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House in a Garden / Gianni Botsford Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 03:00:00 +0000

A copper-roofed pavilion in a hidden urban garden, Gianni Botsford Architects’ House in a Garden is a highly unusual dwelling accessed through a narrow passage alongside an 1840s Notting Hill villa. The project involved the demolition of a 1960s bungalow and its replacement with a largely subterranean house.

161 Collins Street Refurbishment / Bates Smart

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:00:00 +0000

International real estate firm Pembroke engaged Bates Smart to undertake an extensive refurbishment of the historic T&G building at the prestigious ‘Paris end’ of Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD. Completed in 1928, the building is considered one of Melbourne’s most beautiful and occupies a significant corner address.

Scape Swanston / Denton Corker Marshall

Daniel Tapia — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The main student accommodation facades are designed as a collection of ‘pods’ in a variety of tones. The Swanston Street / Little La Trobe Street corner is celebrated with a stack of double height metallic blocks which have been staggered as they rise, to counterpoint the uniformity of the remainder of the facades. The tonal changes and the highlighted corner allow the building to rest with quiet, assured confidence, in contrast to the strident flamboyance of much of the adjacent built form. At street level, the open timber framing of the podium reflects the low rise accommodation adjacent and strengthens the street wall.