Katherine Lu is a photographer based in Sydney. After graduating in interior design she has come to love the challenge of capturing architecture as photographic imagery. When not shooting she enjoys travelling and fuelling her coffee addiction.
LOCATION: Sydney, Australia
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A slide-out bed on a lightweight perspex sled lives beneath the platform during the day. Modular storage seating and a flip-down table locked in place and supported by the bookends from the wall shelves above provide added flexibility in the use of space.
Conceptually, the A&M Houses have been an experiment in drawing a relationship and balance between a reduced footprint, comfortable living and maximised amenity. Inhabitants of this narrow beach house are encouraged to modify and adapt spaces to facilitate maximum amenity in both an environmental and social sense.
Set within an Art Deco building in Woollahra, the brief for the K Apartment was to be a reflection of the way the young professional couple would like to live their lives – open spaces that were generous and filled with light.
The apartment is designed to facilitate union with the Japanese 5S methodology. It was intended the design deliberately place importance on selecting, organising and caring for the belongings of the occupants.
For the Sustainable House Annandale, the intention was to achieve the best possible passive solar house for the site, whilst facilitating a more sustainable lifestyle for the client. The design not only maximises its passive design strategies including: solar design; evaporative cooling; natural ventilation
Architects: Studio Prineas Project: Apartment Finger Wharf Lead Architect: Eva-Marie Prineas Location: Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf, Sydney Harbour, Australia Area: 86 sqm Photography: Katherine Lu, Chris Warnes Apartment Finger Wharf is a refurbishment project completed by Sydney-based Studio Prineas. The project brief was centred about making the most of a glamorous city pad with an extraordinary
Architects: Day Bukh Architects Project: Sustainable House Randwick Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Area: 150.0 m2 Project Year 2016 Photography: Katherine Lu Sustainable House Randwick is an addition to a dark Federation style semi detached dwelling in Sydney’s inner suburbs. The project was completed by Sydney-based Day Bukh Architects. The existing semi-detached house was in its
Set on the edge of a national park, the Burrawong House has undergone a transformation that establishes compelling links between the dwelling and its bushland surrounds, providing opportunities for serenity and retreat.
