Premier Tower in Melbourne building
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Fifty Fifty House in Melbourne, Family Residence
This extension, designed by Architecture Architecture, is partly inspired by the original 1950s suburban home and partly by the Case Study houses of the same decade.
Rathmines House in Melbourne
MRTN Architects’ client, Scott Pickett is a celebrated chef and restaurateur who, along with his partner Bec, wanted to create a home for their young family with three children where life revolved around the kitchen, preparing and sharing meals.
Kingsville Residence in Melbourne
RK-D were engaged to design this house remodel, which took close to two years to complete. The property has a mix of private, social and work spaces. The front portion of the house is retained as bedroom and “adult” living space.
Toorak House, Melbourne Residence
The interiors designed by Sisalla Interior Design to balance a contemporary minimal house with a welcoming ambience. Public spaces have a quiet luxury with a focus on contrasting texture whilst the private areas have softer materials creating warmth and relaxation
Casa Famiglia in Melbourne
Architects: BOarch. The design solution was to celebrate the transitions between old and new. These are marked with copper thresholds and patterned brickwork.
Intrapac Property Head Office in Melbourne
Design: Robert Davidov Architects. The new office space for Intracpac Projects, a land development company based in Melbourne, was an opportunity to add some variety to the way the small knit team works and, more importantly, interacts.
Up-Cycled Warehouse in Melbourne Property
Conversion of 1960s warehouse by Zen Architects re-using as much of existing building as possible – such as light fittings, doors, sprinkler pipes, cladding and roof sheeting – while transforming it to an energy-efficient family home.
St Kilda Project in Melbourne Landscape
Design: Ian Barker Gardens. The front garden is traditional in layout and contains bluestone paving and a soft, romantic perennial planting palette, perfectly complementing the architecture of the heritage house.
600 Collins Street Melbourne, Zaha Hadid design
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects. 185-metre tower building: Mandarin Oriental, Melbourne will contain 196 guestrooms and suites. There will also be 148 Residences on the tower’s upper floors. The bar has a landscaped roof terrace.
Blairgowrie Beach House Mornington Peninsula
Design: DX Architects. The Blairgowrie Beach House on the Mornington Peninsula retained and altered the rear proportion of the existing building and expanded the dwelling forward on a steeply sloped site to accommodate additional living and sleeping areas.
St Joseph Housing in Abbottsford, Victoria
Architects: KUD. The St. Joseph project is a luxury residential development situated in Abbottsford, Victoria. Due to its historical significance the site has become part of the cultural landscape within the area, demanding a highly responsive and respectful design outcome.
Perched House Fitzroy North
Design: Rara Architecture. Perched – like a sparrow. Perched is a light extension at the rear of an inner city semi-detached Edwardian house that curves above your head.
Monolith House in Melbourne Clifton Hill
Mission by Rara Architecture to reinstate the old Clifton Hill home’s glory through highlighting it’s simplistic characteristics and its overall form. The architects stripped it right back to a neutral state
Albert Park House in Melbourne Property
Architects: Hindley & Co. The relationship of the house, studio and garden needed to be harmonised to all three’s mutual benefit. Ceilings were raised, views were framed, spaces were decluttered and simplified. All made way for the black and white drama that ensued.
Upper West Side Development in Melbourne
Design: Cottee Parker Architects. The Upper West Side project is a precinct in itself, a vertical suburb. In a prominent location at the edge of the city, the sculptural presence of its towers is analogous to sentinels guarding the city’s centre.
House of Correction in Melbourne, Swanston St
Design: ZWEI Interiors Architecture. Working within the context of an existing CBD building, the design strips back the built layers and exposes the site’s history and amplifies this to create narrative and connection within the interior space.