About the journal
Custom Concrete Concepts began as a working notebook for people who were tired of concrete being sold as a finish rather than designed as one. The domain name is literal: custom work, concrete as the medium, and concepts that survive Australian heat, clay, salt and UV.
We are not a contractor, a franchise or a lead-generation shop. The journal publishes original long-form reporting and practical essays for homeowners, landscape designers, architects and builders. When we describe a method we say what it costs in time, what it asks of the substrate, and where it fails on a Melbourne clay block or a Queensland coastal slab.
The old site on this domain was a specialist concrete studio voice: custom work, decorative finishes, outdoor rooms. Wayback snapshots were unreachable while this edition was rebuilt, so we kept the niche, the Australian register and the idea of a concepts journal rather than a catalogue. If you remember a specific project page from the earlier site, write to the desk and we will treat it as an archival note.
Corrections are welcome. So are guest essays that meet the write-for-us guidelines and the editorial standards. Advertising and sponsored mentions, if they ever appear, will be labelled and will carry rel="sponsored" on the link.
The desk
Elise Hart
Editor
Elise edits the journal and writes on colour, coastal work and the conversations that happen before a pour. She trained in architecture in Melbourne and has spent a decade on Australian residential sites.
James Calder
Materials editor
James writes mix design, sealers, repairs and standards. He came to journalism from a materials lab and still thinks in water-cement ratios.
Priya Raman
Outdoor living editor
Priya covers driveways, pools, gardens and clay. She writes from Meanjin / Brisbane and is unsentimental about anything that cannot handle a summer storm.
Sophie Walsh
Architecture editor
Sophie looks at walls, stairs, furniture and the public buildings that taught Australia to take concrete seriously. She is based in nipaluna / Hobart.
Tom Nguyen
Technical editor
Tom watches specification, curing and the quiet ways slabs fail. He previously worked with a Sydney decorative contractor and still keeps a densifier-stained notebook.