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Open Shut House | WALA

-deco styled dwelling, Open Shut House has been extended to account for the ever-changing nature of a family with four young adult children. Housing a new extension and the original house on a long and narrow block, the house is home to two very distinct...

Project | 29/05/2024

Glass Lantern building mediates the old and new in Melbourne

rectangular pyramids of low- e coated double glazed units. The panels were crafted overseas by China Southern Glass but Cooksley said the individual housing brackets for the polyhedrons were bought from Australian retailers and were made on...

Project | 29/05/2024

Highlight House by SSD Studio

innovation and excellence in sustainable design. The concept of a highlight window at the transition of the new and old enlivens the modest side addition, housing a new kitchen and dining room, opening out to a generous veranda and pool. Daylight and...

Project | 29/05/2024

Datum House takes the Victorian silhouette into the 21st Century

material references. The project takes inspiration from its surroundings and context and reinterprets its findings through a contemporary take on a traditional Victorian elevation, resulting in a considered outcome and street integration. We started off...

Project | 29/05/2024

Craigieburn library design opens new chapter in suburban sustainability

landscape are being replaced with imported brick, concrete and tiles that characterise new housing development. In contrast, the project utilises locally sourced earth as the primary building material, establishing a high-sustainable, green agenda and...

Project | 29/05/2024

Tanner House: Downsizing without losing space

commercial buildings. This meant that there was no such external vista for the house to focus on, meaning the house had to become internal while at the same time providing amenity. Before After It was important to retain the character and history...

Project | 29/05/2024

Marrick & Co: The sustainable apartments that are uniquely Marrickville

community hub, children’s playground, indoor and outdoor events space, public parks and nine affordable housing units. Important local heritage buildings have also been preserved, restored and adaptively reused. For example, the old hospital has been...

Project | 29/05/2024

Slack Asia Pacific Headquarters

digital, industrial and fabricated meets the natural, crafted and personal.” The Malstore building has layers of character; built in 1904 for the Carlton United Brewery, it represents a point of technical innovation. Housing Slack in this building...

Project | 29/05/2024

The Tjuringa House: Deliberately timeless

its position. The programme bunkers down into the hillside and utilizes the brick structure as a place of refuge, housing many private and secret spaces to the West, and opens out to the Eastern view side to embrace the morning sun and entertain guests...

Project | 29/05/2024

Solar Thermal Solutions : Solar Flat Plates from Genersys

hailstone resistance Surrounding frame with integral groove to seal the collector to roof join High temperature resistant, elastic support elements to absorb and transmit atmospheric pressure from the pane of glass to the membrane at base of the housing...

Product by Genersys Solar Australia Pty Ltd

Little Falu | Michael & Maša Ofei

Hobart-based joiner, the custom windows contribute to the home’s ambience by maximising natural light — a design principle synonymous with Nordic housing. This emphasis on natural light is achieved without sacrificing the exterior aesthetics...

Project | 29/05/2024

Pear Tree House | Glasshouse Projects

ensure that a modern extension remained sympathetic to the character of the original 1890 sandstone cottage, which sat on a 627 sqm block. Boutique architecture and construction firm Glasshouse Projects, refigured the older back part of the home, creating...

Project | 29/05/2024

What do we lose when our old suburbs disappear?

I live on the edge of Parramatta, Australia’s fastest-growing city, on the kind of old-fashioned suburban street that has 1950s fibros constructed in the post-war housing boom, double-storey brick homes with Greek columns that aspirational migrants...

News | 02/05/2024

58 Stevens Street

, the client sought a grouped housing development that could be divided to yield more than four dwellings, should the local density code change in the future. The brief also called for sustainable building practices, materials and finishes, minimal...

Project | 29/05/2024

Past and present, dusk and dawn: the design dichotomies of the National Archives Preservation Facility

practical; it is also symbolic. Housing over 15 million records from our nation’s past, its role is not just to manage and preserve these important artefacts. It is also intended to act as a symbolic keeper of our collective memory. When may...

Project | 29/05/2024

The Alba | Fender Katsalidis

Government unveils its Housing Statement and plans to convert nearly 80 underused office buildings into residential and mixed-use properties. Situated next door to the luxury independent living residence The Grace, also designed by FK, The Alba is the latest...

Project | 29/05/2024

Two townhouses for the site of one: testing density at 1 North Street

housing climate we face. Having worked on a number of architecturally-designed homes as a labourer [during] university, I noticed that, despite the [price] clients pay in pursuit of a design idea, the outcome does not necessarily improve the [user...

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 towering tree-filled tribute

earth. With over 23,000 trees, shrubs and plants sitting amongst every garden, balcony and terrace of the building, Tao Zhu Yin Yuan has quite the set of lungs. The building absorbs approximately 130 tons of carbon a year, with plants on the balconies...

Project | 29/05/2024

Farmhouse Residence | Smith Architects

lived and worked on a farm for over 40 years with her late husband, the mantra was clear: utilise the memories embedded within the soil and acknowledge the blood, sweat and occasional tears that forged connections between land, place and person...

Project | 29/05/2024

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