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Small Footprint Housing | R Architecture

R Architecture’s Small Footprint Housing, located in Pascoe Vale bucks typical housing design trends to build upwards and provide a contemporary take on Melbourne’s quintessential terrace houses. There’s been many calls by architects and...

Project | 29/05/2024

Melbourne home achieves sustainability with unorthodox methods

. Working on a narrow site, the designers applied unconventional strategies and together with a clever use of materials and technologies, they created the sustainable and sunlit ‘Joan 7.3’. With a request from the client for ample floor...

Project | 29/05/2024

UQ Reconciliation Garden | Arcadia

the power of collaborative design. Landscape architects from Arcadia’s Brisbane studio headed up the masterplan, design documentation and construction administration for the project, in close collaboration with UQ-appointed Multhana Property...

Project | 29/05/2024

A'Beckett Tower

of eccentric design in this area. ARCHITECT’S WORDS Sitting on a 900 sqm block, A’Beckett Tower is a prototype for high-density residual infill. The transition from podium to tower is treated non-traditionally, with a thin veneer of...

Project | 29/05/2024

A contemporary eye clinic that feels like home

space. Brief That brief was simple – the client had seen the architect’s previous work on a similar project and was looking for a similar style. The design required a new shopfront and reception area, including a new floor and ceiling...

Project | 29/05/2024

The Good Life House

Located in Fairfield, the design takes advantage of the long northern boundary by letting natural light and warmth into each and every living, eating and sleeping space. Located on a generous level site in the suburb of Fairfield, the design takes...

Project | 29/05/2024

Bramley Residence | Taouk Architects

instantly invoke a feeling of opulence. Glazing and natural light from the north was a key factor to the design process, as was the visual connection to the street and landscaped surrounds. A palette of polished concrete floors, timber cladding...

Project | 29/05/2024

Building a children’s hospice: Hummingbird House by ThomsonAdsett

The latest children’s hospice to be completed in Queensland gives us important insights into how design may contribute to short break stays and end-of-life care for children and teenagers. Australian architects have a lot to boast about when it...

Project | 29/05/2024

Highlight House by SSD Studio

recycling. Where possible renewable, plantation timbers were selected to limit the impact on resources generally throughout the construction. KEY INITIATIVES The design of the alteration and addition considered sustainability from first principles...

Project | 29/05/2024

High-performing Melbourne office brings together CBD and Docklands

699 Bourke Street was incorporated within the original design of Southern Cross Station, creating a unique commercial opportunity at the junction of Melbourne’s CBD and Docklands. From the architect: 699 Bourke Street was incorporated within the...

Project | 29/05/2024

Technē emulates Porsche ethos at Doncaster dealership

quality and sentiment of the Porsche brand. A true passion project for Travers, he says that the architectural design of the facility is in direct response to the brand, its remarkable cars and the high standard of service that is offered in their...

Project | 29/05/2024

Canning Street House | Foomann Architects

Small in footprint and large in design gesture, Canning Street House seeks to create a diversity of spatial experiences within a reduced context. Small in footprint and large in design gesture, Canning Street House seeks to create a diversity of...

Project | 29/05/2024

Fifty Two Black | Nicholas Day Architects, Meg Sharpe

to perfection, with an eye for classical detail. Gregory Tuck Architecture is a design studio based in Brooklyn, NYC, deeply committed to the authenticity and resonance of historical forms. Drawing on the relaxed elegance of Brighton, the...

Project | 29/05/2024

Celebrating Surry Hills in a Victorian terrace renovation

overhead feature lighting track. There is a small courtyard midway in the depth of the plan, allowing natural light to permeate deep into the house. “Natural light is introduced on two sides, and from above, it creates a sense of space larger...

Project | 29/05/2024

The beauty and flexibility of a modern, sustainable terrace house

two-storey building on the north boundary, the site for this new home presented a great challenge in providing good passive solar design. The design response creates beautiful, naturally lit spaces, with a courtyard, open plan living, and a series...

Project | 29/05/2024

Horsham Riverfront Upgrade | Chris Elliott Architects

Late last year Chris Elliott Architects won the commission to design a number of structures along the riverfront to help with its revitalization. From the architect:. Late last year Chris Elliott Architects won the commission to design a number...

Project | 29/05/2024

Small House

-compact design presents a solution to the issue of urban sprawl. IN BRIEF The philosophy of small house was to build upwards rather than outwards, by assigning multiple uses to single spaces, with flexibility for change in the future. The site is comparable...

Project | 29/05/2024

UNSW Roundhouse

The generous spaces and pioneering elegant design of the Roundhouse have supported the cultural and social life of the University and the city for 60 years. Designed by the NSW Government Architect, Joseph W. van der Steen and Edwards Madigan...

Project | 29/05/2024

Australian War Memorial Eastern Precinct

Design and build an Eastern Precinct Development on the Australian War Memorial site. Integrate a series of site, landscape and building works into the development, including new cafe and visitor building, National Service memorial and courtyard, under...

Project | 29/05/2024

A floating box insertion with an anti-box attitude

explains of her transition. “I really like the idea of passive solar design – in homes especially – so that’s always an important part of my design. I also just like being able to have the time and opportunity to spend enough time on...

Project | 29/05/2024

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