Situated on Parnassus Moutain, a site which also houses the largest Ski Centre in Greece and the famed Delphic Oracle, architects Roula Kotsilati and Vangelis Hatzis worked to create a contempory and sustainable project that blended with its surroundings. Five Houses at Parnassus Mountain, Greece certainly fulfils this brief.
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Vibe Design Group were commissioned to create a family home in the leafy streets of Beaumaris in Melbourne. Some distance away from the CBD, Beaumaris is abounding in suburban charm. Tramway, however, is not your typical suburban home. Box- shaped, zinc-clad, asymmetrical and towering, Tramway ticks all the clients’ pragmatic ‘must have’ boxes while imparting just a little bit of their own personality into the form of the building. As for what was on the ‘must have’ list, there was nothing too surprising: a family home, with living spaces and a master bedroom on the lower floor and a teenager retreat up high. Vibe’s clients decided to capitalise on the fact that their kids would be leaving the roost in the not too distant future. Thus, the upper level of the house doubles as an apartment, offering accommodation for visiting international guests. Off-street parking was needed to house three vehicles, one of which was a race car – and here is where the design got a little more interesting.
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Jardine’s Lookout was born of a fairly straight-forward request: client, an elderly lady, needed an open, spacious, light-filled home with a lot of storage. The client just so happened to live in Hong Kong, a city notoriously low on space, in an old apartment with fixed windows and ancient plaster walls that were there to stay. Thankfully AFFECT-T architects, founded by up-and-coming architect Dylan Baker-Rice, were up for the the challenge. This Hong-Kong based firm responded to the clients need for an ultra-contemporary flat with light natural materials and plenty of space. Responding to a long list of problems with an even longer list of ingenious solutions, Jardine’s Lookout is a cool and quirky flat that encapsulates the inventive spirit of contemporary design.
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With Manly Beach House, Sanctum really have brought the 1950s Australian dream to life. This white clad and sun-drenched shack, true to its name, sits right alongside the iconic Manly Beach with a great big backyard, a swimming pool, and a family of bandicoots out the back. Sanctum’s award-winning design came from humble beginnings, originally selected as a pre-costed design solution for owners wary of cos The house as it stands now is down to earth and cost-effective. It is also right on target, meeting all the requirements of the site, the clients, the council and the community. Anyone who has ever built or renovated knows the pain of a budget blow-out. Sanctum offer their clients a range of pre-costed, pre-designed homes based upon a modular, adaptable format. For the owners of Manly Beach House this (understandably) seemed like a great idea. With a young family and a budget in mind, they opted for the design that might most easily be adapted to the orientation and outlook of their site, and the one which was consistent with the design aesthetic of their dream beach home.
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Located on a corner block in the midst of Brisbane’s vibrant inner suburb of Paddington, the Fernberg Residence, designed by Brad Muller of dm2architecture, is at once a striking and natural feature of the surrounding environment. The request for a “black box” open plan addition to the house, and reconfiguration of the existing residence for compartmented living was articulated by dm2 to create a disparate yet harmonious building of two parts.
The “black box” concept was softened and appropriated with the timber and tin aesthetic desired by the council and an appreciation of the surrounding suburb in mind. Offsetting and layering of wall treatments, awnings and screens were integrated to create something in line with the client’s request that was at the same time contextually sympathetic. A major contextual feature was the corner position of the block, which posed both benefits and constraints for design.
While the position allowed conducive space for the addition, there was a risk that it would feel like a cumbersome attachment to the existing residence. Dm2 avoided this by conceiving of the additional structure as a lightweight, secondary building to mirror the scale of the original, attached via a sleek recessed glazed link.
Petersham's iconic Old Majestic Theatre has undergone a dramatic transformation, morphing into a set of flats that epitomise modern sustainable design.
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Far from the disconcerting bustle of urban living, Inarc Architects’ Red Hill House is a weekend retreat that infuses the remedial qualities of coastal and pastoral living. The house overlooks stretches of vineyards and wide ocean views, nestled within the undulating hills of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. In most instances, the unique scenery would inspire a home abundant in glass and expansive views, but Red Hill House seeks to do otherwise. Drawing inspiration from the diversity of the scenery itself, the house harnesses the surrounding beauty into the comfortable confines of a family home.
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Sydney’s inner west sees many old classics undergo makeovers, and the gorgeous suburb of Rozelle has been no exception. carterwilliamson’s latest project was alteration and additions to an existing 1880s brick terrace, 14 Hartely Street. Positioned on a tight block, hemmed in on both sides as most terraces are, the house is situated in a conservation area, meaning that the front of the terrace at least had to remain intact. This, added with the challenges associated with the shape of the site, meant that carterwilliamson had to be always on the game in the designing of this particular project.
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38 Waterloo Street is an award- winning multi-use building recently completed by Sydney based practice, Candalepas Associates. While the predominately residential building is successful in meeting the demands of inner city living, it is equally successful in its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood and community.
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Ian Moore Architects’ award-winning conversion of a nineteenth century warehouse balances old with new by continuing rather than preserving the building’s history.
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