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Project • By Koichi Takada Architects • Apartments
Norfolk Burleigh Heads
Drawing inspiration from local Norfolk pines, the latest mixed-use residential project by Koichi Takada Architects is a sculptural and sympathetic addition to its coastal location in Burleigh Heads (Queensland, Australia). The organic, overlapping architectural curves and linear screening form the basis for this responsive building with passive design principles at play.
Scott Burrows
Designed to appreciate the 1,012 square-meter beachfront site on Goodwin Terrace at the southern end of Burleigh Heads Beach, the north facing 10-storey structure provides 15 unique apartments, two dual level penthouses with private rooftop pools, and impressive ground floor wellbeing amenities for residents to enjoy the prime location year... More
Project • By Studio Bark • Private Houses
Twin Barn Farm
The client approached Studio Bark with aspirations to create a new family home and a workshop for local craft businesses.The design for Twin Barn Farm had to negotiate the challenges of planning policy. The project required a thoughtful conversion of the steel framed shed with minimal impact on the external aesthetic. This innovative approach to permitted development has resulted in a spatially exciting and energy efficient family home and furniture workshop. Design ApproachWorking alongside engineers Structure Workshop, the team developed a solution which allowed the existing steel structure to flex independently from the timber structure of the new house inside. Therefore it resulted in a draft-free timber framed hous... More
Project • By Studio Bark • Private Houses
Periscope House
We should be building more modest, super-sustainable houses like this – a lot more. We need more Natashas to employ more Wilfs… We need to be braver. – Kevin McCloud, Channel 4’s Grand DesignsPeriscope House sits on virgin land in rural Norfolk, with a southern aspect & a gentle slope towards the valley of the River Tud. The two timber clad periscopic balconies frame the beautiful views to the valley. They also act as fixed passive solar shading as proportioned to respond directly to summer & winter sun angles. This ensures that the hot summer sun is blocked, whereas the cooler winter sun is able to enter into the thermal envelope with very little obstruction.A locally sourced Amelanchier tree has been transplanted in front of the s... More