Wings Way House / MRTN Architects
Settled into the surrounding landscape this coastal home is a place of refuge from the city for the three generations of the same family who regularly use it.
Settled into the surrounding landscape this coastal home is a place of refuge from the city for the three generations of the same family who regularly use it.
West Bend House was conceived as an inhabited pathway, a means to traverse the long narrow site from the street to the expansive rear garden with views over the banks of Merri Creek.
Hide House is a retreat from Melbourne, a place where the owners can spend increasing periods of time living and working from Venus Bay.
The design incorporates original features and materials to create an almost seamless result that leaves one wondering where the old has been replaced by the new.
Conceived as a collection of contemporary farm buildings gathered under one expansive gable roof, the house’s form is immediately provocative of the traditional farming structures that once inhabited the local area.
Just past the airport the landscape changes from tract housing to pastoral land and small rural communities. Dotted along the drive are old agricultural outbuildings and early settler dwellings. Nostalgia for this connection between land and building was the guiding principle for our Nulla Vale House and Shed.
Rathmines House is an alteration and addition to a Victorian weatherboard house in Fairfield. The poorly planned layout of the existing dwelling contained a lean-too out the back, housing the laundry and bathrooms to the north and living spaces to the south. A narrow corridor provided the only connection to the backyard.
Shadow Cottage Daylesford responds to the landscape and climate context in which it is sited. Living areas are orientated to north and to the west as the house drops away to capture views of the towering eucalypts in the nature reserve.
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
Project: Fairfield Hacienda – One-Storey House Architects: MRTN Architects Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Photographs: Peter Bennetts Located in suburban Melbourne, Fairfield Hacienda is a one-storey house designed by MRTN Architects. Description by MRTN Architects: On the fringe of Melbourne’s inner suburbs, this new family home sits in an established residential street of Victorian villas and
St Kilda Gable End House is the latest project by MRTN Architects in Melbourne, Australia. The house was built in the 80s and has been modified to accommodate a young family who wanted more space and light. The architect’s description: While most house alteration projects are concerned with an addition or alteration to the rear of