View on View: Bangkok Hotel Renovation
With a view as good as this, it makes sense to embrace it. Onion architects, have done this precisely in Sala Rattanakosin – a renovation project in Bangkok. Words by Tess Ritchie.
From Singapore to London: De Vere Gardens Flat
De Vere Gardens Flat belongs to an extended family of several generations from South East Asia, who visit London often. VW+BS transformed it to suit.
West End Cottage Renovation: A Photo Essay
Not long after the 2011 flood that swept through Brisbane, Owen and Vokes and Peters Architects were approached to renovate and extend a small timber worker’s cottage in Brisbane.
Layers and Light: Renovation of a Victorian House
Alfred Street Residence is a light-filled family home in Melbourne. The renovation, by studiofour, plays with ceiling and floor levels, creates strong interior-exterior connection, and uses a calming palette as a backdrop for belongings.
An Explosion of Green: Hanoi Renovation by Vo Trong Nghia
‘Greenfall Renovation’ is Vo Trong Nghia Architects’ solution to Hanoi’s urban problems. It’s triangle light well, choice of reflective materials and abundance of greenery combats electricity shortages and flooding, pollution and general lack of green, creating a lush explosion of colour in its busy neighbourhood. Words by Tess Ritchie.
A modern beach house informed by an old shed
offSET Shed House in Gisborne, by Irving Smith Jack Architects, demonstrates New Zealand’s affinity with coastal living and how the tradition of the bach is still alive. Words by Tess Ritchie.
Fig trees, a growing family and Japanese design in Victoria.
A growing family and a Fig tree: two important factors in the extension of Matt and Sonia Hegarty’s home in Coburg, Victoria, by Windust Architects, which features some intriguing Japanese elements. Words by Tess Ritchie.
Two Homes, Two Generations, One Roof
HOUSE house is an appropriate name for this twin-dwelling in Melbourne’s Richmond. Using the shell of two Victorian Terraces, Maynard Architects have designed one piece of architecture that acts as two homes.
New York in Manly
Donny’s & Co Manly is a sustainable bar both in the “design approach and its potential for longevity as a thriving small bar in Manly.” We speak to Stuart Krelle – director of Luchetti Krelle. Words by Tess Ritchie.
Weatherboard Cottage Extension
Very few houses successfully tread the tightrope between individuality and common aesthetic, but this 1930’s cottage extension is up to the challenge.
Behind the Façade
On the preserved 1950s façade, steel letters spell it out: Sunrise Confectioners. But, architect Stephen Jolson has transformed the interior of this former sweets factory into a home and studio in a way that surprises even Stephen Crafti.
House Bruce Alexander
Suburban living at its best. Philippa Daly looks at a conservative house in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills where Tribe Studio Architects have forged a graceful solution to inner-city living.