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Carpenter’s Square House / Albert Mo Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0000

Taking cues from the existing solid red brick Edwardian house, the materiality of Carpenter's Square House is a redistribution and reinterpretation of the existing: the 2 courses high dusty purple brick band on the facades is now amplified to become the floor and walls inside the house; while the white render on top of the red bricks is now extended to be the façade of the extension.

Bellows House / Albert Mo Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 01:00:00 +0000

A single row of mature poplar trees, along the side unsealed road, forms a soft foreground to what we considered as the "main" façade of the house. Shadows of the trees cast onto the white concrete masonry blocks in the morning, animate the long articulated façade. The articulations, through the masonry and concrete detailing, together with the frustum roofs and layering of spaces, evoke street engagements and curiosities. These pose a polemic to the long façade which is essentially a defense mechanism to provide and suggest domestic privacy.

Fitzroy Terrace House / Taylor Knights

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Fitzroy Terrace is an intricate re-working of a previously run-down double-storey terrace in the gritty, northern fringes of Fitzroy. The design itself represents a real ‘obscuring’ between the old and the new through the deliberate play of thresholds and vertical journeys through the internal spaces. This in turn responds to a restrictive site, the solution for which is perhaps best captured in section.

Brunswick West House / Taylor Knights

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 07 May 2018 17:00:00 +0000

Brunswick West House is a small-scale, 50-square-meter alteration and addition to a Californian Bungalow home. The addition forms a low-volume, compact intervention on the project’s site, that aims to re-engage the home with the generous north-facing garden beyond.

My House - The Mental Health House / Austin Maynard Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:00:00 +0000

Some architects are masochists. Some architects are readily self-destructive, not in a fun adventurous way, but in a boring “I’m over-worked, exploited and unfulfilled” way. As research emerges, it appears working conditions can lead to some significant mental health issues within the profession.

THAT House / Austin Maynard Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:00:00 +0000

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Parure House / Albert Mo Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 05 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The Parure House (that is, a set of jewellery to be adorned together at once) is an exercise in abject darkness versus stark light; the compact crossed with the open, and closeted privacy against unabashed experiences of the exterior environment.

Open House / Albert Mo Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 02 May 2014 01:00:00 +0000

This project sets out to explore the physical and tactile language of building materials. Using timber as the basis we explored how particular materials responded to touch, sight, sound, weight and patina; while investigating and interpreting their interaction with natural lights and shadows.

Three Parts House / Albert Mo Architects

Karen Valenzuela — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Three Parts House is an alteration and addition to a 1950s clinker brick residence on a 1200sq.m block of land. The house is programmatically and conceptually divided into 3 parts – the Lantern, the Courtyard and the Brickhouse.

Elm & Willow House / Albert Mo Architects

Nico Saieh — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:00:00 +0000

This project involves restoration and alteration to the existing Edwardian house, and the demolition and construction at the rear of a new addition. The transparency and openness of the new part is a deliberate counterpoint to the introverted Edwardian house with its dark central corridor. Our intention was to create an "inside is outside is inside" environment, where inside and outside spaces were interchangeable elements. The project evokes a certain reference to the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, and many courtyard houses in Melbourne by McGlashan and Everist.