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Corbel House / Nick Bell Architects

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0000

A striking residential project has emerged on a challenging waterfront site, seamlessly blending medieval architectural principles with contemporary design. Dubbed "Corbel House," by designers Nick Bell Architects, this innovative family home maximizes spatial efficiency while harmonizing with its natural surroundings.

The Rose House / Brcar Morony Architecture

Hana Abdel — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The Rose House consists of alterations to a two storey house. A solid masonry façade responds to and protects the house from the site’s street frontage, a charmless and inhospitable cul-de-sac consisting of 1970s apartment building car parking podiums and the Bradfield Highway beyond. The cul-de-sac and nearby highway, a source of constant noise, needed to be addressed in the reconfiguration.

Cooling Interiors Will be the Architectural Challenge of the Future

Lilly Cao — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 06:30:00 +0000

According to the UN, more than 7000 extreme weather events have been recorded since 2000. Just this year, wildfires raged across Australia and the west coast of the U.S.; Siberia charted record high temperatures, reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit before Dallas or Houston; and globally, this September was the world’s hottest September on record. As the effects of the climate crisis manifest in these increasingly dire ways, it is the prerogative of the building industry – currently responsible for 39% of global greenhouse gas emissions – to do its part by committing to genuine and sweeping change in its approach to sustainability.

Bronte House / Tobias Partners

chlsey — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 23:00:00 +0000

A dramatically steep site meant that the existing single storey house was neither benefiting from all areas of the property nor capturing the aspect and outlook over the ocean. Considering the context, it was apparent that a common approach of new buildings in the surrounding area was to build maximum height buildings as far forward as possible, creating multi-storey flat facades overlooking streets or visible from the foreshore, leaving lower levels disconnected from other functions of the house and upper levels disconnected from the ground. We wanted to take a more sensitive approach to the topography of site and how the building reads from the public domain.

Collins Beach House / Tobias Partners

Valeria Silva — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:00:00 +0000

This home is set on a beautiful, semi-bushland, yet urban site on the edge of the harbour, with two mature Norfolk Pine trees standing guard to the North-West. This incredible location offered a truly unique setting for our client’s house – however the site's shape and boundaries, significant setback controls and bushfire zoning presented challenges to the design and use of the site.

GB House / Renato D’Ettorre Architects

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 01:00:00 +0000

This house embodies the spirit of seaside living in response to a magical site on the ocean, and a steep rocky coastline with an ideal north-east aspect. Preferring a discreet scale to the street the nuanced design is sensitive to its location and neighbours, with a quiet focus and layered materiality providing mystery and privacy along with one of Sydney’s busiest coastlines. Our design sought an appropriate response with a form that connects directly with the bay, whilst maintaining view lines for the adjoining neighbour.

N House / AJH+

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:00:00 +0000

The Northbridge house is a family home in Sydney, Australia that responds to a site with beautiful bush land views that also is constrained by the highest Bush fire construction rating of “flame zone”.

Drill Hall House / Tobias Partners

Paula Pintos — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000

The restoration and adaption of a 1905 former army drill hall in Sydney’s Inner West, involved the careful interweaving of the building’s original details and material palette with contemporary additions to create a relaxing home to suit the new owners. Although the original building had been altered substantially and unsympathetically in the 1990s by former owners, key elements remained intact or salvageable so the design approach was twofold: restore and reconstruct the drill hall’s key details; and introduce new architectural elements that responded to the brief, the form of the existing building and the site.

Alexandria House 5 / Pivot

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:00:00 +0000

The project is for a full re-build of an existing one-bedroom terrace into a three-bedroom double story dwelling with rear studio and garage at the rear of the site. Only the front façade was retained and it has been carefully restored with new front roof housing a dorma window and new contemporary fence defining the front streetscape.

Erskineville Studio 2 / Pivot

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:00:00 +0000

The project is for a rear lane structure which will be used as a studio/workspace on the ground floor and a home office on the first floor. The new structure is conceived as a contemporary response to the corner site by the use of a curved façade treatment into the rear lane and as a response to the studio found two doors down built by Pivot in 2013.

Béton Brut Bathrooms: The Beauty of Concrete in Intimate Spaces

Martita Vial della Maggiora — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Why use concrete in bathrooms?

Alexandria House 3 / Pivot

Andreas Luco — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:00:00 +0000

The project is the reconfiguration of a dilapidated single story terrace to meet the requirements of contemporary living. The front façade is restored and existing internal brick detailing retained, expressed and painted white throughout. The design proposes an extra level to accommodate three bedrooms with bathroom, ensuites and complete re-configuration of the ground floor. The rear façade is distinguished by a black aluminium louver used to limit heat gain on to the western window and to control sight lines into neighbouring yards.The material palette is clean and minimal, with predominantly white brick and cabinetry, black trim, natural timber and stone tile.

10 Bathrooms To Match Your Favorite Bathbomb

María Francisca González — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:00:00 +0000

With the right configuration of materials and shapes, small enclosure, such as bathrooms, have unending design potential. Progressively, architects and designers are striving to make washrooms more welcoming and attractive places for its users. Often times we will hear clients ask for their bathroom to be somewhat of a personal spa. This week we have compiled 10 compelling images of bathrooms from all over the world. Bathrooms whose materials, patterns, colors, shapes, and textures begin to tell a story. Below, photographs by Peter Clarke, José Hevia, and Erieta Attali.

Earth Wind and Fire, The Village House / Luigi Rosselli

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:00:00 +0000

Earth is one of the oldest construction materials known to man; it can be fired, as with bricks and tiles, or used in its raw state as with adobe or rammed earth. Earth is a malleable material; in the Bible it is claimed that God formed mankind in ‘his’ own image from earth and water. Earth is a soft material that can become strong and weight bearing, while maintaining a breathable skin.

Mosman / SAOTA

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:00:00 +0000

Set on the slopes of Mosman, Sydney, this bold and modern home maximises dramatic views and capitalises on the great climate and indoor-outdoor lifestyle in Australia.

Haxstead Garden House / Tobias Partners

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Designed for a couple and their two children, the Haxstead Garden House in Central Tilba, NSW Australia is located within a rural setting on a large historic family estate, surrounded by native bushland and landscaped gardens overlooking the Sapphire Coast.

K House / MHNDU

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney with distant views to Sydney Harbour, this irregular shaped site with a narrow street frontage, a steep slope from front to rear and sandstone rock shelves posed a significant challenge to the architect.

The Books House / Luigi Rosselli

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000

A Calligrapher handed three books to his wife, she placed them in a random stack on the table… “We want The Books House”… they said.