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RaeRae House / Austin Maynard Architects

Paula Pintos — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Unconventional but thoroughly logical. Like a German sports car, the beauty of RaeRae’s exterior belies the highly tuned rationalism that generated it. Responsive, contextual, and strategic, this is a functional home with nuanced moments of surprise and discovery.

Holiday House / BKK Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Set within coastal vegetation, on an elevated site on the Mornington Peninsula, the Holiday House presents a low slung, non-descript street presence. The site is accessed via an unsealed road from which adjacent properties are generally set back behind a natural green buffer, lending the surrounds a distinctly informal character.

Great Wall of Warburton / BKK Architects

Andrew Rosenberg — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

On an elevated site set amongst native bushland with rolling hills to the north, the Great Wall of Warburton withholds views upon approach, presenting a mute block wall embedded into the site. This wall further explores our interest in how a line drawn becomes a wall that acts to claim space or mark territory. At this point you are still denied the view. Passing through this wall via the compressed point of entry, the panorama is suddenly revealed to the viewer; and further heightened by the dramatic angled ceiling. The interior face of the wall acts as a constant, omnipresent anchoring device as you move through the house. It is visible from every space. Each space unfolds from one to the other as the wall shifts in plan. This unfolding of space is subtle and yet dramatic as you journey through the house.