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Wood Marsh creates rammed-earth Peninsula House on Australian coast

February 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Wood Marsh has used curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth to create this home south of Melbourne, which is designed to echo Australia’s “windswept” coastline. Called Peninsula House, the dwelling is located near the town of Flinders, overlooking the Bass Strait and surrounded by farmland. Instead of designing an orthogonal volume,

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Winwood McKenzie hides “urban oasis” behind Melbourne cottage’s heritage facade

February 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Australian studio Winwood McKenzie has extended a former worker’s cottage in Northcote, Melbourne to create a house arranged around two courtyard gardens. Named Quarry House, the home is located alongside the former Northcote Quarry and Brickworks – now the All Nations Park – and references the site’s industrial past with a palette of exposed brick and

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Bright yellow balconies enliven Melbourne apartment block by Austin Maynard Architects

December 29, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A “mountainous” zigzag roofline and bright yellow balconies define the ParkLife apartment block in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne, designed by local studio Austin Maynard Architects. The block is located within Nightingale Village, a collection of six apartment buildings by different architects for housing not-for-profit Nightingale Housing that all demonstrate its development model, aiming to

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Studio Edwards adopts zero-waste strategy for Today Design office in Melbourne

December 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has completed a workspace for creative agency Today Design using recycled and off-the-shelf materials that could be reused in the future. Located on the 12th floor of an office block in Melbourne’s Collingwood neighbourhood, the Today Design Workspace features partition walls made from OSB (oriented strand board) and translucent corrugated fibreglass. Furniture

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Nic Brunsdon creates inflatable sphere for National Gallery of Victoria

November 22, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Australian architect Nic Brunsdon has created a giant sphere that inflates and deflates throughout the day for this year’s National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission in Melbourne. Called (This is) Air, the project is designed by Perth-based Brunsdon in collaboration with technology company Eness to mimic the natural rhythm of breathing. The spherical structure stands

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“If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordinary” says commenter

November 22, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Created as the Japanese architect’s first-ever project in Australia, the concrete structure is the 10th MPavilion in the city and was intended to be a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens.

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Tadao Ando’s MPavilion captured by Rory Gardiner in Melbourne

November 21, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Following its unveiling in Australia last week, photographer Rory Gardiner has captured this year’s MPavilion, which was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Defined by Ando’s signature use of exposed concrete, it is the 10th edition of the MPavilion that is installed each year in Melbourne. Gardiner’s photos capture the geometric design of

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Tadao Ando unveils MPavilion based on “pure geometry”

November 14, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has designed an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion as the 10th MPavilion in Melbourne, Australia. Created as the Japanese architect’s first-ever project in Australia, the concrete pavilion was designed as a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens. “The design for the MPavilion began with a desire to find a

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Australian hardwood lines Melbourne cottage extension by Prior Barraclough

October 17, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture practice Prior Barraclough has expanded a modest workers’ cottage in Melbourne to include an extension panelled entirely in Australian hardwood. Located in the neighbourhood of Northcote, Union Street House is a single-fronted workers’ cottage owned by a recently retired couple who wanted their home to have more functional living space. Local practice Prior Barraclough

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Branch Studio Architects designs student welfare space for Melbourne college

October 17, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Branch Studio Architects has created a dusty-pink student welfare centre at an all-boys school in Melbourne to provide a space for discussing mental health. Marcellin College principal Marco Di Cesare saw a need to offer a space where students could come together and seek help for mental health issues, particularly after Australia’s state of Victoria

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