Charlotte Peterswald For Property Sales. 
Positioned in the midst of Richmond’s hills and plains,<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-tas-richmond-128267430" target="_blank"> the 3-5 Bilney Street</a> home incorporates a spotted gum timber barn and an adjoining brick accommodation wing and dual garage.
The barn components of the house include open plan gourmet kitchen, living and dining area, and undercover BBQ deck.
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Upstairs features master bedroom with cathedral ceilings, and second double bedroom with access to mezzanine level.
The brick accommodation wing includes three more bedrooms, bathroom, laundry and internal access to the double garage.
It is within short walking distance to the historic colonial town centre of Richmond, complete with cafes, restaurants, schools and amenities, as well as access to local wineries and gourmet food producers, and only a 30-minute drive to the Hobart CBD. 
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Kamimura, a luxury new build at Leura in the Blue Mountains, has hit the market.
It's been listed by online art dealer Serafin Martinez and his partner, lawyer and UNSW Sydney legal counsel Thai Loi.
The new weekender has two connected pavilions with a suspended bridge on its 1.5 hectare Winston Street parcel.
Every room offers bush views, including its three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
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McGrath Wentworth Falls agents Matthew Gale and Andy Jones have a $1.48 million to $1.6 million guide.
Serafin Martinez runs Martinez Art Dealer, an online art gallery.
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His Instagram advises the designer furniture and valuable artworks in Kamimura can be purchased with the house.
It's not the first Blue Mountains the couple have developed having sold an updated three bedroom Katoomba home at $680,000 last year.
They had paid $445,000 three years earlier.
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This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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New luxury Blue Mountains build Kamimura at Leura listed

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Just near North Cottesloe beach, a Cottesloe three bedroom house with ocean views has been relisted for sale.
It is offered through Justin Wallace from Wallace Real Estate, who had thought it had been sold in January.
It as first listed in 2016 seeking offers in the mid $3 millions.
"Just a stone's throw to the North Cottesloe Surf Club, surrounded by restaurants and pubs and with the Eric Street Shopping Centre around the corner, this home truly captures the essence of beachfront living," said Justin Wallace.
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<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-cottesloe-122835798" target="_blank">Situated at 1/154 Marine Parade</a>, Cottesloe, the Western Australian home comes with three bedrooms, open plan kitchen and living, and north facing alfresco.
With floor to ceiling glass bi-fold doors surrounding the open plan kitchen, dining and living areas, the views can be enjoyed all day long. 
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Extra features include the plunge pool, reverse cycle air conditions, and double block electric blinds.
The early 1980s offering last traded in 2007 at $2.5 million when sold by Claudia Keech.
It is in a tightly held triplex.
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Second chance for North Cottesloe triplex offering

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Melbourne architect Jessica Liew is selling her innovative Armadale home that she built. 
Liew, a director at Plus Architecture, paid $762,000 for the 370 square metre property in 2010 with her husband Cavan.
Built with timber slatted walls and vast expanses of glass, the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-armadale-128152634%20%20%20%20" target="_blank">Valentine Grove property</a> has dark grey polished concrete floors.
There's three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a library overlooking a tranquil central fish pond and a temperature controlled 1,200 bottle wine room.
A walled north east garden is lined by blackboard style walls, complete with a commissioned mural.
The home has been regularly featured in magazines.
Marshall White agents Fraser Cahill and Madeline Kennedy have a May 12 auction, with a guide of between $2.5 million and $2.75 million.
The couple, now with a young child, are looking for their next project.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian. 
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Architect Jessica Liew lists innovative Armadale home

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The residential Blue Mountain price record has been untouched for a decade, but that's set to change with the listing of Karoola, the 2008 Wilkinson Award-winning home in Leura.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-leura-127911334" target="_blank">The striking home</a> incorporates the existing 1900s cottage in its James Stockwell-design. 
It has a price guide of $5 million through Belle Property Leura agent Matt Grima.
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It was designed for former Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox and his wife Christine to accommodate their big family – their children, grandchildren along with friends.
Inspired by the geology and landscape of the Blue Mountains, Karoola was constructed with rammed earth, crushed sandstone, blackbutt and hoop pine timbers.
The sustainable single storey main residence was built on its 5,900 square metre Malvern Road holding.
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The main home has five bedrooms, each with garden and bushland views. There's granite bathrooms with Japanese inspired bathtubs.
As well as an opening verandah roof, the home was created in a solar passive design, where windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject heat in the summer.
There's also a multi-purpose garden studio for painting and music.
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The house design uses a Japanese method called discontinuous unity - developed in the 1940's by architects Yoshuzaki and Sakazura - for the incomplete separation of living spaces from one another.
The home was constructed by master builder Gerald Verhoeven, with Professor Max Irvine engineering its verandah roofing. Craig Burton's landscape design saw zoning for endemic and exotic plantings. 
The Blue Mountains price record was set in 2008 when Carramar, a 1900s weatherboard at Wentworth Falls, sold for $3.3 million.
Only four homes in the Blue Mountains region sold for over $2 million last year, although that's well up on the one sold in 2016.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian. 
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Award winning Karoola set to topple Blue Mountains price record

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Chellow Dene, the historic eclectic home in Melbourne's Black Rock, has been listed for sale.
It was one of the speculative-built villas of notable architect, and late 1950s Melbourne Lord Mayor, Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans.
Evans was the youngest battalion commander in the AIF when sent to the Middle East, in the defence of Tobruk in 1941, where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
The home comes with a leadlight panel of the architect's Manchester village.
Set on a 645 square metre <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-black+rock-128149590" target="_blank">Middleton Street parcel</a>, Chellow Dene has six bedrooms and three bathrooms.
The listing through Branon Real Estate agent Cam Saba comes with permits for two three level, four bedroom homes designed by architect Peter Wright.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australia. 
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