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Kent House / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Kent is a contemporary addition to a 1925 Queenslander. Nestled onto Teneriffe Hill, in the riverside peninsula of New Farm, Brisbane, the site slopes steeply to the west, away from the street, to a surprisingly quiet leafy garden, fringed with palms. Located on a small lot, the cottage is in close proximity to neighboring houses (some 400mm on one side and 800mm on the other). The elevation, however, affords excellent cross ventilation from the north, district hill views to the south, and presents a discreet, small-scale (single-storey) cottage façade to the street, which somewhat belies the significant extension to the rear.

Merri Creek / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Hana Abdel — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000

The Merri Creek House is a renovation and extension project to an existing heritage weatherboard cottage in the suburb of North Fitzroy. The project re-imagines the typical house with backyard typology and is designed around a series of landscaped courtyard gardens. Conceptually, the ‘backyard’ has been dissolved and dispersed throughout the plan, creating an arrangement of gardens that each offer and enable a variety of uses and functions throughout the day.

Goodtown House / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Andreas Luco — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:00:00 +0000

The Goodtown house is a beautifully crafted, texturally rich contemporary courtyard home in the sought-after suburb of Rochedale, 17km southeast of Brisbane. The large 1900m2 plot situated on the corner of Goodtown street and Grieve road with large imposing neighbouring homes presented a challenging design brief to the architects. The introduction of a courtyard between the bedrooms and the living spaces was vital to allow the internal spaces to orientate inwards and find visual relief in the green spaces and view corridors framed by the building.

Amaroo House / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Andreas Luco — Fri, 22 May 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Amaroo is a stunning new build family home in Brisbane's inner west suburb of Bardon. Sited on a wide fronted, sloping block in the leafy river city suburb the design provides for the ultimate sub-tropical living that maximises vast open connection to highly considered private outdoor spaces. The brief was to provide a high end, family haven that is both hidden from the world and highly connected to the outside.

Coorparoo House / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:00:00 +0000

Coorparoo House carefully negotiates a sloping site and captures views of the city skyline and a swathe of Eucalypts to create a custom dwelling in tune with its surroundings.

Warrandyte House / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:00:00 +0000

Victorian home creates a cascade of contemporary family living spaces within a bushfire area.

Residence in Hawthorn / Alexandra Buchanan Architecture

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:00:00 +0000

This little gem of a project in the inner Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn adds a beautiful veiled extension to an existing 1890’s single fronted Victorian weatherboard cottage.