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Arcadia pushes 3D modeling boundaries with first ever large-scale Corian feature wall

‘incidental seating’ provided for students through a range of steps and walls, evolved to pair of walls that create a processional entry from the street to the building foyer. Photography by Cameron Bloom It is these walls that maketh the...

Project | 29/05/2024

Secretive VIC house grows out of the land, moves in time with trees

and radial sawn regrowth hardwood cladding expressing the materiality of the grain. In terms of ESD, passive solar design principles were employed for the project, with a strong emphasis placed on natural cross ventilation. The entire northern...

Project | 29/05/2024

2018 Sustainability Awards finalist: Synergy, CSIRO

architecture internally, and externally created a solution that is truly designed from the inside out, resulting in an integrated workplace building bespoke to its “place”. The Black Mountain forest provides fertile material for developing...

Project | 29/05/2024

The shifting perspectives of Joinery Box House

briefing process to describe the architecture itself. From front to back, Joinery Box House takes on a completely different character, shedding its street-facing heritage brickwork to take on a more modern character at the rear. In short, Joinery Box...

Project | 29/05/2024

Marcus Beach | Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

for the family’s private spaces/ sleeping quarters that are separated through a subtle shift of axis. Working predominantly with the form of the existing home, the design of the new extension is clearly defined, separating both...

Project | 29/05/2024

Tropical glasshouse combines post-war austerity with modern luxury to deliver exquisite beauty

relax is when she is on holidays, hence the idea to design a home that has a resort feel, which perhaps was made a bit easier by the fact it was set in Noosa, just north of Brisbane and a well-known holdiay spot for bothe Australains and overseas...

Project | 29/05/2024

Colo Crossings | Benn & Penna Architecture

. The dwelling is a tranquil sanctuary tucked away from suburbia amongst a relatively untapped landscape, with its sustainable and raw design qualities making for an amicable relationship with its immediate environment. ...

Project | 29/05/2024

Creating a light, open space for contemporary urban living

A small addition to a heritage worker’s cottage in the back streets of Carlton has created a light-filled open space for contemporary living. A small addition to a heritage worker’s cottage in the back streets of Carlton has created a light...

Project | 29/05/2024

Relaxed beach-inspired addition to a Spanish mission home

from the initial concept design. Several builders provided early indicative pricings and the client adjusted their budget to accommodate the requirements deemed essential to the house. A cost consultant also provided a reference pricing. After a delayed...

Project | 29/05/2024

Paper Stone Scissors

graphic black and white was also used to assist with wayfinding and providing an iconic interior for the client. ACCOLADES Australian Interior Design Awards Workplace Design Award 2012 Belle/Coco Republic Interior Design Awards 2012 PRODUCTS...

Project | 29/05/2024

Intimacy interspersed with long vistas at The Dairy

timber wall marks the colossal entranceway, but since it is punctured by two vast (and similarly geometric) openings, it is saved from becoming too imposing. The two openings represent bare minimum design: a grand, square entrance clad in copper, and a...

Project | 29/05/2024

Iconic recent Australian architecture

-viewed projects on Architecture & Design this year really does say something. Architecture like this is all about the feeling it elicits, as opposed to outward aesthetics (although this project is certainly aesthetically appealing). When viewed from a distance...

Project | 29/05/2024

A sustainable villa in Kew

evident. This is a positive characteristic which makes the wider group of buildings feel consistent and still of the one design type. I felt it was necessary that the new works didn't go rogue and depart from the old works too much, but for the sake...

Project | 29/05/2024

Inside SJB’s exposed concrete residential fortress

-washed Cypress pine floors, and Carrara marble – contribute to its new architectural profile. This contemporary animation continues throughout the substantial number of outdoor spaces. For instance, at the rear of 41 Birmingham and on its rooftop...

Project | 29/05/2024

University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL

The Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland makes a shift from thinking of buildings as consumers to being contributors to the regeneration of the ecological and social environment. The Global Change Institute at the University of...

Project | 29/05/2024

Court House | Archier

thermal integrity that’s open to the surrounding landscape; the steep nature of the 1.3 acre site was a considerable limitation, restricting the space for the build; and Julia comes from a line of avid gardeners, so she wanted the garden to be a...

Project | 29/05/2024

tone wheeler design notes for week /202 from tone on tuesday

The detail in the glass: Glass Eclipse, a Parramatta landmark

Celio Springs | Western Architecture Studio / Andrew T Boyne Architect

Surry Hills Studio by Tanner Kibble Denton Architects

Eschewing the zeitgeist at Field House

Arcadia pushes 3D modeling boundaries with first ever large-scale Corian feature wall

Secretive VIC house grows out of the land, moves in time with trees

2018 Sustainability Awards finalist: Synergy, CSIRO

The shifting perspectives of Joinery Box House

Marcus Beach | Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Tropical glasshouse combines post-war austerity with modern luxury to deliver exquisite beauty

Colo Crossings | Benn & Penna Architecture

Creating a light, open space for contemporary urban living

Relaxed beach-inspired addition to a Spanish mission home

Paper Stone Scissors

Intimacy interspersed with long vistas at The Dairy

Iconic recent Australian architecture

A sustainable villa in Kew

Inside SJB’s exposed concrete residential fortress

University of Queensland Global Change Institute by HASSELL

Court House | Archier