North King House / Ben Callery Architects
The hero of this house is a king post truss that opens the living rooms up to northern sun, making a tranquil inner-city retreat with low embodied and operational energy.
The hero of this house is a king post truss that opens the living rooms up to northern sun, making a tranquil inner-city retreat with low embodied and operational energy.
Behind a double-storey Victorian heritage terrace, this extension takes flight over its cavernous context. Twin parabolic roofs soar over the tall neighbouring parapets twisting as they rise to the north
Sanctuary House integrates advanced construction techniques with natural materials and a wild landscape to provide an unexpected urban oasis in Brunswick East.
It’s the perfect property for a contemporary home addition. A quaint heritage terrace opposite Curtain Square in Carlton North’s Rathdowne Village …
At Lean-2 House we’ve put a new spin on the quirky and quaint elements of the typical lean-to, with a compact but spacious second lean-to on an existing house with a difficult orientation.
Elemental house is a low impact off-grid retreat on an exposed ridge line at a place called High Camp, an hour north of Melbourne.
Treetop House explores architecture that responds to its environment pragmatically but also emotionally, allowing a young family to connect with their leafy surrounds.
This Northcote House is another in a series of houses in which we’ve employed creative means of getting sunlight into difficult spaces, while creating an uplifting feeling for the occupant. The existing house was on a narrow 6.5m wide block with neighbouring walls built on both boundaries …
We wanted the extension to their Melbourne home to embody those dynamic feelings. Meanwhile it would respond to our client’s brief for a house that uses environmentally sensitive materials and a creative form to harness the sun and be naturally comfortable and beautiful.
Architects: Ben Callery Architects Project: Westgarth House / Exploring sustainably sourced materials Location: Westgarth, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Photography: Nic Granleese Westgarth House is a single-family home designed by Melbourne-based Ben Callery Architects. The architects had designed a rear living space that opens onto an airy, double-height void that’s carefully orientated, glazed and cross-ventilated to flood the space
Architects: Ben Callery Architects Project: Beyond House Location: Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Photography: Peter Bennetts Designed by Ben Callery Architects, the Beyond House stretches typical terrace boundaries, making a sustainable house despite its heritage constraints. We believe that it is important to revisit our houses after they have been occupied to see how they perform and learn what