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Adam Wright-Smith designs Melbourne restaurant around “sense of adventure”

July 26, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0

Australian chef Adam Wright-Smith has turned an old mill in Melbourne into a restaurant spread across a set of formerly industrial buildings with a central kitchen at its heart. Half Acre is designed by the local chef, who took on the industrial plot in the south of the Australian city for the restaurant project. The site

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Writer’s Shed is a tiny garden studio in Melbourne covered in ivy

July 23, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

Ivy creates a green camouflage across the walls of this garden studio, designed by Melbourne architect Matt Gibson for a writer based in the city. Writer’s Shed is tucked into the corner of the garden at the writer’s home, in Melbourne’s suburban southeast. Taking up just 10 square metres, the small building offers its owner

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Lovell Burton completes spacious Barwon Heads House for retired couple

July 15, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Barwon Heads House designed by Lovell Burton

Thick green brush nearly conceals the slanted roof of this house near Melbourne, which architecture studio Lovell Burton has created for a retired couple and their extended family. The house is situated just 100 metres off the beach in the coastal town of Barwon Heads and has been designed by Lovell Burton to accommodate a

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Stacked zinc boxes form multi-generational house in Melbourne

July 10, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Wellington Street Mixed Use by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design

Australian architect Matt Gibson has created a multi-generational home from a stack of zinc-clad boxes on a narrow infill site in Melbourne. According to the architect multi-generational living, which is becoming increasingly prevalent in Australia, lent itself to the thin site on Wellington Street. The irregularly stacked boxes that form the house allow it to be segmented vertically to cater

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Splinter Society transforms Melbourne bungalow into Japanese-inspired home

June 21, 2019 Tomek Zylski 0

Australian studio Splinter Society has redesigned a Californian-style bungalow in Melbourne, as a Japanese influenced house with strong connections to its garden. Located in Elwood, a suburb of Melbourne, the building was constructed in 1920s as a typical Californian-style bungalow. Splinter Society combined its history with a Japanese aesthetic to create the home. “We borrowed specific qualities

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Muir and Openwork create mist-filled “chasm” at National Gallery of Victoria

May 10, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

Canyon-like walls overflowing with mist define the Doubleground pavilion, which nestles within the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Designed by local studios Muir and Openwork, the installation is intended to resemble a “series of chasms” weaving though the gallery’s floor beds. It is the fourth pavilion built as part of the

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Newly built townhouses in Melbourne channel art-deco era architecture

April 20, 2019 Ali Morris 0

Interiors of Pine Ave townhouses by Cera Stribley Architects and The Stella Collective

Cera Stribley Architects teamed with interior design studio The Stella Collective on a series of eight, three-storey townhouses in a Melbourne suburb that reflect the area’s art-deco architecture. Called Pine Ave, the townhouses are located in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood and are the latest project by longstanding Melbourne developers, Angle and BuxtonGroup. The area is known

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Adam Kane Architects completes minimalist bridal boutique in Melbourne

April 9, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Interiors of Mariana Hardwick bridal boutique, designed by Adam Kane Architects

White plaster walls, concrete floors, and grey marble fixtures helped Australian practice Adam Kane Architects avoid an “overly feminine” aesthetic inside the Mariana Hardwick bridal boutique in Melbourne. Decked out in cool tones and natural materials, the Mariana Hardwick boutique has been designed by Adam Kane Architects to be the antithesis to typical bridal retail spaces. “We

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Federation Square’s Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store axed

April 8, 2019 India Block 0

A controversial Apple Store designed by Foster + Partners for Melbourne’s Federation Square has been cancelled after plans were blocked by Australian heritage authorities. Heritage Victoria ruled against plans put forward by Federation Square management to knock down the Yarra Building, one of the existing structures on the publicly owned plaza, to make way for a AUS$50

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Winter Architecture creates community-focused cricket pavilion in Melbourne

April 8, 2019 Ali Morris 0

Kinley cricket club by Winter Architecture and Zunica Interior Architecture

Winter Architecture has teamed with Zunica Interior Architecture to transform a historic Melbourne cricket pavilion into a flexible community hub. Mindful of the history of club, which was established in the 19th century, Winter Architecture has created a flexible space that could serve a variety of functions, while also enhancing its relationship with the cricket oval and

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