Architecture australia
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Project • By Canopy Fitouts • Offices
Davos and Miles Wealth Partners
Set within a corner tenancy overlooking Melbourne's CBD, Davos and Miles Wealth Partners reconsiders the traditional workplace through a carefully composed arrangement of spaces centred around connection, arrival and experience. Developed by Canopy Fitouts, the project pairs bespoke architectural interventions with a cohesive design language to create a workplace that feels both highly tailored and distinctly its own.
At the heart of the workplace, a sculptural stone island forms the organisational centre of the floorplate. Conceived as a combined reception and hospitality element, it anchors the arrival experience while establishing a place for gathering, conversation and informal exchange. Rather than concealing hospitality within the ba... More
Project • By LifeSpaces Group • Private Houses
Torquay Garden House
Presenting the Torquay Garden House by Lifespaces Group—a Geelong-based builder crafting exclusive designs in collaboration with Australia’s foremost architects. Nestled along Victoria’s Surf Coast, this project is from the Auhaus Release by Melbourne-based Auhaus Architecture.
Nikole Ramsay
Nikole Ramsay
The home's standout façade is a composition of copper, brick and timber. Over time,the copper’s surface will develop a natural patina, transitioning from deep brown toweathered blue, eventually acquiring a greenish tone. This natural transformationoccurs in response to the coastal environment, protecting the metal beneath.
Nikole Ramsay
Nikole Ramsay
Central to the design is a private co... More
Project • By Marker Architecture • Private Houses
Ripple House
Grandparents stand on the balcony watching the grandkids catch crabs at the foreshore below. These were the mornings envisioned and now come to life for the owners of Ripple House. Situated within a Spotted Gum Forest on Pittwater, the home has been crafted in the image of its environment and its occupants in equal measure.
Simon Whitbread
Simon Whitbread
Simon Whitbread
The owner’s brief was that the house should sit harmoniously with the natural environment and create a sanctuary where three generations of family could socialise together. A place where little ones, feel secure but unencumbered in the bush landscape. Entry from the street is via a permeable vehicle bridge that spans over the root balls of several larg... More
Project • By Matyas Architects • Offices
Bay Street Mixed-Use Building
Encompassing a commercial tenancy, design studio and private residence, 264 Bay Street is a 4-storey mixed-use building, designed by Matyas Architects & Interiors. Home to their Studio and Director’s primary residence, the project provides a living example of the studio’s design approach and their 39 years of practice.
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
Alex Reinders
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Project • By Habitat Studio Architects • Private Houses
Tahiti Residence
This contemporary design explores concepts of textures, landscapes, and materiality, creating a private sanctuary that allows an abundance of natural light and indoor/outdoor flow. With spaces for both socialising and relaxation, the layout of the house is perfect for entertaining guests or hiding away with a good book.The design accommodates multiple spaces for varying weather conditions and seasons, with landscape veins running through recesses in the built form to have an adjacency to the internal at all times.
Kristian Van Der Beek
Kristian Van Der Beek
Kristian Van Der Beek
Kristian Van Der Beek
The lower level of the house is designed in a U-shape around the landscaped pool courtyard on the north, with large glass... More
Project • By Design+Architecture • Art Galleries
Figtree Galleries
In 2020, Design+Architecture was commissioned by Livingstone Shire Council to design an art gallery in Yeppoon. First considerations were for the site's uniqueness: a narrow, sloping block nestled behind two historic Fig trees and situated beside Yeppoon’s original Post Office. It was paramount that the gallery was humble yet responded to its context. The design delivers a much-needed artist precinct while retaining and celebrating the significant history of the site.
Cameron Murchison
Cameron Murchison
The design process involved lengthy consultation with the council and the Yeppoon arts community. As a result, the concept of the new gallery is based on the rich history of communication, pineapples, and bathing boxes, syno... More
Project • By Sean Godsell Architects • Private Houses
Carter Tucker House
A three level 12m x 6m box was embedded into the side of a sand dune. The house has three rooms. The lower ground floor is for guests and the single space can be divided by a sliding wall into two rooms if so required. Similarly the single space on the middle level can also be divided to separate the owner’s bedroom from a small sitting area. The top floor is for living and eating and takes advantage of views across a rural landscape. The top floor is also a daylight photographic studio.
Earl Carter
In the Kew house two semiotic devices were employed (the divided plan - east and the kitchen table - west) to illustrate the principal architectural proposition of the building ie the east/west hybrid. My interest in this idea stems... More
Project • By Albert Mo Architects (AMoA) • Private Houses
Carpenter’s Square House
Taking cues from the existing solid red brick Edwardian house, the materiality of Carpenter’s Square House is a redistribution and reinterpretation of the existing: the 2 course high dusty purple brick band on the facades is now amplified to become the floor and walls inside the house; while the white render on top of the red bricks is now extended to be the façade of the extension.
Derek Swalwell
We often ask ourselves: Do we stand outside of our house to stare and admire it or do we spend most of our time indoors when we are at home? How does a house become a home? How do we justify spending the budget externally when contextually it doesn’t serve any purpose? The triangular site is sandwiched between Caulfield Ra... More
News • News • 14 Oct 2020
SANAA’s Sydney Modern Project set to transform The Art Gallery of New South Wales
Scheduled for completion in late 2022, The Sydney Modern Project will transform The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), one of Australia’s flagship art museums. The $344 million (AUD) project features at its core a new standalone building by Pritzker Prize-winning architects SANAA. The new building will sit in contrast to the Gallery’s main 19th-century neo-classical building, forming in the interstitial space a new outdoor public garden with views over Sydney Harbour.
Credit: Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA© Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2018
Light and open to its surroundings, the proposed building responds to the site’s topography with a series of pavilions that cascade down the hill toward... More
Project • By Eckersley Architects • Apartments
Carlton Apartment
Situated amongst nature in the city, Carlton Apartment redesign breathes new contemporary life and light into an old Melbourne home. The clever use of joinery along with the reorientation of rooms to embrace surrounding gardens, creates a functional home that echoes the owners need for versatile and reflective spaces.
Dan Preston
Dan Preston
The ageing apartment needed to be realigned with the owner's needs, giving it new purpose and usability. The idea was to create a reflective and calm space that incorporates nature and takes advantage of the position alongside Carlton Gardens. A small space to work within, there was a need to maximise available floorspace through integrated joinery, to create a new home office as well as maxi... More