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Open house: Cooper Park House features cubist form that encourages onlookers to stop and stare

undisturbed panorama of trees leading down to Cooper Park to the North, the architects aimed to link these two environments for the pedestrians on the dead end street, all within an ecologically immersed design. The result is a study of stacked boxes...

Project | 28/05/2024

Small project turning heads: Copper House by Takt | Studio for Architecture

residence by Takt | Studio for Architecture, so small it’s barely visible from the street, but unique enough that it still turns a head or two. The building replaces a dilapidated 1890’s fibro shack and is situated on what seems like an...

Project | 28/05/2024

A sustainable coastal home for a retired couple

very little energy from the grid. The new home replaces a dilapidated cedar cabin on hardwood stilts that the family had owned for a number of years. Brief The clients were seeking a new home that could serve as their primary...

Project | 28/05/2024

Bureau Proberts director taps into Queenslander vernacular and personal history for family home

the terrain on its design is in effect fundamental to its uniqueness, as it creates an illusion of the home’s size. From the street the residence looks like a flat, one-storey dwelling, but as you wander down the hallway the house’s three...

Project | 28/05/2024

Weaving architectural wayfinding for James Cook University

indoor study, and a practical way to break up a classroom commute. “Four pavilions extend out from the path and operate as connected outdoor learning spaces, with power and Wi-Fi throughout,” says the architect in a design statement...

Project | 28/05/2024

Local House by MAKE Architecture contrasts timber screens with off-form concrete

industry should build less, but ensure that the projects that do get developed are of a higher quality so they last for longer. Local House, an extension to a St Kilda Californian Bungalow in Melbourne by MAKE, doesn’t deviate from that...

Project | 28/05/2024

New facility to cater for Indigenous people with brain injury

People Oriented Design (POD) and Indij Design, the Synapse SAIF (Supported Accommodation Innovation Fund) project comprises eight individual self-contained units for people with acquired brain injury clustered around a central facility. Client, Synapse...

Project | 28/05/2024

LSD Residence: A cement and glass home for empty-nesters

, depending on the lighting levels and time of day emerges and submerges from view from the street,” says the architect. The house’s overall design has utilised a limited palate of materials. Cement render and unfilled travertine has been...

Project | 28/05/2024

With nature’s flow: Szychowski Residence by Adhami Pender Architecture curves for light and twists with landscape

within for reflection on a seasonally vibrant landscape. Collaboration between the architect, the structural engineer, the builder, and the steel fabricator ensured the design intent was maintained by utilising steel portal frame super structure, and...

Project | 28/05/2024

Spanish architects take a tongue-in-cheek approach to building regulations for Catalan farmhouse

break away from the image of the Catalan farmhouse by making their own adaptions. The roof itself is unfinished on the eastern side of the building where the pitched roof profile is translated into a skeletal frame that extends over a large terraced...

Project | 28/05/2024

Stretching, slicing a traditional pitched roof for an outdoor-turned-indoor atrium: Deakin University Science Precinct

for all students despite the structural challenges. In order to keep the teaching labs comfortably large to improve the efficiency of course delivery, the design team decided to boldly transform an existing external courtyard into a new...

Project | 28/05/2024

Ravenswood School for Girls, Mable Fidler Building

cavity that in winter is kept closed to retain heat and in summer opens automatically to release heat. The new library spaces bear little relation to traditional library design, instead the focus is on flexibility and the opportunity for students to...

Project | 28/05/2024

Sydney hotel paves the way for cities to unlock unused air space

This reimagined Sydney hotel posits a new way for cities to ‘reoccupy’ the air space over infrastructure, creating new commercial as well as urban opportunities. From the architect: This project consists of the revitalisation and re...

Project | 28/05/2024

The sculpted corten form that frames the landscape perfectly

existing suite of buildings on site, including a homestead, another short-term rental and some agricultural outbuildings. The biggest inspiration for the building’s design was the site itself. Stunning and highly visible throughout the area...

Project | 28/05/2024

Architectural support for Parramatta’s artistic community

function is driven by the support of the local artistic community. The City of Canada Bay Council engaged Sam Crawford Architects in 2013 for a “concept design investigation [into a] community space and amenities” in Cabarita Park...

Project | 28/05/2024

Restore and transform: Peter Willett Associates balance history and modern for Sydney cottage

thermal mass to this level. All existing sandstone blocks on site were relocated into the design of a retaining wall plinth Parts of the existing pool used as a retaining wall for a new underground rainwater tank. By employing these sustainable...

Project | 28/05/2024

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Open house: Cooper Park House features cubist form that encourages onlookers to stop and stare

Small project turning heads: Copper House by Takt | Studio for Architecture

A sustainable coastal home for a retired couple

Bureau Proberts director taps into Queenslander vernacular and personal history for family home

Weaving architectural wayfinding for James Cook University

Local House by MAKE Architecture contrasts timber screens with off-form concrete

New facility to cater for Indigenous people with brain injury

LSD Residence: A cement and glass home for empty-nesters

With nature’s flow: Szychowski Residence by Adhami Pender Architecture curves for light and twists with landscape

Spanish architects take a tongue-in-cheek approach to building regulations for Catalan farmhouse

‘The Corner’: An undulating form of overlapping curves

Allen Jack+Cottier adopt new educational architecture model for new UWS Library

Small roof addition goes a long way for TKD’s Sydney cottage conversion

Renovating a 1960s home for indoor-outdoor living

Stretching, slicing a traditional pitched roof for an outdoor-turned-indoor atrium: Deakin University Science Precinct

Ravenswood School for Girls, Mable Fidler Building

Sydney hotel paves the way for cities to unlock unused air space

The sculpted corten form that frames the landscape perfectly

Architectural support for Parramatta’s artistic community

Restore and transform: Peter Willett Associates balance history and modern for Sydney cottage