Located on a leafy established street in the inner Melbourne suburb of Malvern, two new controlled and elegant townhouses stand rigidly side by side without giving away some of the more softer elements that can be found within.
Writer`s house is an alteration and additional to an existing orange brick veneer residence that was originally designed in the late 1960`s by Michael R. E. Feldhagen. The house was originally built for the current occupants grandparents who were jewish holocaust survivors and immigrated to Australia a few years prior to building the house.
When presented with the opportunity to design this modern pavilion like a small addition to an existing residence, it was exciting to discover a number of established and significant trees sporadically arranged …
The approach for the renovation and extension of the Hopetoun Road Residence is to retain the existing structure as an anchoring element, adding a series of pavilions underneath a floating copper roofline that wraps around the original building.
The overall feeling of the three-storey residence in Armadale is lightness – almost an ethereal floating quality created by the sun refracting over the granite façade. This is a contradiction to the reality of the 260 tons of granite which make up the building’s skin.
Glow Design Group have designed the Trentham House – 700 Haus, a family home located in Trentham, Victoria, Australia. The project is BDAV Award Winner 2015 (Building Designers Association Victoria). Description by Glow: My first meeting with the clients for the Trentham house was a good one. I met a very friendly couple that had some
