Tailor-made for modern living, the Sussex house is a bold, contemporary form imbued with a sense of timelessness. A contemporary expression of raw materiality, showcasing bricks, bluestone and porcelain - personifying the mass of a boulder, delicately floating within the shallows of a deep blue body of pool water, the weighted walls are softened by...
Project name
Sussex House
Location
Brighton, Australia
Material
Bricks, bluestone, porcelain, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Perched on the waters edge in Ku ring gai National Park just to the north of Sydney, the Morning Bay House is designed as a place for the clients to connect with the natural landscape of Pittwater and the surrounding high spotted gum forest.
Project name
Morning Bay House
Architecture firm
Casey Brown Architecture
Location
Ku-ring-gai National Park, Morning Bay, Australia
Principal architect
Rob Brown
Landscape
Paul Woodley - Total Outdoors
Construction
Matt Moneghittie - Moneghittie Built
Typology
Residential › House
This large family residence is composed of two masonry and tiled gable roof structures, a contemporary but contextual response to the more traditional homes in the leafy hillside street.
Project name
Hawthorn by InForm
Architecture firm
Pleysier Perkins in collaboration with InForm
Location
Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
Principal architect
Simon Perkins
Design team
InForm in coloration with Pleysier Perkins
Structural engineer
BDD Engineering
Landscape
Matt Walsham Landscape Architecture
Tools used
AutoCad, SketchUp
Material
Steel, Wood, Glass, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
Wagstaffe House is the realisation of a dream to live in the trees overlooking the water. The layout consists of public and private wings that create a raised courtyard, open on one side to frame the view and create a place of refuge from the elements.
Project name
Wagstaffe House
Architecture firm
buck&simple: doers of stuff
Location
Wagstaffe, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Simon Whitbread
Principal architect
Peter Ahern, Kurt Crisp
Interior design
buckandsimple
Structural engineer
Rowan Romuld - Grounded Structures Consulting Engineers
Construction
Builder - Andreas Christian Gubi Joiner - Woodstock Industries Timber mill – Australian Architectural Hardwoods
Material
Recycled brick, concrete, recycled blackbutt, steel, glass, wood
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Architect John LeClare Josephs, Director of Superseed Architecture and built by Peter Capozzi of Capozzi Building, the residence is a symphony of architectural design, engineering, specification, and Master Builder craftsmanship.
Project name
Infinity Views
Architecture firm
Superseed Architecture
Photography
Jack Lovel, Crib Creative
Principal architect
John LeClare Josephs
Collaborators
Mobilia (Furniture), Mardi West (Artwork)
Construction
Capozzi Building
Material
Concrete, Stone, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Nestled amidst the leafy streets of Canberra’s inner north, the Loft House addition delivers a warm, light filled living space with a ‘lofty’ retreat above. Located behind a compact 1950’s Riley Newsum prefabricated house, the addition emerges up into the skyline with a sympathetic gable form.
Architecture firm
Rob Henry Architects
Location
Canberra, Australia
Photography
LightStudies Photography
Principal architect
Rob Henry
Construction
Walmsley Building Solutions
Material
Wood, Brick, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
Tim Ditchfield Architects: Inspired by a journey to Palm Springs and the spirit of mid-century modernism, this project was a pilgrimage in design. An exercise in restraint, the floor plan seeks not to maximise built area, but create generous indoor-outdoor spaces throughout the site for any occasion or time of day and carefully curate a sequence of...
Architecture firm
Tim Ditchfield Architects
Location
Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Scott Burrows
Principal architect
Tim Ditchfield, Oskar Booth
Design team
Ben Murray, Cecilia Amitrano, Tim Ditchfield, Oskar Booth
Collaborators
Peter Dawson
Interior design
Tim Ditchfield Architects
Structural engineer
SCG Consulting Engineers
Construction
GV Emanuel Constructions
Material
Concrete, Stone, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Melbourne-based architecture and construction firm InForm, the brighton 8 House set on an unusual wedge-shaped property this four-bedroom family home utilises its north-west frontage for the outdoor entertaining area and pool. This orientation provides the deepest garden aspect and pleasant treed views from the main living area.
Architecture firm
InForm in collaboration with Pleysier Perkins Architects
Location
Brighton East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Derek Swalwell
Principal architect
Simon Perkins
Design team
InForm in collaboration with Pleysier Perkins Architects
Collaborators
(Stylist – Bek Sheppard)
Structural engineer
BDD Engineering
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
