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CB Alexander College, Tocal by Ian McKay and Philip Cox, Architects in Association wins Enduring Architecture Award at AIA National Awards

quadrangle, the latter topped with a steep trussed spire, forming a central landmark. Photography by Max Dupain "The architects had embarked on what Phillip Cox describes as ‘a radical change from prevailing modernist institutional...

Project | 31/05/2024

Hawken | OH Architecture

. Hawken was designed to cater for large groups when the family are home, as well as small intimate spaces for the owners to spend their days in retirement. That may be in the library, on the rooftop terrace, or cooking in the open plan kitchen. With...

Project | 31/05/2024

Building 56 Redevelopment, Monash University by McGlashan Everist wins 2016 Sustainability Awards - Large Commercial

reuse...", selecting the project from a strong field of five finalists. Scroll to the bottom to see comments from our jury on this project. McGlashan Everist has renovated a dilapidated asbestos clad warehouse at Monash University’s Clayton campus...

Project | 31/05/2024

This Queensland office by Ellivo Architects will make you jealous with its escape slide

proudly on show within the building. As with all successful commercial fitouts, their newly designed office had to become a part of their brand. However, it was only with the help of a design translator – Ellivo Architects – that...

Project | 31/05/2024

Clever use of brick in an indoor-outdoor home

, approximately 30 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD. Designed to sit comfortably in its mature landscape, a small, detached studio situated within the winter courtyard houses a pottery kiln that required a chimney and this became the inspiration for the first of...

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Australia 108 | Fender Katsalidis

both design firm Fender Katsalidis and Australian architecture as a whole. The tower, built by Multiplex for World Class Global took approximately seven years to complete. Encompassing 100 levels over 319 metres, the tower is the Southern...

Project | 31/05/2024

Art Pop House | The Stylesmiths

, with a new entertainment unit channeling the plinth with its design. Custom joinery set on cast concrete was designed to ensure the unit remains discreet. Slim, cream brick-tiles cover the reverse side of the central unit that divides the living room...

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Slater White House

-storey construction. IN BRIEF Design an extension to the house, including master bedroom, en suite and study. Also add a sunroom or large living area at the back of the house for the whole family to enjoy. ARCHITECT’S WORDS “We should put a...

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Spink St | Peter Ryan Architects

top terrace provided for tenant use offers expansive views from Port Phillip Bay to the Melbourne CBD. Located within the Martin Street Neighbourhood Activity Centre, the project rejuvenated a prominent but neglected property through the...

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Spink St | Peter Ryan Architects

roof top terrace provided for tenant use offers expansive views from Port Philip Bay to the Melbourne CBD. Located within the Martin Street Neighbourhood Activity Centre, the project rejuvenated a prominent but neglected property through the...

Project | 31/05/2024

Parramatta Aquatic Centre | Grimshaw / ABA / McGregor Coxall

scheme from a Design Excellence Competition in 2018, at which time the jury commended the response to exceptional operational aspects, the generosity of space contributing to the user experience and the integration of the scheme into the park...

Project | 31/05/2024

Mamre School: using unstable spaces to create connection

beginning of the design process, the school was growing in numbers and provided education up to year 10. The aim of the project was to build a purpose-designed seniors’ study centre for year 11 and 12. 2015 would be the first year the school would...

Project | 31/05/2024

Wooden bricks clad the Stonewood house by Breathe Architecture

. The music room, created for one of the owners, can be closed off with a sliding timber door. Shelves located behind the door helps to reduce the noise. Sustainability, as is expected of the practice, was incorporated into the design from the outset...

Project | 31/05/2024

Raked roof, clestory windows shape light at Northcote Solar Home by Green Sheep Collective

-level environmentally sustainable design (ESD) with a striking roofscape, contemporary finishes, and an emphasis on outdoors and family. The Northcote Solar Home answers the client’s brief to provide a comfortable, sustainable, passive solar home that allows...

Project | 31/05/2024

Northcote Solar Home by Green Sheep Collective

-level environmentally sustainable design (ESD) with a striking roofscape, contemporary finishes, and an emphasis on outdoors and family. The Northcote Solar Home answers the client’s brief to provide a comfortable, sustainable, passive solar home that allows...

Project | 31/05/2024

42 Goulburn Street

childhood, the client purchased the property in a dilapidated state, and sought to restore the building and convert it into inner-city apartments. A key design challenge for the project was to reconcile and rework the sectional relationship throughout the...

Project | 31/05/2024

Dulwich Hill Residence | Studio P

the bathroom. Studio P set to work on devising a home that was to be spacious enough despite the site constraints. It forced the practice to be clever in their design, with a cathedral ceiling in the new addition utilised to increase...

Project | 31/05/2024

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CB Alexander College, Tocal by Ian McKay and Philip Cox, Architects in Association wins Enduring Architecture Award at AIA National Awards

Hawken | OH Architecture

Building 56 Redevelopment, Monash University by McGlashan Everist wins 2016 Sustainability Awards - Large Commercial

Pompei | Carter Williamson

Mona Vale Surf Life Saving Club | Warren & Mahoney

Toorak's Limestone House | John Wardle Architects

This Queensland office by Ellivo Architects will make you jealous with its escape slide

Clever use of brick in an indoor-outdoor home

Australia 108 | Fender Katsalidis

Art Pop House | The Stylesmiths

Slater White House

Spink St | Peter Ryan Architects

Spink St | Peter Ryan Architects

Parramatta Aquatic Centre | Grimshaw / ABA / McGregor Coxall

Mamre School: using unstable spaces to create connection

Wooden bricks clad the Stonewood house by Breathe Architecture

Raked roof, clestory windows shape light at Northcote Solar Home by Green Sheep Collective

Northcote Solar Home by Green Sheep Collective

42 Goulburn Street

Dulwich Hill Residence | Studio P