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Dec 2009
© Hugh Rutherford
Architects: Undercurrent Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Team: German Perez-Tavio, Didier Ryan
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Hugh Rutherford
Browsing: Australia
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Dec 2009
The Gold Coast is Australia’s sixth largest city and one of the fastest growing regions. It’s also home for one of the most popular spots in Australia’s East Coast. The Gold Coast’s population is around 500,000 and, if as forecast, it continues to grow by 13,000 to 16,000 annually, it will be home to 900,000 residents by 2030.
Gold Coast City Council, with endorsement of the Australian Institute of Architects, organized an open Master plan Ideas Competition for a proposed Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct. The 16.5 hectare site is bordered on three sides by rivers and canals. Formerly a simple rural cane farm, the site is now at the heart of a growing city with views across the skyline of Surfers Paradise, Main Beach and Broadbeach.
The purpose of the Master plan Ideas Competition was to generate creative new visions and ideas for the future of this key site and its facilities stimulate community discussion about the future of the Gold Coast Cultural and Civic Precinct. The competition was won by Sydney-based office Super Colossal. You can see more images of the winning project and architect’s description after the break. read more »
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Dec 2009
Australia is big. Very big. And you get to see some really cool houses too. So to start this week’s Round Up, we bring you previously featured houses in Australia.
Glenburn House / Sean Godsell
The house is located at the top of a hill and enjoys panoramic views of quintessentially Australian landscape. It is partially embedded into the hilltop as a means of protecting the occupants from the prevailing weather and buffering the west side of the building from extreme heat in summer (read more…)
Cape Schanck House / Jackson Clements Burrows
Programmatically the house considers the needs of a retired couple and their extended family who regularly visit with grandchildren. The primary upper level form (conceived as a hollowed out log) contains the kitchen, dining, living, garage and laundry. A secondary upper level form contains the study, master bedroom and ensuite (read more…)
Separation Creek House / Jackson Clements Burrows
The treehouse is sited in the bush fringe of Separation Creek, perched on a steep forested hillside above the Great Ocean Road and Bass Strait. It is a site that enjoys a unique combination of bush environment with intimate views of Separation Creek, the beach and the Wye River Peninsula to beyond (read more…)
The Eyelid House / Fiona Winzar Architects
Turning this tight and difficult inner city site into a home for a family of five is an important contribution to contemporary and sustainable design practice, where issues of energy efficiency and waste loom large in society. The starting point for this project was a typical single fronted Victorian terrace, pokey and dark (read more…)
Klein Bottle house / McBride Charles Ryan
The Klein bottle is a descriptive model of a surface developed by topological mathematicians. Klein bottle, mobius strips, boy surfaces, unique surfaces that while they may be distorted remain topologically the same. I.e. a donut will remain topologically a donut if you twist and distort it, it will only change topologically if it is cut (read more…)
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Nov 2009
Architects: Elenberg Fraser Architecture
Location: Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia
Client: Zacamoco
Project team: Callum Fraser, Valerie Tan, Hazel Porter, Frank Olbrich, Lorenzo Nuti, Kathrin Wheib, Marcus Ieraci, Caroline King, Iva Foschia, Andrew Prodromou, Beth Solomon, Karl Engstrom
Project Management: PDS Group
Structural consultant: Bonacci Group Pty Ltd & VSL Australia Pty Ltd
Builder: LU Simon
Quantity Surveyor: Slattery Australia
Building Surveyor: Gardner Group
Budget: AU $24 millions
Project year: 2007
Construction year: 2009
Photographs: Peter Bennetts, Tony Miller & Peter Clarke
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Nov 2009
© John Gollings
Architect: Denton Corker Marshall
Location: Canberra, Australia
Client: Australian War Memorial
Exhibition Designers: Freeman Ryan
Project area: 3,000 sqm
Project year: 2004
Photographs: John Gollings
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Nov 2009
© Christopher Frederick Jones
Architects:BARK Design Architects
Location: Queensland, Australia
Builder: Wall’s Quality Homes
Structural Engineer: Meecham Engineers
Site Area: 727 sqm
Existing House Area: 212 sqm
alterations and Aditions Area: 48 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Christopher Frederick Jones
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Nov 2009
Architects: Open Studio Pty Ltd.
Location: Flemington, Melbourne, Australia
Project Team: Britta Klingspohn & Heribert Alucha
Building Area: 72 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Open Studio Pty Ltd.
10
Nov 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Industrial Architecture , Institutional Architecture , Selected , Australia, Masonry, Michael Edward Harvey, Stone, Wood
© John Gollings
Architect: Michael Edward Harvey
Location: McLaren Vale, South Australia
Collaborating Local Architect: Chapman Herbert
Client: Primo Estate
Project Area: 500 sqm
Project year: 2002-2006
Photographs: John Gollings
03
Nov 2009
Bark Design Architects, a small Australian practice, have designed a studio for themselves that showcases their philosophy of design and provides a great space to work. The “workhouse”, an elevated steel, glass and plywood studio, “explores the notion of a mixed work / house typology.” The architects intended for the project to expresses lightness in its modular structural form, transparency, texture, and a seamless indoor to outdoor connection.
More about the studio after the break. read more »
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Oct 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Public Facilities , Selected , Australia, Concrete, Prefabricated, Supple Design
Architect: Supple Design / Eoghan Lewis
Location: Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Client: Stockland Property Trust
Structural consultant: HKMA—Phil Mance
Environmental Consultant: Steensen Varming – Chris Arkins
Site area: 950 sqm
Floor area: 130 sqm
Design year: 2004-2005
Construction year: 2005
Photographs: Ian Tatton, Eoghan Lewis
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Oct 2009
Architect: Supple Design / Eoghan Lewis
Location: Mernda, Victoria, Australia
Client: Stockland Property Trust
Structural consultant: HKMA—Phil Mance
Site area: 850 sqm
Floor area: 130 sqm
Design year: 2006
Construction year: 2007
Photographs: Shannon McGrath, Eoghan Lewis
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Sep 2009
By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , Selected , Australia, Max Pritchard Architect, Stone, Wood
Architects: Max Pritchard Architect
Location: Kangaroo Island, SA, Australia
Engineering Consultant: Engineers Pocius & Associates
Project year: 2008
Project Area: 1,548 sqm
Photographs: Sam Noonan & George Apostolidis
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Sep 2009
Architects: Birrelli Architects
Location: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Project Architects: Jack Birrell and Todd Henderson
Project Team: Phil Dingemanse, Gary Fleming
Collaborators: McBride Charles Ryan
Structural Engineer: Engineering Edge
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Engineering Solutions
Building Contractor: Matthews Constructions
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Rob Burnett
03
Sep 2009
By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Awarded Competitions , Education , Australia, office dA, University of Melbourne
A few months ago, we shared the University of Melbourne’s six short-listed finalists for their new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning building (short list can be read here). Of the six finalists, the team of Melbourne-based John Wardle Architects and Boston-based Office dA have been named the winners. Professor Tom Kvan, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, stated, “The winning design showed a detailed understanding of the teaching and research activities of the Faculty and the potential for contribution to research across the campus.”
More images and more about the winning project after the break. read more »
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Sep 2009
The winners of Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence and innovation in urban design were announced at the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra on Tuesday, August 11.
The Australia Award for Urban Design highlights the best of design in the built environment and acknowledges the critical role of good urban design in the development of Australia’s towns and cities.
This year, there were two major winners and a commendation. Description of the winners after the break.
Seen at Bustler. read more »
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Aug 2009
© Mark Munro
Australian architects Bellemo & Cat have sent us a few interesting projects that we’ll feature on ArchDaily. The first one is Balga, a coastal house located in the state of Victoria, southeast of Australia. The house was completed in 2006 in Point Lonsdale. See more images and architect’s description, after the break. read more »
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Aug 2009
Architects: Max Pritchard Architect
Location: Emu Bay, SA, Australia
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Sam Noonan
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Aug 2009
Architects: Owen and Vokes
Location: Balmoral , Brisbane, Australia
Project Team: Paul Owen, Stuart Vokes, Aaron Peters, Emma Hodgkinson, Wesley Kelder
Contractor: AJ Ryan Constructions
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Jon Linkins
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Jul 2009
Architects: Neeson Murcutt Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Principals in Charge: Rachel Neeson, Nicholas Murcutt
Project team: Andrew Burns, Amelia Holiday, Jeff Morgan, Sean Choo, David Coleborne
Builder: Coddington Constructions Pty Ltd
Landscape Architect: Sue Barnsley Design
Structural Engineer: Tihanyi Consulting Engineers
Hydraulic Engineer: ACOR Consultants
Geotechnical: Geotechnique
Joiner: North Shore Custom Cabinetmaking
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Brett Boardman Photography
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Jul 2009
Architects: Owen and Vokes
Location: Hervey Bay , Queensland, Australia
Project Team: Paul Owen, Stuart Vokes, Aaron Peters, Emma Hodgkinson, Wesley Kelder
Contractor: Fisherbuilt Homes Pty Ltd
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Jon Linkins
