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This pool and landscape boasts a stunning bay and city view from a suburban hill located in Mt Martha. It was important from a design perspective, considering the slope of the rear garden that overlooking into the neighboring properties was considered.
Under the chair of 2012 Pritzker architecture prize laureate, Wang Shu, the jury of the TERRA Award selected the winners of this prize, the first of its kind dedicated to recognising excellence the field of contemporary earthen architecture design and construction, in Lyon on 14 July.
Design: Shane Thompson Architects
Shane Thompson Architects’ design of the central facilities and accommodation (94 villas) is inspired by local naturally-occurring forms – sand dunes, native trees, ocean and lakes.
Design: Buchan Group Architects. Work has begun on a $74 m development masterplan for the Shellharbour Workers Club that will not only transform the long-standing clubhouse, but also deliver an extensive range of new community facilities.
Design: Those Architects: the brief was to transform a late 19th century heritage-listed four bedroom cottage in a quiet, leafy country town into a larger, light filled home for a growing family.
The Cellar Door & food market by architects Cumulus have been collected around a courtyard space which allows shelter and respite from the surrounding environment, while providing views through the tasting space to the Hazards beyond and access to open deck spaces.
Design: OMA / Hassell, Architects: the new Western Australian Museum building in Perth reaches a significant milestone, with a design team led by international architects OMA led by Rem Koolhaas now in negotiations to oversee the project.
Le Corbusier’s tapestry Les Dés Sont Jetés (The Dice Are Cast), commissioned by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, now hanging in the Sydney Opera House building, NSW, Australia.
Design: Mott MacDonald: the AU$63 million redevelopment of Flinders University’s Plaza and Student Hub has been completed in Adelaide, Australia. Mott MacDonald provided project management, environmental and independent technical review services during the redevelopment.
Design: Thomson Rossi Architects: this building will hold 7.5 million metres of drill core samples collected over 130 years of exploration from across South Australia. It can display up to 2km of cores on a series of automated conveyor belts in the main viewing area.
Design: Renato D’Ettorre Architects: up high overlooking Sydney’s stunning Harbour is the Darling Point Penthouse – a tranquil two bedroom home the owners regularly entertain friends and family.
Design: Renato D’Ettorre Architects: set on on of Sydney’s stunning waterways, the design of this house attempts to blur the boundary between the inside and the outside whilst maintaining a strong sense of distinction between privacy and openness.
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.