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Architects: Riddel Architecture
Location: Hill End, inner Brisbane, Australia
Project Team: David Gole, Emma Scragg, Simon Boundy
Engineering: Bligh Tanner Engineering
Landscape: Deike Richards – Landscaping
Contractors: Rob Peagram Builders
Site Area: 638 sqm
Project Area: 261 sqm
Budget: $3,500 p/sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Christopher Frederick Jones
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Architects: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Location: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Project Team: Richard Francis-Jones, Simon Barr, Lance White, Alison Jones, Misha De Moyer, James Perry, Josephine Turner, Peter Wise
Landscape Architects: Matthew Todd, Mark Brandon
Structural & Façade Engineering: Taylor Thomson Whitting
Contract Administrator: Altus Page Kirkland
Builder: WBHO Pro Build
Project Area: 2,497 sqm + 770 sqm of landscape
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: John Gollings & Andrew Chung
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Architects: Chenchow Little
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Team: Tony Chenchow, Stephanie Little, Janice Chenchow, Jenni Dang
Structural Engineer: Robert Koch – Sinclair Knight Merz
Builder: Tecorp Constructions Pty Ltd
Lanscape Consultant: Botannix
Project Area: 500 sqm
Project Year: 2005-2006
Photographs: John Gollings & Bart Maiorana
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Architects: Koichi Takada Architects
Location: Maroubra, Sydney, Australia
Project Team: Koichi Takada, Robert Chen
Construction: Bonar Interiors
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Sharrin Rees & KTA (under construction)
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Architects: Chenchow Little
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Team: Tony Chenchow, Stephanie Little, Janice Chenchow, Angela Rowson, Jenni Dang
Structural Engineer: Ruggero Benvenuti – Benvenuti S.C Pty Ltd
Builder: Tecorp Constructions Pty Ltd
Project Area: 280 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2008
Photographs: John Gollings
Driving timber design into the new decade, the inaugural Intergrain Timber Vision Awards launches on 19 April 2010, inviting architects, landscapers and designers nationwide to showcase their visionary use of timber in residential and commercial design projects.
From 19 April to 30 June 2010, Australia’s architects, landscapers and designers can enter their project in one of four categories in the Intergrain Timber Vision Awards by visiting www.intergrain.com.au/awards.
For more information, terms, and conditions, visit the official website.
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Architects: Room11
Location: Allens Rivulet, Tasmania, Australia
Principal in Charge: Aaron Roberts
Collaborators: Nathan Crump, Thomas Bailey, James Wilson
Engineering: Aldanmark Consulting Engineers
Site Area: 30 Acres
Project Area: total 346m2, external: 113m2, internal: 233m2, decks: 83m2, voids: 30m2
Project Year: 2006-2009
Photographs: Ben Hosking
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Architects: Clive Wilkinson Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Area: 330,000 sqf
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Shannon McGrath
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Architects: Architects EAT
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Project Team: Albert Mo, James Coombe, Eid Goh
Structural Engineer: R. Bliem & Associates
Building Surveyor: Building Strategies
Builder: Sargant Construction
Landscaper: Heath Landscape
Project Area: 278 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Earl Carter & James Coombe
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Architects: Jackson Clements Burrows Pty. Ltd.
Location: Howthorn, Melbourne, Australia
Project Team: Tim Jackson, Joachim Quino Holland
Builder: Central Home Constructions Pty. Ltd.
Structural Engineer: Adams Consulting Engineers.
Landscape: Adlib Design
Clients: Georgie Pettigrew and David McCombe
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Emma Cross
Spanish architects Mateo Arquitectura have shared with us their project for the official residence of the Spanish Embassy in Canberra, Australia.
More images and architect’s description, after the break. read more »
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Architects: Undercurrent Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Team: German Perez-Tavio, Didier Ryan
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Hugh Rutherford
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 »
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…)
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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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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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
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.
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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
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 »
A short while ago we received Pamphlet Architecture 11-20, …the second volume that accumulates the continually growing series. Steven Holl and William Stout started the Pamphlet series back in 1978. They wanted to create a venue “for publishing the works,
Dutch Mountains / Francine Houben / Mecanoo Architecten
We are pleased to bring attention to the book Dutch Mountains that focuses on Francine Houben from Mecanoo Architecten and her inspiring work that spans the globe. We have featured Mecanoo Architecten… before and you can see them here. Houben
Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture / John Hill
If you want a brief simple city guide of contemporary architecture in New York City you can have a look at our city guide, but if you want a thorough guide book then you should check out John Hill’s Guide to…
