Bay window

Comprising 33 two and three bedroom luxury apartments over four levels, Avenir is composed as an assemblage of projecting and overlapping bay windows. These elements recall the picturesque playfulness and complex roof forms that are typical of the Queen Anne period. Shannon McGrath The architecture aims to create an engaging sculptural object that sits comfortably within its surrounding context. Partly taking its cue from the suburb’s Edwardian past, the formal response could be considered as an abstraction of the exuberance of the era. Shannon McGrath Shannon McGrath Deep blue translucent glass is provided as an accent colour to the projecting window forms, recalling the decorative stained glass of the past, while ac... More

Castle Cove alterations is Chung Architects first project.  The project is modest in scale and budget.  We set out to rejuvenate a tired family home and make it more suited to its context, the naturalistic landscape terraced garden and the functional needs of the family.   Andrew Chung Andrew Chung The family have diverse needs for the home including work from home facilities, a home arts and crafts studio and a community food cooperative for over 50 local families.  The brief for the project was to add a living room and bedroom and refine other parts of the home. Andrew Chung Andrew Chung Andrew Chung Andrew Chung The project consists of dual built forms including the combined living, kit... More

A family house in the Isreali Desert - The "Negev". All Steel Windows and doors are protected from the high solar radiation with external shading solutions: Roller Shutters in the sleeping rooms, and External Venetian Blinds in the public area.  Karin Ravenna Karin Ravenna The External Venetian Blinds allow for smart Sun-Protection, while maintaining the clean and elegant look of the Steel-Windows & Doors.  Karin Ravenna   All windows open-in, with external-magnetic-transparent insect screens. All screens have an ultra-minimalist frame, which is attached to the Steel-Profile with special magnets from the outside, without harming the clean and minimalistic look.   Karin Ravenna Designg: Sh... More

Like force vectors, the apartment building’s irregular spatial structure pushes the projecting bay windows and balconies outward and interlocks with the urban space. The urban structure fits like a hinge into the dense neighbourhood of Zurich’s Seefeld. The volumetric concept emerges from the building’s interior: the various room structures nestle around a central concrete core illuminated from above. The flats are entered via a central corridor from which the rooms fan out. A living room measuring over 40 m2 and illuminated on three sides contains a freestanding kitchen placed in the room as a work of carpentry. A large bay window or balcony connects the rooms outwards and spacious terraces extend the duplex penthous... More