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Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. Maynard, the co-founder of Melboure-based Austin Maynard Architects, was prompted to improve his access to vitamin D after his doctor suggested that a lack of natural light was probably

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Andrew Maynard drenches home and studio in natural light to help combat mental health issues

June 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

In a bid to improve his mental health and vitamin D levels, architect Andrew Maynard has renovated his Melbourne home and studio to make it so brightly lit that he has to wear sunglasses inside. Maynard, the co-founder of Melboure-based Austin Maynard Architects, was prompted to improve his access to vitamin D after his doctor suggested that a lack of natural light was probably

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McBride Charles Ryan Have Designed The Saigon Welcome Arch In Melbourne

June 1, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Jeremy Weihrauch   Architecture firm McBride Charles Ryan, have designed the Saigon Welcome Arch, a modern sculpture that represents the Vietnamese community in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.   Photography by Jeremy Weihrauch The design was inspired by both the traditional and contemporary Vietnamese culture and symbols, and depicts a pair of cranes, the […]

McBride Charles Ryan Have Designed The Saigon Welcome Arch In Melbourne

June 1, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Jeremy Weihrauch   Architecture firm McBride Charles Ryan, have designed the Saigon Welcome Arch, a modern sculpture that represents the Vietnamese community in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.   Photography by Jeremy Weihrauch The design was inspired by both the traditional and contemporary Vietnamese culture and symbols, and depicts a pair of cranes, the […]

Crescent Shapes And Bright Colors Feature In This Architect’s Home

May 24, 2017 Erin 0

Photography © Shannon McGrath   Robert Puksand of Australian architecture & interior design practice Gray Puksand, has designed a modern house for himself and his family, located in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton.   At the front of the low maintenance house, a ramp leads down to a sunken garage that opens up to a […]

Perimeter House encloses private courtyard and plunge pool in Melbourne

May 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Australian studio Make Architecture has added a brick extension to a Victorian cottage in Melbourne that bounds the street on one side and curves around a secluded courtyard on the other. Perimeter House is situated on a plot within the industrial neighbourhood of Abbotsford, which contains brick factories and warehouses that influenced Make Architecture’s choice

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Tandem’s Melbourne house features folded cladding interrupted by rusty steel window frames

May 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

The curving corrugated-metal exterior of this house in Melbourne by local studio Tandem forms a continuous surface that encloses small pocket gardens. Tandem created the True North House for a tapering triangular plot in the Kensington neighbourhood of Melbourne, which was previously occupied by a decaying 1950s cottage and a stables built in the 1880s.

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Kennedy Nolan completes Arts and Crafts-inspired home in Melbourne

May 17, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Arched doorways, sculptural chimneys and a pyramid-shaped roof are among the quirky details that architecture studio Kennedy Nolan has used to add character to this east Melbourne home. Deepdene House is located in a suburban neighbourhood filled with Edwardian properties and verdant gardens. Kennedy Nolan describes its appearance as “roofs and chimneys emerging from lush tree canopies”. The Melbourne studio responded

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Kennedy Nolan completes Arts and Crafts-inspired home in Melbourne

May 17, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Arched doorways, sculptural chimneys and a pyramid-shaped roof are among the quirky details that architecture studio Kennedy Nolan has used to add character to this east Melbourne home. Deepdene House is located in a suburban neighbourhood filled with Edwardian properties and verdant gardens. Kennedy Nolan describes its appearance as “roofs and chimneys emerging from lush tree canopies”. The Melbourne studio responded

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