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Adelaide Tea House | Northern Edge Studio

and site footprint. The house also had a studio space on the same site which was under used as a guest house/storage space. "Would you let me try and help?" asks Paul. And off we went. The concept design was always linked around...

Project | 31/05/2024

Refurbishing a significant Sydney Art Deco chapel

additional capacity, while still maintaining the integrity of the building. A continuous herringbone tiled floor was created from the road to the altar, providing a visually impactful, seamless design. The exterior modifications also incorporated ramps for...

Project | 31/05/2024

Computershare | Hassell

spaces and flexibility to support a structural business change being undertaken by the IT company. As opposed to the traditional business model that saw two thirds of space utilised for individual work, Hassell have flipped the office on its head, with...

Project | 31/05/2024

WSU Bankstown City Campus | HDR

that will propel tertiary education architecture for years to come. Occupied by the next generation of researchers, educators and students from the first semester in 2023, the collaboration project brings up to 10,000 students, 1,000 staff and...

Project | 31/05/2024

Bridging old and new in Brisbane’s oldest suburb

workers cottage on a busy thoroughfare. Best described by the architect, it is “a 19th century remnant in an otherwise densely developed commercial, government and health precinct, dominated in particular by the massive department of transport and...

Project | 31/05/2024

An Art Deco moment in an austere Adelaide suburb

budget, the space needed to include a lot of elements while also being environmentally-friendly. Design The design was inspired by the clients’ love of Art Deco and P&O-style architecture, as well as their fondness for bold, bright colours...

Project | 31/05/2024

The Woolloomooloo Bachelor Pad | The Unlisted Collective

The Woolloomooloo Apartment has been transformed into a sophisticated “Bachelor Pad” embracing a masculine, dark and moody finishes palette, in line with the client's vision. From the designers The Woolloomooloo Apartment has been transformed...

Project | 31/05/2024

Milkbar House | Kennedy Nolan Architects

seen in Asian nations, the street door leads directly to a green space, likened to an urban oasis. Providing relief from the hustle and bustle, the space is a place for the occupants to convene, and serves as an ‘ante-room’ to the interiors...

Project | 31/05/2024

Brisbane St Additions

technology features throughout the house to facilitate a sophisticated and responsive environment. The arrangement of materials and lighting also helped to create the dynamic functional environment that the occupants sought for. DESIGN DESCRIPTION The...

Project | 31/05/2024

The ‘ZigZag’ House

it, and give ourselves the opportunity to build a home for our family of 5. But the biggest stroke of luck was meeting Andrew and Mark and the Austin Maynard Team. We wanted to capitalise on our luck by building a home for life...

Project | 31/05/2024

House in Tasmania (Big Red) | Architect George

Architect George has devised House in Tasmania (Big Red) with the home's in the immediate context proving influential to the design. Translating the quintessential Australian shack into a contemporary abode for a creative couple with two dogs...

Project | 31/05/2024

Harry's Park

Penelope Seidler pursued the realisation of Harry's Park as a public bequest in honour of the late Harry Seidler's contribution to architecture. After gaining a covenant over the site to rescue it from commercial development, Penelope Seidler...

Project | 31/05/2024

Victoria Hotel | Nathan Porter

Stokehouse head chef Brendan Anderson. With a heritage overlay on the hotel’s double-storey exterior, balancing their vision for “monochromatic simplicity” and the more typical colour schemes prescribed in heritage authority...

Project | 31/05/2024

Our Resilient House | Contexture

spaces provides shade and gives occupants the ability to interact with the passing parade on the public bikeway. A weather-tight room on the ground floor spanning 25 square metres was included after Brisbane Town Planning came across an...

Project | 31/05/2024

Ruckers Hill House | Studio Bright

Roman characteristic, that could quite easily act as a poolside chaise, veranda to a garden and even at times an indoor cricket pitch. A pool that resembles a Roman bath has been constructed thanks to the design by Studio Bright creating enough room for...

Project | 31/05/2024

Apartments that feel like homes that look like architectural fish bowls

It also means that there is substantial room left over for a ‘front yard’ – a further nod to the vanishing Hills Hoist fantasy. BKK Architects say that the apartments have been designed with a strong focus on accessibility...

Project | 31/05/2024

Brisbane’s oldest performing arts theatre, redefined

weatherboard to a 1970s brick roundhouse to a millennial building on the campus of QUT – La Boite theatre may have grown and advanced and radically re-formed, but thanks to a sensitive design that draws from its heritage, Queensland’s oldest...

Project | 31/05/2024

RACV Cape Schanck Resort | Wood Marsh

, being able to host and cater larger conferencing and events should they be required. The site the resort sits on has been tampered with by previous developments. The design team endeavoured to regenerate the setting, which is reflected...

Project | 31/05/2024

Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club

beach, it looks as if it is floating atop the greenery that sits around the perimeter of the building. The cafe, bar and box office view of the Bass Strait are all accessible on the second floor, and it's here that Wood Marsh’s design nous...

Project | 31/05/2024

Epping Generation House | Vanessa Wegner Architect

Principal, to discuss the genesis of the project. Architecture & Design: Can you describe the initial vision for this project and how it evolved over time? Vanessa Wegner: I was approached by Allister and Claire a young family with 2 kids...

Project | 31/05/2024

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