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The Australian Ballet is one of the world’s leading ballet companies and has delivered sell out performances for over 50 years and, naturally, their home needed to reflect their legacy.
The brief called for a large program and a desire for the building to maximise the sites amenity and views whilst reflecting the clients respective cultural aesthetics.
The site’s topography, orientation, exposure to the elements and neighbours, define the form of the stunning Spinnaker House by Sparks Architects.
The home is an exploration of ‘the unfinished’, and is the result of various alterations over time.
The deceptively small building is a pragmatic response to the owners desire to live a simple sustainable life whilst enjoying the virtues of a very beautiful setting.
This meticulous and considerate design showcases simplistic architectural design which reflects the surrounding natural landscape.
The brief called for a private and robust, yet comfortable new coastal home for a retired couple with a separate bedroom wing for visiting children, grandchildren and friends.
Clean geometric architecture and a restrained palette of materials are the design hallmarks of this luxury residence in Lindfield New South Wales.
The traditional Sydney semi is reborn with a new pavilion that contains living, kitchen and dining flowing out to the north-facing courtyard.
A generous corner site allowed for a lofty side entrance at this five bedroom home, where a large herringbone pivot door and the sculptural spiral staircase instantly catch the eye.
The Crafers House was the perfect opportunity for the Urban Habitats team to showcase their skill and style in an end-to-end resolution from concept design through to handover.
The design approach for the Unley House by Urban Habitats was to pay homage to the scale of the villa and realign boundaries to provide the home with space.
A striking square-form modernist extension was added to the rear of the extising villa which was substantially remodelled and restored.
The design brief for the Dulwich Hill Residence called for the addition of an open kitchen, outdoor living space, dining, bathroom and laundry to an existing semi-detached period home for a family.
The Elwood Gable house is a small intervention to an existing dwelling on a suburban street, but the design gesture rethinks this typology allowing both occupants and the street to create connection.
Utilising a vertical courtyard to link levels on a steeply sloping site, this house is conceived as a suspended belvedere, maximising views, solar aspect and privacy.
With a florist and an engineer commissioning this stunning new home project, the design had to bring together two diverse residential living concepts - natural splendour and modern functionality.
The design of MDC Architect's Margaret River House is to be read as a contemporary piece of architecture set within a landscape dominated by coastal heath.
The client brief was arranged into a series of layers and experiences - located according to priority for privacy, views, protection from harsh weather, access to natural light and breezes.
Hidden in an affluent coastal suburb is 'Vodka Palace', a luxurious concrete cave, tempered with natural timber finishes and primed for premium culinary, audio and visual pleasure.