Central House, designed by Neil Architecture, stands as a contemporary family home nestled within the native bushland of Nunawading. The design purposefully challenges the traditional suburban brick veneer style, introducing a series of modestly scaled rectilinear forms that redefine the neighborhood aesthetic.
The Nova residence is approximately 3300 sf and is built from cast in place concrete, steel, glass, stone and natural wood siding. The narrow wooded site is about 5 acres and has a steep cross slope from the north east corner to the south west corner.
Dorian Grinspan, the founder of Out of Order magazine, had been working for years with our friend, the designer Javas Lehn. He had just bought a very interesting apartment on the fourth floor of a corner building in Greenwich Village and asked Javas to put us in touch.
Taking its cues from the roofscapes of the east London Victorian Row houses, the structural glass prisim which forms the verandah of this Townhouse at ELLESMERE road
Scott Edwards Architecture provided architectural services to build out three of the tenant spaces, designing each office to be both representative of the occupying company and complementary to the shared aesthetic.
Located in a 19th century historic townhouse in Gramercy, this duplex apartment with room access shines after a complete renovation. JKA designed a custom fabricated spiral staircase to anchor the two floors of living space and provide access to the roof at a third level.
The architectural concept is based on the site: the building has a closed rear towards the North and East where the neighboring houses are, and it opens to the South and West, towards a natural forest.
The Client has named this house “Cooinda” – an indigenous word meaning “a happy place”. It is an apt name for this contemporary beach house for a large and enthusiastic extended family on beautiful Magnetic Island off the coast of Townsville, North Queensland.
