Garden Retreat
The next frontier in sustainability will be noise pollution. Here is a house in Singapore by A D LAB which, says Paul McGillick, takes this on while also ticking a lot of other sustainable boxes.
A contemporary layer
Melbourne’s migrant history unfolds in this house in Prahran. Stephen Crafti explores a layered space by MULTIPLICITY that reflects the owner’s relaxed personality and willingness to push the boundaries.
Coastal Modernity
Known as the Blairgowrie II house, this timber and glass pavilion by InForm is nestled on Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.
Malaysia’s Ittka House
Malaysia’s Fabian Tan Architect has designed the Ittka House in Kuala Lumpur with privacy and nature in mind, crafting a space that is calm, open and light.
Designing new while staying true
The extension to two storeys of the True Blue Terrace house maximises its sloping site to create a series of interconnected spaces and external views.
The Shift House celebrates Rural Connections
Designed by Melbourne-based Honeyman + Smith Architects, the Shift House is an addition to an existing farmhouse in Harkaway, Victoria that maintains a connection to the existing residence and surrounding landscape.
Designing the O Residence
Pleysier Perkins have created a family home for a professional couple and their three young boys that carefully considers the use of space, neighbours, the original Victorian house and the surrounding streetscape. We sit down with architect Berit Barton to discuss how he approached the design of the O Residence.
A home for a Young Family
The Brighton East home by Dan Gayfer Design was built to accommodate a couple with three primary school aged children, and is imbued with human elements that not only reflect the family’s lifestyle but also enhances and encourages new and unexpected interaction and engagement.
The Burcham: Twenty-first century living, old world soul
The Burcham in Rosebery is a planned luxury residential development that’s equal parts challenging convention, and recalling the past.
Beachside Jewel
Sensuous and spacious coastal home Villa Marittima by Robin Williams Architect has been crowned the winner in the National Architecture Awards’ People’s Choice Award.
Orchard Piper secures a new Melbourne site
Architectural developer Orchard Piper has acquired its fourth site, in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak just 75m from the highly prized Hawksburn Village.
A new addition to an Edwardian House
This project by B.E Architecture, involved upgrading an existing Edwardian house in Victoria’s Elsternwick in order to provide new living and ancillary spaces and a separate children’s zone. In a careful balance of old and new, the existing house has been restored in a way that is sympathetic to the history of the house by making evident what is original and what is new.