Erskine House / Kennedy Nolan
We approached Erskine House from a number of different angles. Our brief was to make alterations and additions to a substantial family home accommodated in a gracious Victorian dwelling with well-proportioned rooms.
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Derek Swalwell is an Australian architectural, interiors, landscape, lifestyle, food, travel, and art photographer based in Melbourne. With a career spanning over two decades since 1999, he is celebrated for his masterful use of natural light and compelling visual storytelling. His work, which began with collaboration with Melbourne’s design and architecture community, now includes international commissions and frequent publication across leading design media.
Known for images that convey both clarity and emotional atmosphere, Derek’s photography captures the essence of space—whether residential, commercial, or environmental—with precision and narrative depth. His portfolio spans architecture, lifestyle, and editorial genres, always grounded in a thoughtful and engaging visual approach.
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Malvern Garden House / Taylor Knights
Malvern Garden House is a highly-considered adaption of an existing 1930’s period home in a hilly suburban pocket, with a new pavilion embedded within the terraced garden to the rear. Most fundamentally, the design response seeks to…
A Single Storey Rear Extension to an Existing Post War Bungalow
Parnell Facade project is a single storey rear extension to an existing post war bungalow in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. The main challenge of this project was creating a strong design concept around a poor previous extension.
Paperback House / Ben Callery Architects
Paperback house enables a family of four including two publishers who frequently work from home to live, work relax and play connected with each other and the environment.
Liverpool House / Kennedy Nolan
This new house in the rich urban environment of North Fitzroy was designed to be built by the builder owner for his young family.
Bellarine Peninsula House / Auhaus Architecture
To the ocean side, the Bellarine Peninsula House presents as two stacked, elongated volumes, one sheathed in a fine skin of concrete, the other in hardwood timber that will weather to a pale silver.
KAP-House Featuring a Series of Rectilinear Volumes Placed in Interlocking Juxtapositions
Reclined within a well-heeled residential enclave, KAP-House reposes behind wild grassland that grows from the remains of the old Malayan Railway. Placed on a plot that was once the sprawling garden of a classic colonial black and…
Oak Tree House, Melbourne / Kennedy Nolan
A project in the venerable tradition of alterations and additions to heritage houses – a testing ground for Architect’s ideas. This adaptive re-use of a double fronted Victorian house incorporates a re-working of the existing house, a…
Sandy Point House / Kennedy Nolan
Perched on the coastal dunes of eastern Victoria, this is a holiday house for a family who have a long association with the modest beachside hamlet of Sandy Point. Almost three hours from Melbourne, this house is…