Tropical Beach House North Queensland
Design: Renato D’Ettorre Architects: Exposed to the extremes of tropical elements the guiding principle was to incorporate glass against wind and rain and shutters in the heat and humidity.
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Design: Renato D’Ettorre Architects: Exposed to the extremes of tropical elements the guiding principle was to incorporate glass against wind and rain and shutters in the heat and humidity.
Design: Steve Domoney Architecture: set in a quiet leafy cul-de-sac in the bay side suburb of Brighton, the first glimpse captured of our Bungalow Court project is of the kite-like roof canopy sailing aloft a solid upper level ‘hull’.
Design: The Buchan Group, Architects: Planning Approval of the $300m expansion of SKYCITY Adelaide granted, paving the way for an “enduring and sophisticated icon” for Adelaide.
Architects: Edition Office: The residence sits firmly by a winding ridge-line on the outskirts of the small township of Fish Creek. The home protects itself with a textured yellow brickwork wall in response to its exposed position to harsh winds and a nearby country road.
Design: Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Vietnam – one of the world’s edgiest architects will design the fourth iteration of SCAF’s Fugitive Structures architecture pavilion series in 2016, bringing his work to Australia for the first time.
This off-the-grid home design by m3architecture is close to the beach at Cape Tribulation in the Daintree Rainforest — an ancient ecosystem deserving of a thoughtful approach to its site.
Design: Teeland Architects: one of the challenges was to configure a design that enabled the house to have views towards the ocean to the east, as well as maximizing the north facing glass to capture winter sun and north views to the creak and rainforest.
Design: JCY Architects and Urban Designers: Subiaco Oval and football is synonymous with Subiaco and the relocation of the new AFL stadium to the Burswood peninsula is going to have a significant impact on the prosperity and the amenity of this area.
The Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, is a medical complex in which design and landscape play a key role in supporting patient recovery. It is a successful demonstration of the benefits of a holistically designed environment for patients, staff and guests.
On the other side of the world, a nine-member judging panel unanimously rewarded the Italian excellence selecting Rome-based architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas with Guida Moseley Brown Architects to design a new and expanded convention centre located in the heart of Canberra.
The Hello House is a two-bedroom Victorian-era home and creative studio (and former shop) in Richmond, Melbourne (VIC), Australia, design by OOF! Most noticeably, the home features a large, white-brick wall featuring the word ‘HELLO’
The original 1960s home was to be reinvented in a modern, stylish design that flowed effortlessly from front to back, combining all living areas on one level rather than the previous two
The large open planning of the main living room form the central core of the building; the space was divided into areas with clear functions. The volume of this space was divided by a large fire place and level changes. This achieved a connection with others in the space
The home is located in Thornbury, an inner northern suburb of Victoria (Australia) which has a number of early century homes, whose aesthetic the architects admire. Mesh Design Projects Architects therefore didn’t want to change the nearly 100 year old part of the house.
A family of four had lived in this modest, ageing house for almost eight years. As the children neared their teenage years something had to be done.
The publicly visible faces of the pavilions, aligned with the square geometry of the level block of land, are respectfully attuned to homogeneous character of the early 1900s federation era Subiaco streetscape – one of the best preserved suburbs in Perth
A five storey modular home clings to the side of a cliff in this conceptual design by Modscape. The Cliff Housedesign is a theoretical response to clients who wanted explore design options for extreme parcels of coastal land in Australia
The cantilevered balcony at P048 House puts you so close to the beach you can just about make the jump. Shutters clad with sawn timber battens adds a balance of texture to the rendered and glass façades.