With June behind us, let’s take a look at the top 10 stories covered throughout the month. Click on the title to read the full story, and let us know which ones were your favourites – or what else we should have covered.

1. First glimpse inside the world’s tallest timber tower

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Lendlease has provided a first look inside 25 King, the world’s tallest engineered timber office building. 

2. Architect turns a 1950s Perth house into his dream family home

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Architect David Hartree has designed his own family home, undertaking a major renovation of a 1950s house in East Fremantle.

3. Spatial complexity creates peace and harmony in a family home

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Coorparoo House carefully negotiates a sloping site to harness views of the city and garden, while also maintaining privacy through stepped floor levels and separate zones for family members. 

4. Auchenflower House: A touch of mid-century modernism in inner Brisbane

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In the Brisbane suburb of Auchenflower sits a contemporary home that respectfully reinterprets the traditional character of its locality. 

5. Wireless charging of vehicles now possible with concrete breakthrough

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A new breakthrough in concrete by Australian advanced materials technology company, Talga Resources promises to revolutionise a broad range of existing and emerging transport applications.

6. Heritage house blurs the boundary between old and new

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This Edwardian house was in decent shape but needed a lot of work to try and get it back to its former glory.

7. Sydney home extension 'like a pavilion in the garden'

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This Sydney home extension was designed with the intention to bring in natural light and garden views, making the new living area feel like a garden pavilion.

8. The whimsical children's hospital designed from a child's perspective

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Driving along Winthrop Avenue, the animated lighting of artist Stuart Green’s “fizz” sculpture and the green façade instantly identifies the children’s hospital, a visual wonderland for families driving past at night.

9. Architectus appoints four more members to an ever-growing team

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Architecture, urban design and planning practice, Architectus, has made four new appointments as a response to Australia’s construction boom.

10. Waltzing Matilda: The outback museum that rose from the ashes

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The newly-opened Waltzing Matilda Centre replaces the original centre which was destroyed by fire in 2015.