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Linea House / Wolveridge Architects

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 23 May 2025 02:00:00 +0000

Blade House sits deeply embedded in its landscaped garden, with every part of the interior visually connected to nature. The clients wanted a home that would evolve as their adult family, and guests come and go, and a floor plan defined by separate wings ensures that will happen. Central to the overall design is the idea of the house not turning its back on the street, while still preserving a sense of privacy and security for the clients and their family. Removing the traditional boundary fence extends the property outwards, generously greeting passers-by and softening the line between public and private space.

Wetlands House / Wolveridge Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0000

The brief was constructing a new rural home for a hands-on client to replace a dilapidated farmhouse on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Key to the design response is a series of sustainability initiatives, including replacing a non-permeable existing tennis court with wetlands. Sustainability initiatives were integrated into the design brief and were driven by the client just as much. Along with solar passive design principles and air-source heat pump radial heating, isolating zones with sliding doors minimizes operational energy.

Robin House / Wolveridge Architects

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Robin House forms part of a speculative home series, however distinguishes itself as a considered coastal design solution and deviates from the sensation of a cut and copy approach. The project ultimately challenges good design principles, cost of built works and requirements of the client brief.

Ascot Veil House / Wolveridge Architects

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 30 May 2019 19:00:00 +0000

We were engaged twice to design this home, firstly as a conventional two-story ‘box’ type structure. However, once handed over to the Client, a heritage overlay was introduced which forced the clients to undertake a stressful re-design which was then decided by a local tribunal. With the assistance of a heritage consultant and under instructions to provide minimal change to the floor plan, we re-imagined the design in the context of the newly introduced heritage precinct. This involved a local review of the existing interwar building stock, identification of key elements and the manipulation of certain aspects, in a contemporary interpretation of the historical component.

The Clubhouse / Wolveridge Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 17:00:00 +0000

This home, overlooking the fairways and surrounds of Sorrento Golf Club was designed for a couple planning to return to Australia after many years overseas. One of the clients grew up in an old Merchant Home on the site and holidayed there during childhood. Our response was to effectively create a luxury suite at the upper level, including an elevated garden and cantilevered pool. The home is constructed deep into the hillside with outstanding views of the golf course and beyond. We describe the architecture as a kind of sophisticated beach house which incorporates the kind of modern expectations, however, at a very basic level –this is a beach house, that incorporates cross ventilation pathways through it at both levels, with framed garden outlooks and a significant focus on the experience of natural light. Protected outdoor spaces are offered and emerging around the building is a landscape that extends the coastal dune flora typical of the area.

Tranquility Beach House / Wolveridge Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 21:00:00 +0000

On the rear site of a sub-division in Melbourne’s Portsea, this family home provides expansive views of a nearby golf course that are carefully orchestrated to provide a sense of seclusion from the neighbours, despite the extensive glazing.

Northcote Residence / Wolveridge Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The context for this project is largely related to heritage, Melbourne’s inner north suburbs where housing stock is generally freestanding, open to the street and light framed construction. The subject dwelling comprises an asymmetrical façade and central corridor adjoining two rooms either side as typical. Our brief called for the demolition of a poor rear alteration and construction of extensions in its place. The works comprised a renovation of the existing building and new single storey rear additions incorporating pool, cellar and the main living facilities for a young family.

Blairgowrie Back Beach / Wolveridge Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The clients for this project approached us around Easter in 2011. They are a young family from the city who had purchased this terrific sloping allotment just five minutes’ walk from Blairgowrie’s back beach along Bass Strait. The land form was dominated by an awkward contour and it was clear that the site was halfway up a dune. The block to the west was the top of the dune and the vacant block to the east was the bottom. There was native vegetation, but it was sporadic and insignificant.

The Dune House / Wolveridge Architects

Javier Gaete — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The dune project is a further study of the fundamental relationship that a building can have with its landscape and broader context. This core principle is an ongoing concern to our practice. The site, a flat allotment of 1600sq.m provided a framework for the program to explore. The dwelling is a series of interconnected pavilions.

Aspendale Beachfront Apartments / Wolveridge Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:00:00 +0000

Replacing a rundown old block of beachside flats on a terrific square shaped parcel of land on the beach at Aspendale, this project comprises three private residences. Each over two levels with commanding bay views. Upon arrival, the three dwellings are identified by three stone clad cubic forms which combine to establish a rhythm or pattern for the street and the recesses in between incorporate the entrance to each.

Blairgowrie House / Wolveridge Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 01:00:00 +0000

This extension to an existing two storey dwelling provides essential additional living areas for a family with three young boys. The original structure made very little connection with the surrounding property and had deficiencies in access to northern light.

Douglas Street / Wolveridge Architects

Jonathan Alarcón — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 01:00:00 +0000

This addition to a heristage listed Victorian dwelling in South Yarra is providing a rumpus area with deck and a private study for a family of four. The design is a simple contemporary form placed above an older extension on the ground floor, opening up to the north. Connecting with the character of the existing building the form was clad in traditional slate roofing shingles and dark timber, which also blends with the surrounding trees.

McCrae Residence / Wolveridge Architects

Nico Saieh — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:00:00 +0000

This dwelling with 4 bedrooms located at Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula features a central courtyard connecting the living area with a library lounge. The building is located on a challenging site, sloping towards the north-west. The entrance is on the upper floor which required a considerable reconfiguration of the site’s contours and is centrally located on the plan to reach a guest room and study on the south wing as well as a staircase connecting to the lower level. Walking through the hallway to the living area, the generous courtyard opens up on the right hand side, providing light for the surrounding rooms and a private terrace for the inhabitants. The protected courtyard enables the rear lounge library to remain connected with the view beyond and provide an alternative outdoor location during inclement weather.

Torquay House / Wolveridge Architects

Nico Saieh — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +0000

This project attempts to challenge our traditional notions of how buildings can exist both in a coastal environment and in this case also the context of an emerging built form and character.

El Rancho Relaxo / Wolveridge Architects

Kritiana Ross — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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The Hill Plain House / Wolveridge Architects

Megan Jett — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The rectilinear planform of the building is based on agricultural construction and considers the integration of object and landscape. This idea is drawn initially from Victorian-era farm structures of the region where buildings were developed largely on pragmatic terms. The land form undulates at 700m AHD. A ridge line traverses the building site almost diagonally, creating an elevated natural amphitheatre to its north. The requirement to orientate the dwelling north for solar purposes and south for the views also precipitates this idea of the object. The building was located just below the hilltop in a reconfigured contour which provided a nestled siting in an otherwise exposed environment.

United Tannery & Boot Factory Refurbishment / Wolveridge Architects

Megan Jett — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The project is a refurbishment of a circa 1900 Victorian era boot making factory and home to a firm of young architects. As a refurbishment, the design response was concerned with how the fabric of the original structure could inform the solution. As an open plan warehouse, we explored whether a connection could exist between the way the building was used originally and the way it needs to meet our requirements. The clear span nature of the structure at first floor provided an uninterrupted 11x12m floor plate. In early times this was an open layout area for work benches. The requirements of contemporary planning for commercial office space are similar.

Cape Schanck House / Wolveridge Architects

Megan Jett — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The project cuts a slice along a steep contour and fits carefully between an open exposed street, a green strip and an existing tennis court. When dealing with the sloping land form, this building acts as a retaining wall in itself. With a heavy concrete panel wall addressing the street, the entry to the building is marked by a dark stained plywood box punctures the wall.