Bannerman House / Bijl Architecture
This former coach-house located in Bendigo, Victoria explores heritage and adaptive design from a new perspective. The Bannerman house needed to exude delight, charm, compactness and comfort.
This former coach-house located in Bendigo, Victoria explores heritage and adaptive design from a new perspective. The Bannerman house needed to exude delight, charm, compactness and comfort.
Designed for a writer and her Husband, the boathouse sits perched on the banks of the River Derwent in Southern Tasmania. It is a small (ancillary) dwelling, dovetailed into the lush garden of their midcentury Myrtle-clad family home. It celebrates the experience of living on the water’s edge, offering sanctuary and protection from the wild weather that blows in from the sea.
Pirie Street Extension reclines back onto a hill in New Town and gazes at the mountain, providing an outward focus to what was an internalised but charming 1910 cottage.Â
This project was also a personal one for Archier as Chris, one of our directors is the clients’ son, which meant family gatherings focused around talk of the house and its construction.
The Farm Hill house steps down the steep slope, gradually transitioning the users from the street down to a central entry. Once inside, the noise from the adjacent properties are concealed. Barrier walls flank the side boundaries of the home providing privacy, as the occupants focus is drawn towards the expansive views of the city and River Derwent below.
A coastal retreat for family and guests. A durable, tectonic structure enables subdued spaces that bring focus to the expansive seascape location.
The Dolphin Sands Studio, while located close to the road to minimise incursion into the site, is accessed via a path that works with the existing contours, closely wrapping a dune, to create separation and privacy.
Overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Killora Bay House is a seasonal holiday home designed for a young family and friends. The house siting and form is heavily conditioned by its delicate environmental setting.