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Ochre-tinted precast concrete forms Nightingale housing by Kennedy Nolan

September 22, 2023 Betty Owoo 0

Australian studio Kennedy Nolan has completed Leftfield, an affordable housing block with a “playful” form of pigmented precast concrete panels in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne. Part of the Nightingale Village development, the block by Kennedy Nolan is an example of a typology created under the Nightingale development model, which aims to design residential projects

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Low-slung roof shelters blockwork home on Mornington Peninsula

September 13, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A low-slung roof with deep eaves shelters Merricks Farmhouse, a concrete-block home in Australia designed by South African studio Michael Lumby Architecture with Brisbane practice Nielsen Jenkins. Overlooking vineyards and the sea on the Mornington Peninsula in southeast Melbourne, the dwelling references local farmhouses and is designed by Michael Lumby Architecture and Nielsen Jenkins as

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Industrial warehouses inform Melbourne office block by Carr

September 8, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Australian architecture studio Carr drew on 20th-century industrial warehouses for this office building in Melbourne, which features a stepped frontage of perforated red-brick columns. The office on Bruce Street is the first large building to reach completion in the redevelopment of an “industrial wedge” in Kensington, a suburb defined by brick warehouses and grain siloes

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Arent & Pyke designs Sydney hair salon to be “best appreciated from seated height”

September 7, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Triangular slabs of terrazzo and a vintage chandelier frame Sydney’s Koda hair salon, which local studio Arent & Pyke has conceived as an eclectic mishmash of old and new. Located on the upper mezzanine level of the city’s George McRae-designed Queen Victoria Building, the salon was created for Australian hairdresser Koda. Arent & Pyke created

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PW Architecture Office brings “a little excitement” back into mid-century Australian home

September 3, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Australian firm PW Architecture Office has revived the fortunes of this mid-century house in Orange, New South Wales, with a sensitive renovation that respects the original building while taking design cues from its material palette. Park Lane house was originally designed by noted Australian architect Neville Gruzman for the 1962 Carlingford Home Fair before being

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Edition Office uses concrete and copper to finish Australian apartment block

August 31, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Exposed concrete and perforated copper screens define this apartment block overlooking a valley in Victoria, Australia, which was designed by local architecture studio Edition Office. Located on a wooded site above the Yara or Birrarung River the project, called Fenwick St, replaces a former single dwelling with nine apartments, spread across three separate concrete “pavilions”.

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Artful Indoor-Outdoor Home Design In Australia

August 10, 2023 HD Staff 0

The owners of this remarkable house hit a stage in life where they could redefine their needs and reimagine their surroundings. With their three children grown and only one still at home, the couple downsized to the city. With the help of CplusC Architectural Workshop, they renovated the 523 square meter property into a space […]

Luchetti Krelle brings laid-back luxury to social spaces of Manly Pacific hotel

August 9, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Spicy shades of turmeric, cinnamon and ginger feature alongside mosaic tiles and hand-painted murals in the public spaces of this hotel in Sydney, following a makeover from local studio Luchetti Krelle. The renovation encompassed Manly Pacific’s lobby as well as its 55 North bar and a few neighbouring lounge areas, all located on the hotel’s ground

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Grotto Studio references shadows with charred-timber cottage extension in Perth

July 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Australian practice Grotto Studio has added a charred-timber extension named Shadow House to a bright cottage in Perth. Informed by shadows, the extension was designed to contrast the existing cottage, which was built in the early 1900s and featured original elements that the studio aimed to preserve. “It was crucial to preserve the cottage’s charm

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Chipboard and recycled denim define spaces inside Microloft in Melbourne

July 24, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Australian architecture practice Studio Edwards has completed an exercise in contemporary small-space living with this 24-square-metre micro apartment in Melbourne’s Fitzroy district. The clients, a young couple, approached Studio Edwards to remodel the tiny studio apartment on the top floor of a 1980s apartment block. “They asked for a home that felt unified and clutter-free,

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