Templeton Architecture, founded in 2004 and based in Melbourne, is a design‑driven studio renowned for its refined approach to architecture and interiors, with a strong emphasis on residential housing. Under Emma Templeton’s leadership—whose fifteen years of experience include collaborations with Chris Connell Design and academic roles at RMIT and the University of Melbourne—the practice creates projects defined by timeless restraint, meticulous attention to proportion, light, color, and material junctions, and a deep respect for each site’s history.
While Templeton Architecture maintains a coherent design language, every commission is treated as distinct, responding to its unique context and client aspirations. The studio thrives on the varied challenges of architecture—from initial concept through to completion—delivering rigorously resolved spaces that balance elegant simplicity with thoughtful innovation, ensuring each home becomes a lasting expression of place and purpose.
LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia
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Retaining the optimistic façade and the generosity of the original dwelling, Templeton has added to the simple rectilinear form while exploring the decorative possibilities of brick construction commonly found in the architecture of the Art Deco movement.
In the seemingly remote, granite hills of this northeast Victorian farm, Templeton was commissioned to create a weekend getaway. The Matilda house is situated on the same site that our client spent his childhood and is therefore…
