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Gawler Crescent House / Ben Walker Architects

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:00:00 +0000

Gawler Crescent is a new family home located in Deakin, ACT, along a beautiful Eucalypt-lined crescent near the Parliamentary Triangle. The project takes advantage of its elevated position and engages with views to contextual features, including Black Mountain and the Brindabella Ranges.

Batten House / Ben Walker Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Batten House is a new family home and studio in Curtin, ACT, adjacent to the Yarralumla Creek open space network. The project responds to its highly visible location next to a public cycle network and to beautiful southern parkland views. The design response is primarily driven by three key objectives. The first is the need to respond to the proximity of a public park and cycleway, the second is the prospect of adjacent southern parkland, and the third is the need for sustainable design outcomes.

Hackett Gardens House / Ben Walker Architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

The project comprised the design of a new single-storey house in the northern Canberra suburb of Turner, close to the city centre and the University precinct. The building forms a "U" shaped plan with an internalised large central court. The internal planning wraps the central court with a parents' zone on the northern side, a living spine along the west, and a children's zone along the south. This layout provides the desired privacy from the public realm, but allows for open and generous views from living spaces into the central court.

Finn Street House / Ben Walker Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The project comprised alterations and additions to a 1950’s “Tocumwal” cottage in Canberra’s Inner North. The original cottage was relocated to Canberra from a former military intelligence base built during WW2 in the southern NSW town of Tocumwal. It is one of a number of heritage-listed examples of the Tocumwal housing typology remaining in Canberra. The original cottage was retained and refurbished, with minor modifications made to the rear of the house to accommodate a connection through to the new buildings.

SL House / Ben Walker Architects

Valeria Silva — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000

This new house is located within one of Canberra’s most strongly landscape suburbs – Aranda. The suburb is characterized by mature native Eucalypts and Acacias which are prevalent as street trees, parkland plantings and adjacent public reserve. The house comprises 3 bedrooms, kitchen/dining/living space, wet areas, and garage. The primary parti of the project is to establish an internal living environment that embraces the views and textural qualities offered by the strong landscape setting – this strategy has driven internal planning decisions and resultant building form.

Narrabundah House / Ben Walker Architects

Andreas Luco — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0000

This new house is located within a mature landscape setting in the inner South of Canberra. The suburb of Narrabundah in this location is characterised by subtle topographical change, heavy tree canopies, and distant landscape views. The house comprises 4 bedrooms, kitchen/dining/living space, office, wet areas, guest quarters, gym, and theatre room. The internal planning responds to sun access and elevated long-distance views to the east.

AB House / bwa

Andreas Luco — Thu, 28 May 2020 20:00:00 +0000

This new house includes 3 bedrooms, kitchen & living spaces, 2 storey study, rumpus, garage and wet areas. Considerations for site and internal planning included retention of a Claret Ash in the rear yard, access to northern light and elevated views, the desire for “operable” privacy to the street.

Elm Grove House / Ben Walker Architects

Andreas Luco — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:00:00 +0000

The project comprised alterations and additions to an existing red brick cottage in O’Connor. The primary components of the client brief included improved access to natural daylight & connection to rear yard, additional living spaces, good passive thermal performance, and flexibility of use. The existing cottage was renovated to provide new flooring finishes, new double glazed windows, wall and roof insulation and re-programming of some interior rooms. Strategically located skylights were added to increase natural daylight exposure and new roof tiles and sarking were installed. The existing house was largely retained in terms detailing and trims, The northern portion of the old house was re-programmed into a parents wing comprising bedroom, robes and ensuite. The southern portion of the house is used as living and “flexible” spaces that can become a study, spare bedroom, work out room etc.

SG House / Ben Walker Architects

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:00:00 +0000

The new house is located in a leafy inner north suburb of Canberra. There is a surrounding established mature landscape and tall canopies are visible from the back yard. The project responds to the client's desire for inverted privacy – a central courtyard formed the primary design gesture and allowed for introverted views within the block, and a largely blank, private interaction with the public street.

K House / Ben Walker Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0000

The K House is a new two storey dwelling on the south coast of NSW. The project forms an east – west “bar” that allows all interior living spaces to have northern aspect and sun access. The ground floor living spaces face a continuous outdoor courtyard that focuses on an existing Banksia tree – this tree becomes the visual anchor of the project.

TJ House / Ben Walker Architects

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The project comprised the fitout of a residential apartment in a new building in Braddon, ACT Australia. The apartment is located within one of Canberra’s busiest precincts and has wonderful eastern views across the suburbs of Ainslie & Braddon and to Parliament House and Civic to the south. The project was a team effort between client/builder, joiner, architect and carpenters. The clients’ clear vision for the character of the space led the detailing and material choice.