Photographer of architecture, landscapes, lifestyle, food, travel and art work. Shooting since 1999, Derek Swalwell started working with Melbourne architects and designers. His work has since expanded to include international design firms, advertising agencies and many overseas titles. He enjoys working with great people and ideas.
With a career spanning 20 years, Derek Swalwell is one of Australia’s best-known and most respected architectural photographers. Known for capturing some of the world’s most spectacular architecturally designed buildings, Swalwell is fascinated by architecture and the built environment, both in Australia and abroad.
It follows, then, that he would collaborate with a celebrated Australian architecture firm (and long-standing clients) to renovate and update his own home in Melbourne.
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Set on a large semi-rural property, this single storey L-shaped modern house wraps a courtyard terrace and pool. The main wing includes a study facing the front garden, as well as an open plan living area and master bed adjacent to the terrace.
The architectural form of the Main Ridge house is a series of intersecting pavilions which have been oriented to the views and to the east and north solar aspect. Spotted Gum timber ‘boxes’ follow the contours of the site
Set in the coastal bushland of Aireys Inlet, this home weaves along the block between established ironbarks, capitalizing on the bush views and northern aspect, to create a tranquil retreat.
Sorrento House is a coastal holiday house composed of a series of stepped pavilions reflecting the sites undulating topography. The living space, master bedroom and guest bedroom sit under the main roof plane, while a separate pavilion, linked by the deck, incorporates two further bedrooms.
This split level beach house includes three bedrooms and a lounge retreat on the lower level, and a large open plan living area and master bedroom on the upper level. A discrete timber box at the front transforms into an expansive glazed pavilion at the rear of the property.
This sleek two storey residential pavilion includes an open plan living area, study and master bedroom on the ground floor, with three kids’ bedrooms and a rumpus room on the upper floor. A large loggia adjacent to the pool includes an outdoor kitchen and open fireplace.
Reclining within an exclusive node in western Singapore, Faber house looks perfectly suited to its lavish milieu – at home amongst the quaint bungalows in this cozy enclave. This bespoke residence was designed to fulfill the specific needs of the client, where their two foremost considerations were family and friends.
Architects: Architects EAT Project: Moving House Location: Kew, Victoria, Australia Photography: Derek Swalwell Moving House is a new single residence in the suburban street of Kew. The house was completed in 2016 by Architects EAT, a Melbourne based architecture and interior design practice. Responding to the north facing orientation to the street, the house is designed to
Project: Horse Shoe House Architects: Preston Lane Architects Location: Hobart, Tasmania Photography: Derek Swalwell Horse Shoe House is a single family house designed by Preston Lane Architects, an award winning architectural practice founded by Daniel Lane and Nathanael Preston. Set in an established suburb on the outskirts of Hobart, the site takes in expansive views
Project: Courtyard Cottage Architects: Wolveridge Architects Practice team: Jeremy Wolveridge, Ricky Booth, Jet Leong Builder and construction manager: Bartlett Architectural Construction Structural/civil engineer: Keith Long and Associates Landscape architect: Jack Reilly Building surveyor: Nepean Building Permits Location: Flinders, Victoria, Australia Photographer: Derek Swalwell Designed by Melbourne-based firm Wolveridge Architects, Courtyard Cottage is a single-storey courtyard
York St Residence is a family residence renovated and extended by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects, located in Melbourne. Project description: The existing dwellings at this inner city site were varied in use with a rear building housing a swimming pool. From the outset it was decided that the primary frontage should be preserved and the new
Architects: Architects EAT Project: Kazoo House Location: Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia Area: 250 sqm Photographs: Derek Swalwell Builder: McKerlie Builders Kazoo House is a single-family home designed by Melbourne-based Architects EAT. Albert Mo and Eid Goh established their office in South Yarra, Melbourne in 2000, after graduating from the University of Melbourne, and gaining experience in various
