Coffey Architects’ London Apartment Refurbishment Covered in Thousands of Solid Timber Blocks.Lending the apartment its name, over 30,000 individually hand-cut and laid cross-section blocks made of European Oak cover most surfaces of ‘Apartment Block’ in central London. Coffey Architects employ the characteristic wood grain...
Villa RA in Calabria, Italy by MORQ Architecture.Contemporary and distinct amongst its rural landscape, Villa RA by MORQ Architecture is set 300m above sea level, atop a mountainous ridge in Calabria, in southwest Italy. Aiming for the villa to feel ingrained as part of the landscape,...
House in Kyoto, Japan by 07BEACH.With no room for a backyard, 07BEACH made the living space of this house in Kyoto double as an internal courtyard, adding large skylights to maximize daylight. To enhance a sense of bringing the outside in, a large indoor tree takes pride...
Canopy House by Leeton Pointon Architects and Allison Pye Interiors.Both organic and architectural in form, Canopy House is set amongst large plane trees on an established residential street in inner Melbourne. Adding a contemporary layer to the varied streetscape, Leeton Pointon conceived a calm refuge,...
Michigan Loft in Chicago by Vladimir Radutny Architects.The vast and impressive shell of Chicago’s Michigan Loft wasn’t initially well-suited for domestic use, with Vladimir Radutny Architects working to craft a living space that evokes mental wellness and creative inspiration. Carefully...
Woollahra Courtyard House by CO-AP.A series of skylights and windows puncture the concrete roof of Woollahra Courtyard House by CO-AP, the geometry of which follows the parallelogram form of the upper storey. Masonry, concrete and metal cladding define the architectural...
Bismarck House in Sydney’s Bondi by Andrew Burges Architects.Architect Andrew Burges acknowledges the semi-detached house is a typology he has been critical of in the past – for its shotgun corridor, compromised privacy and generally poor amenity – and so he looked for bigger connections to a...
Built with Brickworks: Henley Clays House in Sydney by Benn & Penna Architects.Benn & Penna Architects have renovated freestanding brick cottage Henley Clays on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, adding to the existing house to both deliver additional rooms while opening the interior to the outdoors. Earth colour...
Coast House in Sydney by Luke Moloney.Sydney-based architect Luke Moloney designed a coastal home in Sydney’s East for his brother and family. The project entailed adding a simple upper storey to a humble beach bungalow, answering the brief for a cost-effective home that...
