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.
Studio Tate completed this comprehensive apartment renovation for a penthouse in the Melburnian complex, overlooking the Shrine of Remembrance and the botanical gardens.
Located in Melbourne, Pod House is a family home extended and renovated by Nic Owen Architects. The owners of this existing Victorian house located in Fitzroy North wished to renovate and extend to better cater for their family of 5. The 1980’s rear skillion extension was removed and replaced with an open place living ‘pod’.
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 with natural light, warmth, breezes and views of the surrounding trees.
This is a great result when we consider that they use electricity for their heating and cooling and the house is frequently occupied all day as one of the owners works from home regularly. This is a testament to the original brief and vision and everyday living of our clients and the benefits of carefully selected active technology systems designed in conjunction with passive solar design for natural heating and cooling.
Jessamine Ave Residence was completed recently by Project Group, a Melbourne-based building company. The project involved demolition of the existing structure while retaining the front 2 rooms and the facade. Followed by construction of a 2 storey extension at the rear of the building with a suspended slab, featuring a vertical brick veneer facade and curved
This is a reworking of a three-level townhouse to accommodate a family in the inner city Melbourne. We aimed for efficiency in plan, detail and in construction. Each level’s programmatic difference is reflected in the materials and the degree of intimacy, creating a series of interconnecting spaces, not rooms.
This modest sized semi-detached clinker brick house in Hampton is located on a generous allotment. The owners required more space and desired a strong connection to the outside. The well travelled couple wanted a tranquil, calm and relaxing environment to call home.
