About Peter Bennetts
PETER BENNETTS was born in 1967 in Sydney, Australia. He studied photography at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His initial pursuit of environmental reportage assignments has led Peter to photograph features all over the world including Argentina, Austria, Chile & Easter Island, China, Denmark, France, French Polynesia, Fiji, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Portugal, West Papua, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Spain, Solomon Islands, Switzerland, Thailand, U.A.E., U.K., U.S.A. and Vanuatu. He has particularly focussed his camera on the island nation of Tuvalu, whose coral atolls are especially vulnerable to a changing climate.
Environmental reportage led to Peter’s burgeoning interest in the constructed environment and since 1997 Peter has been photographing the pre-eminent architecture and design of both his home country of Australia and in the international arena. His work in the field of architecture, interiors and graphic design has allowed Peter to indulge his passion for great design in all its forms.
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Amado are external sliding timber screens used on Japanese traditional houses to protect the inner layers of shoji screens from the weather. The Amado House adapts sliding screens to address Australian conditions, moderating harsh sun and discouraging blowflies with flywire replacing rice paper.
This is a rear extension to a single-storey cottage in Brunswick with difficult orientation characteristics – the north sun only reaching the site from over adjoining houses. The new addition pulls living areas to the rear of the site and uses ‘sun-catchers’ for light and spaciousness in the interior.
Architects: MAKE Architecture Project: Perimeter House Location: Abbotsford, Melbourne, Australia Photography: Peter Bennetts In a lively, active industrial precinct the form of this house can be understood as a perimeter condition; an expanded edge that sits hard up against the site boundary and in doing so, wraps and encloses the domestic program, creating an inner,
Architects: Sonelo Design Studio Project: Theresa St Residence Location: Victoria, Australia Photography: Peter Bennetts Subtlety is the one word Theresa St residence evokes. This small home was renovated by Sonelo Design Studio. Despite the modest budget, through rigorous spatial planning, restraint and refined tectonics, the renovation work creates a modest seamless interiors effortlessly disguising the
Architects: Sonelo Design Studio Project: Elgin Street Residence Location: Carlton, Victoria, Australia Area: 112 m2 Project Year 2017 Photography: Peter Bennetts Elgin Street Residence is a alteration and addition project completed in 2017 by Sonelo Design Studio. The house is located in Carlton, Victoria, Australia. From the architect: Manipulating the sense of spaciousness is the epitome of the
Charles House is a multi-generational home recently completed by Melbourne- based Austin Maynard Architects.Â
Architects: Architecture Architecture Project: Dark Horse House Location: Fitzroy VIC, Australia Area: 150 m2 Photography: Peter Bennetts Dark Horse House is a single-family residence designed by Architecture Architecture, an award winning Melbourne-based practice, recognised for its dedication to contemporary architecture and design. From the architect: In a row of workers’ cottages, there is one Dark Horse
Black Line One Architecture Studio has designed this timber garden pavilion in Melbourne, in a garden of olive trees. This compact addition forms a new connection to an existing mature garden. The project aims to preserve the rugged and luscious nature of the existing site while utilising it’s northern aspect, and providing a new living space
Dorman House is an old shack transformed into a comfortable home for a young family. The project was recently completed by Austin Maynard Architects.
Guild Architects have recently completed Yarraville Garden House, located in Yarraville, Melbourne. The client had a high degree of environmental consciousness with energy and water consumption, responsible materials use and landscape being key components of their brief.Â
Lead Architects: Simon Knott, George Huon Project: Split House Location: Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia Area: 320.0 sqm Photography: Peter Bennetts Located in Mt Martha, VIC, Australia, Split House won the 2016 AIA Victorian Architecture Awards, Commendation for Residential New. The house was designed by Melbourne-based BKK Architects. Project description: Set within a relatively recent subdivision
Architect: MRTN Architects Project: Mount Eliza House Location: Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia Structural Engineer: Deery Consulting Builder: Lew Building Photographer: Peter Bennetts Eliza House is a single-family house designed by Melbourne-based MRTN Architects. Sophisticated living on an elevated position enwrapped with the world famous panorama of Port Phillip Bay, this near new ultra modern residence is a grand
