Castles At Kingscliff
Like a lot of great ideas, Castles at Kingscliff started over a chat, a beer and a great view. Architect, Scott Carpenter, fondly remembers the day he and his client, Martin, climbed onto the roof of the original dwelling. “We sat there and we looked at the view and he said, ‘This is what I […]
Wayfarer Apartments
Scraping the blue Belconnen sky, the 27-storey Wayfarer development is the tallest residential building in the Canberra region. Built on the shores of a placid lakefront, Wayfarer’s dazzling façade, grand entrance, 331 sun-drenched apartments, sweeping views of Canberra, sky lounge entertainment area and rooftop-pool combine to form the pinnacle of sophisticated inner-city living. Developer, GEOCON, […]
Wright House
Wright is the first of 13 suburbs to be built in the ACT’s beautiful Molonglo Valley. As you might expect, much of the new development is liberally dotted with stock-standard project homes. But when Jarrad Needham of Ajar Workshop decided to put down roots in the area, all that was about to change. “I’m an […]
Hawthorne House
Someone once said, “It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home” a fitting quote to describe this elegant family home designed by Kel Greenway of GHP Architects for his daughter and her young family. There is something about children and sunshine that brings happiness to a space, certainly the […]
Sips Residence
This simple, modest extension in Red Hill, Brisbane, redefines the way building materials are utilised within a home. The construction utilises a modular structural insulated panel system (SIPS) to reduce construction time and allow economy of site labour. The SIPS panels were selected as a construction material to allow the renovation to be completed on […]
House at Sunshine Beach
The latest video in the Architectural Window Systems Designer Notes series. Lindy Atkin and Steve Guthrie of Bark Design Architects discuss the challenging brief behind House at Sunshine Beach in Noosa, Queensland. The brief featured complex ideas such as wanting to have access to an ocean view directly from the bed, regardless of the narrow frontage. […]
Blairgowrie Beach House
This stunning project in the seaside village of Blairgowrie in Victoria, showcases a fantastic combination of architectural windows and doors. Typically, large glazing can negatively impact on both energy requirements and fire ratings. Unfortunately it’s now become commonplace to see design preferences being compromised in order to satisfy these technical requirements. The brief for this […]
Living Choice
Retire in style. This retirement lifestyle living village has 141 fully operating apartments, a leisure centre complete with a restaurant, cinema, hairdresser, library, bowling green, outside BBQ area and an indoor pool and spa. Located in leafy Fullarton, South Australia, this oeuvre will make you want to retire. Now. The client, from Living Choice Australia […]
Ramp House
The clients brief for this 4-bedroom home in Warragul, Victoria, expressed a desire to wrap themselves around the lake. Its unique curved form and aspect offer functional space, unparalleled views and plenty of natural light. Ramp House derives from the cleverly designed ramp that was constructed to be a main feature of the home. Ramps […]
Kids Pod
It’s not often that architects get the chance to revisit one of their favourite project, so when Warwick Mihaly and Erica Slocombe were asked to complete the next phase of Hill House, located in Merricks, Victoria, they were absolutely delighted. Surrounded by rolling hills in a peaceful vineyard district, the next phase of the project […]