A Modern Extension With A Cantilever Was Added To This 1910 Brick Cottage

May 25, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Justin Alexander   Luigi Rosselli Architects have designed a contemporary rear extension to this early 20th century brick worksman cottage in Sydney, Australia.   A verandah to the side of the house was extended to become a carport, and beyond, a swimming pool and additional living spaces were created. Photography by Justin Alexander The […]

Crescent Shapes And Bright Colors Feature In This Architect’s Home

May 24, 2017 Erin 0

Photography © Shannon McGrath   Robert Puksand of Australian architecture & interior design practice Gray Puksand, has designed a modern house for himself and his family, located in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton.   At the front of the low maintenance house, a ramp leads down to a sunken garage that opens up to a […]

Perimeter House encloses private courtyard and plunge pool in Melbourne

May 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Australian studio Make Architecture has added a brick extension to a Victorian cottage in Melbourne that bounds the street on one side and curves around a secluded courtyard on the other. Perimeter House is situated on a plot within the industrial neighbourhood of Abbotsford, which contains brick factories and warehouses that influenced Make Architecture’s choice

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Tandem’s Melbourne house features folded cladding interrupted by rusty steel window frames

May 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The curving corrugated-metal exterior of this house in Melbourne by local studio Tandem forms a continuous surface that encloses small pocket gardens. Tandem created the True North House for a tapering triangular plot in the Kensington neighbourhood of Melbourne, which was previously occupied by a decaying 1950s cottage and a stables built in the 1880s.

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Kennedy Nolan completes Arts and Crafts-inspired home in Melbourne

May 17, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Arched doorways, sculptural chimneys and a pyramid-shaped roof are among the quirky details that architecture studio Kennedy Nolan has used to add character to this east Melbourne home. Deepdene House is located in a suburban neighbourhood filled with Edwardian properties and verdant gardens. Kennedy Nolan describes its appearance as “roofs and chimneys emerging from lush tree canopies”. The Melbourne studio responded

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Kennedy Nolan completes Arts and Crafts-inspired home in Melbourne

May 17, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Arched doorways, sculptural chimneys and a pyramid-shaped roof are among the quirky details that architecture studio Kennedy Nolan has used to add character to this east Melbourne home. Deepdene House is located in a suburban neighbourhood filled with Edwardian properties and verdant gardens. Kennedy Nolan describes its appearance as “roofs and chimneys emerging from lush tree canopies”. The Melbourne studio responded

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Carr creates dark and moody interiors for art-filled hotel in Australia’s wine region

May 12, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Australian architecture studio Carr has transformed a Federation cottage on the Mornington Peninsula into the Jackalope hotel, cladding the building’s exterior in charred timber and creating interiors based on an alchemist’s workshop. The Jackalope is located in a wine-growing region south of Melbourne that is famed for its production of pinot noir. Comprising both an

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Japanese organisational technique informs layout of Sydney micro apartment

May 11, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Australian architect Nicholas Gurney has used bespoke joinery, sliding partitions and moveable furniture to make the most of limited space inside this 24-square-metre apartment in Sydney. The home, re-modelled for a newly married couple, is one of a number of small-scale apartments designed by Sydney-based Gurney. To make sure each of the clients’ belongings has its own place in

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This House Takes Advantage Of Its Elevated Views Of The Coastline

May 4, 2017 Erin 0

Photography © Open Studio Pty Ltd   Open Studio Pty Ltd Architecture have designed a house near Melbourne, Australia, that’s surrounded by water and bushland, and was designed for a couple, their dog, and visiting friends and family.   From the street, the view reveals that it’s an elevated two-storey home. Discreet in it’s foot-print, […]

The Courtyard House By FIGR Architecture & Design

May 2, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Tom Blachford   FIGR. Architecture & Design have designed this dark brick home in Australia, that wraps around a central courtyard.   Photography by Tom Blachford Elongated brown brick, which is a reminder of this once working class suburb, features on both the exterior and throughout the interior of the home, like in […]