Shannon McGrath is an Australian architectural and interior design photographer based in Melbourne, whose career spans over 25 years. She is known for her evocative portrayal of light and form, capturing spaces with a soft realism that emphasizes both the architectural design intent and the atmosphere of the built environment. Her education includes Fine Arts and Photography at RMIT, and she has also taught, adding depth and artistic sensibility to her technical expertise.
Her portfolio covers a wide variety of projects—from residential interiors to public and editorial commissions—and she collaborates with leading architects and designers throughout Australia and internationally. Shannon is also the author of *Assemblage*, a book celebrating the art of curated interiors and the layering of objects that give spaces character. Her work is frequently featured in design publications and exhibitions where her approachable yet refined style makes a strong impact.
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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The Barrington heritage area in Melbourne is known for being an area of heritage significance containing high quality heritage villas, set within garden settings – the kind of characteristics identified that make Melbourne one of the World’s…
Gray Puksand has completed a $1.8 million residential project at 42 Coles Street, in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. Completed in February 2017, this unconventional house was designed by Robert Puksand, Founding Partner at Gray Puksand, as his…
Behind an unassuming façade, the Courtyard house opens up to reveal a pared back design response, mixed with luxurious materials, and practical detailing. This existing building has been altered and extended, with the interior design responding to…
Woods Bagot has designed a new workplace for ADCO in Melbourne, delivering a contemporary workspace environment for one of Australia’s leading construction companies. Situated in South Melbourne, the key driver for the project was to provide ADCO…
The Layer residence is a large family house located in regional, coastal Victoria. The site is close to the beach yet doesn’t have any views to embrace. The site is largely sloping from the north to the…
In a quiet street, this sensitive but tough new beach house creates an intriguing sanctuary, integrated with context and landscape. Driven by the local vernacular of gently gabled houses, a sensitive building form is nestled between its…
Designed by Matt Gibson, this Victorian terrace house utilises the device of the courtyard or a series of courtyards to provide light, amenity & flexibility to an otherwise compact single fronted cottage relieving the need to increase…
This compact double fronted Victorian workers cottage in set within a gritty one way street in Richmond – a stone’s throw from the MCG and just down from the corner of the infamous Royal Hotel. Unlike other…
An addition to an existing red brick double fronted Victorian, this home is arranged to allow a strong axial progression from front to rear. Formal spaces are zoned within the original front rooms whilst the rear caters…
