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The Platform - North Eveleigh Affordable Housing by Arcadia Landscape Architecture (Architect: Architectus)

provided, catering for irrigation needs and reducing pressure on potable water sources. Xeriscape garden design minimises water usage An urban forest, utilising native and indigenous trees, has been integrated into the deepsoil area of the development...

Project | 30/05/2024

Balancing privacy and openness in a family home

particular for ground level internal spaces and providing opportunities for outdoor amenity across multiple levels. Design response The design response drew on the existing brick boundary walls, extending them along both street frontages to...

Project | 30/05/2024

The “new age” childcare centre making waves in architecture

experiences and the environment had on the brain, including the spatial ‘shell’ theory. For example, some experts believe that for infants a concealed and sheltered ‘shell’ soft environment is needed with maximum supervision...

Project | 30/05/2024

Seaberg House: a seaside dwelling, deconstructed

. Adjacent are a series of exterior outhouses. These rooms are attached via a pergola, providing both exposure and protection when moving from the inside core to the outhouses. The house’s design incorporates a stepped interior. On the exterior...

Project | 30/05/2024

Sebel's Manly Beach hotel

occasions there is clarity and understanding on what is required. “In this instance, we have drawn inspiration from The Sebel’s immediate environment, using design elements, colours and textures that reflect Manly’s urban beach appeal...

Project | 30/05/2024

“Architecture of silence” inspires KDV Golf and Tennis Academy

. Recreational space for the community, such as barbecues and physically-oriented outdoor leisure spaces, were to supplement the on-site sporting amenities. Shiro’s design was a single, flexible plan that accommodated multiple uses. Taking inspiration...

Project | 30/05/2024

Inverloch house and the ubiquitous role of the architect in quality prefab projects

briefs, Prebuilt worked with, and from, an architect’s drawings to incorporate the needs of individual clients and sites. Take Inverloch House for example, a three bedroom home built on top of a hill in a coastal region of Victoria. The home was...

Project | 30/05/2024

The house (almost) in the sky

incline, the home responds to site constraints by stepping up the hillside, creating split level zones; carport/storage at the lowest level, living zones on the central level and bedroom zones at the highest level. The stepped design allows for...

Project | 30/05/2024

Between a wool store and a shearing shed: TKD’s glass box restaurant

. But as much as the design by TKD Architects is a sharp contrast to the existing buildings, its form and material palette nonetheless draw from the agrarian history of the land. Glasshouse Restaurant is located on the site of the 1831 Goonoo Goonoo...

Project | 30/05/2024

Architectus’ Melbourne HQ: more residential warehouse than commercial office

interior design drew heavily from Architectus’ Sydney office at the MLC Centre, although translated to reflect a design that is “distinctly Melbourne”. “The design strips the building back to its raw structure,” reads a...

Project | 30/05/2024

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

Box House by Rob Henry Architects goes only where nature allows

Fairfield Primary School | NBRS Architecture and Fleetwood Australia

Beyond restoration: Supreme Court & City Hall, Singapore by Studio Milou

When the Box Office becomes the star of the show

Australia’s first cross-laminated timber office built in only a year

TAFE Gippsland Morwell

Wallan Veterinary Hospital is a breathable architectural “lantern”

Passivhaus Nursing Home

New Lismore Base Hospital ED opens to the public

Modern architecture makes stunning extension to Victorian heritage home

The Platform - North Eveleigh Affordable Housing by Arcadia Landscape Architecture (Architect: Architectus)

Balancing privacy and openness in a family home

The “new age” childcare centre making waves in architecture

Seaberg House: a seaside dwelling, deconstructed

Sebel's Manly Beach hotel

“Architecture of silence” inspires KDV Golf and Tennis Academy

Inverloch house and the ubiquitous role of the architect in quality prefab projects

The house (almost) in the sky

Between a wool store and a shearing shed: TKD’s glass box restaurant

Architectus’ Melbourne HQ: more residential warehouse than commercial office