Our Narrabeen Relocatable Home involved the replacement of a relocatable home within Narrabeen Caravan Park, with a strong environmental focus on passive design and sustainable materials.
Project name
Narrabeen relocatable home
Architecture firm
buck&simple: doers of stuff
Location
Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Peter Ahern, Kurt Crisp
Interior design
Kurt Crisp
Structural engineer
Nitma Consulting
Material
Recycled metal sheet cladding under Spotted Gum weather screen. Spotted gum structural timber. Recycled Cedar windows. Interior timber FSC plantation pine details. Spotted gum engineered floorboards. Interior lining is FSC "v"jointed pine boards (no plasterboard)
Typology
Residential › House
This project involved the revival and extension of a single level federation detached cottage. The scope involved refurbishing the street façade and retained lower level rooms, influenced by the original period detailing, and extending to the rear and above with a first floor and detached carport in a contrasting material aesthetic.
Project name
Modest Start Bold Finish
Architecture firm
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Location
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Adam Hobbs
Design team
Adam Hobbs, Viktoria Cummings
Interior design
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Civil engineer
NB Consulting
Structural engineer
NB Consulting
Environmental & MEP
Efficient Living
Lighting
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Supervision
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Visualization
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Tools used
Vectorworks, SketchUp
Construction
JTB Building
Material
Brickwork, Standing Seam Cladding
Typology
Residential › House › Renovation
Bluff House sits comfortably in the corner of a cul-de-sac in the rural beach side suburb of Spring Beach on the East Coast of Tasmania. Preston Lane was engaged to design a holiday home, providing a place to relax, to unwind, connect with the surroundings and soak in the sun in an understated manner.
Architecture firm
Preston Lane Architects
Location
Spring Beach, Tasmania, Australia
Principal architect
Nathanael Preston, Daniel Lane
Design team
Daniel Lane, Paul Newman, Nathan Moate
Collaborators
GES (ydraulic Consultant), Pitt and Sherry (Building Surveyor)
Structural engineer
Aldanmark
Construction
Langford Projects
Material
Concrete, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
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. We wanted to give this family of five, with children quickly becoming young adults, the ability to be independent and have time apart but also create varied spaces to...
Project name
West Bend House
Architecture firm
MRTN Architects
Location
Northcote, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Peter Bennetts
Interior design
Brave New Eco
Construction
Lew Building
Material
Brick, Wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The main challenge for the CUUB team was to showcase a luxurious 3-storey, 6-unit oceanfront development in Trigg, Western Australia. Emphasize the organic integration into the existing architectural ensemble of the local space. There were 3 exterior and 8 interior renderings in the work, which were supposed to fully embody the main messages of the...
Architecture firm
West Bridge Urban
Location
Trigg, West Australia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Collaborators
West Bridge Urban, MJA, CUUB Studio
Visualization
CUUB Studio
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
Renovating an apartment presents many different challenges to renovating a house. Architect Kirby Roper, Director of Kirby Architects, reflects on a major apartment renovation in Melbourne’s Domain Road South Yarra. She offers some practical advice for renovating older apartments with a body corporate.
Project name
Domain Views
Architecture firm
Kirby Architects
Location
Domain Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Jacqui Henshaw
Principal architect
Kirby Roper
Design team
Annabelle Roper, Ankita Gurav
Interior design
Dana Goldberg Nido Design
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Stephen Dodd and Partners
Construction
Rami Grinblat Adept Construction Pty Ltd
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The mckimm interior design team were engaged by former clients to bring a new dimension of materiality and functionality to certain spaces within their mckimm home. With the intent of enhancing the homes visual character, the new features offer sympathetic enrichments to existing spaces, creating additional layers that explore connection, tactility...
Location
Brighton, Victoria, (Melbourne), Australia
Principal architect
Lorenzo Garizio
Interior design
Sandra Ludon, Isabella Cini, Elena Rajani
Completion year
2020 renovation complete
Typology
Residential › House
Drawn to the extensive vegetation rather than the views to the ocean, the client’s brief asked for an experience “like camping amongst the trees, but without the tent”. Rather than optimising views to the ocean that may be lost over time as the foreshore vegetation matures, this home is thoughtfully woven between the existing stand of Brushbox tree...
Project name
Timbin House
Architecture firm
Conrad Gargett
Location
Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Christopher Frederick Jones
Principal architect
John Flynn – Director, Conrad Gargett
Design team
Amit Sharma - Project Architect, Conrad Gargett
Interior design
Conrad Gargett
Built area
Ground Level -150 m² + 9 m² entry deck; Level 1-130 m² + 85 m² balcony
Structural engineer
Knight Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Exburo ESD Consultant
Lighting
The house uses a combination of strip and bulb based low-energy LED surface mounted lighting
Construction
Luke O’Connor Builder
Material
Roofing: Concrete Roof with insulation. Concrete walls with insulation. Internal walls and ceilings: Pasterboard wall lining with insulation + Exposed concrete ceiling. Glazing: MAGNUM™ Sliding Door Designer Series | Series 618, Powder coating colour is Dulux Electro range Ref - 906-8184k - Dark Bronze DLX116 All glazing Low E grey tint. Flooring: Polished concrete upstairs and downstairs with 10-millimetre bluestone aggregate, shallow grid, semi-gloss mechanical polish for longevity and penetrating sealer
Typology
Residential › House
