Coppersmith Hotel Melbourne
Design: HASSELL, architects. The brief for this building was simple: deliver a contemporary hotel and hospitality destination while preserving an historic landmark in South Melbourne, Australia.
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Lahinch House in Torquay
Design: Lachlan Shepherd Architects. At the first meeting with our clients Angie, Vic and their Dalmatian Pirate, Angie’s main brief requirement was that she wanted people to walk in and be wowed.
Hawthorn Home and Pool in Melbourne
Design: Canny Architecture. An iconic CA Architecture home, this double storey Hawthorn home has it all. Dark timber polished floorboards run throughout the luxurious finished home in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Northcote 2 House Melbourne
Design: Pleysier Perkins Architects. This former medical centre, in the heart of bohemian Northcote, has been transformed into a 3 floor home that makes the most of the spatial possibilities the original structure offered.
The Corner House Melbourne
Design: Poly Studio. By including usable living spaces along the length of the corridor we were able to give the client not only a study and storage, but also north facing spaces to live in with the ten by one a half metre corridor.
Carlton Cloister House in Melbourne
Design: MRTN Architects. By including usable living spaces along the length of the corridor we were able to give the client not only a study and storage, but also north facing spaces to live in with the ten by one a half metre corridor.
Williamstown Beach House, Victoria
Design: Steve Domoney Architecture. With a property located directly opposite the sandy shoreline of a secluded beach, the primary drive in designing a new home on this site is obviously to provide the strongest possible connection from within the house to the beach and sea beyond.
Eaglemont House Melbourne, Victoria
Design: Pleysier Perkins Architects. The house is set on a slope offering long views over treetops and an private backyard that leads to forgetting about its suburban context. The design is easily recognized by its dynamic roof shape, which cantilevers over terrace and pool, whilst being anchored by a double height chimney stack.
Connect Parkville House Melbourne
Design: Steffen Welsch Architects. In Connect Parkville we pursue the idea of “stitching together” urban fabric with “quiet architecture”, informed by Austrian architect Hermann Czech’s “architecture as background”.
The Ridgeway House Melbourne
Design: Merrylees Architecture and Quinn Architecture. Ridgeway House is a sculptural facelift of the early, weatherboard Victorian cottage. The plan grants for a series of vastly malleable spaces that provide the new requirements for all of; a blended family, visiting relatives, and a home office.
Treetops House in Mount Martha
Architects: Bryant Alsop. Designed for a semi-retired couple and completed in December 2015, this three-bedroom house in Mount Martha provides a private sanctuary that engages with the surrounding trees and bay views.
Outer Crescent House Bayside
Design: Merrylees Architecture. Outer Crescent House is situated in the Bayside suburb of Brighton, tucked behind the busy Bay St retail quarter. The property was an overlooked transition site measuring a mere 345 sqm, between a commercial warehouse, a lane to the rear of the Bay St shops.
Pod House in Melbourne, Fitzroy North Residence
Design: Nic Owen Architects. As the answer to the site, environment and client’s requirements the pod extension is a true expression of ‘form following function’. A modern structure is not limited with a period (Victorian) architectural language but is free to respond justly to the brief, site and restraints.
Chadstone Shopping Centre Malvern East
Design: The Buchan Group / CallisonRTKL, architects. The first stage of Chadstone’s $660 m redevelopment unveiled. A striking 7000 sqm grid shell roof presents a milestone in structural design innovation as it arches 30m over the atrium.
The Kite House in Melbourne, Residence
Design: Architecture Architecture. Drawing near to the doorway of Kite House, the visitor is welcomed by pockets of shade nestled among sheltering brick walls. A vast pivot window and a large pivot door throw themselves wide open, exposing the full throat of the house to the garden.
White Delight House in Melbourne: Prahran
Architects: Poly Studio. White Delight House, in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Prahran, consists of a new contemporary verandah inserted at the back of a Victorian weatherboard villa.
Canterbury House and Pool
Design: Canny Architecture. Family home custom designed by CA Architecture in leafy suburb: this luxurious residence has 3 bedrooms with ensuite, a study, powder room, sitting room, basement cellar and generous alfresco area.