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Phoenix House was a deeply personal project which became a labour of love. I had purchased a small Queenslander from the early 1900s in Corinda, Brisbane. I had different plans for it, but my life took an interesting turn and it was suddenly to become the new home for myself and my two children.
Project name
Phoenix House
Architecture firm
Harley Graham Architects
Location
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Andy MacPherson Studio
Carlyle lane house sits on a small 500 m² block in the middle of Byron Bay. The clients, originally from Brazil, had a long-standing penchant for Mid-century architecture. The design process began with initial qualitative discussions with the clients about their love for views and gazing up at the ever changing sky.
Project name
Carlyle Lane
Architecture firm
Harley Graham Architects
Location
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Peter Tanevski
The elemental house sits atop a hillside on a 20 acre property in a hidden valley south of Newcastle. The form uses a palette of concrete, timber, sandstone and glass to connect with and blend into the surrounds.
Project name
Elemental House
Architecture firm
ssd studio
Location
Dooralong, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Sophie Solomon, Shannon Dand, Yasmin Mund
Inspired by Japanese design principles, Japan House is a finely crafted pavilion addition to a 1920s Californian Bungalow on Sydney’s lower north shore – a refined structure that skilfully entwines natural materials, light and landscape.
Project name
Japan House
Architecture firm
Sandbox Studio®
Location
Willoughby East, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Katherine Lu
This project provided the opportunity to address the battleaxe block subdivision which too often sees the replacement of an ex-backyard with structures that cover the majority of the site and leave little room for gardens, a poorly defined entry sequence neglecting the home a presence in the neighbourhood and a laneway lost to car parking and solid...
Project name
Jimmy's House
Architecture firm
MJA Studio, Studio Roam, IOTA
Location
North Perth, Western Australia
Photography
Jack Lovel
95 Evans St is the first multi-residential development to be completed within a recently up-zoned, transit-oriented precinct, to meet Perth’s infill residential targets. As a result, the project bore much responsibility to set a positive precedent for all future development in the predominantly single residential surrounding area.
Project name
95 Evans Street
Architecture firm
MJA Studio
Location
Shenton Park, Western Australia
Photography
Dion Robeson
Turf Design Studio, Cox Architecture and Chada have collaborated to deliver a new eco-luxe retreat in one of Sydney’s most iconic destinations. Taronga Zoo Wildlife Retreat is part of a $164.5M development program between Taronga Zoo and the NSW Government to improve the famous tourist site over the next 10 years.
Project name
Taronga Zoo Wildlife Retreat
Architecture firm
Cox Architecture
Location
Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Mike Chorley, Guy Wilkinson, David Li
With the precision and foresight of a sculptor, our project chips away at the stifling ‘nice to haves’ of homelife, leaving behind only the essentials of elegant, functional living — the result is Humble House. In designing Humble House we denote that scaling down need not be synonymous with sacrifice, rather Humble House offers a refined, though u...
Project name
Humble House
Architecture firm
R Architecture (https://rarchitecture.com.au)
Location
Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Dylan James