A design-based practice that uses traditional pen on paper and models to develop ideas. James Russell Architect is made up of design professionals that build, using this as a tool for developing knowledge of materials and the way they are put together.
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Mitti Street House by James Russell Architect.
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James Russell Architect has employed complex layers of enclosure and transparency in the design of this home, inviting comparison with breezeblock houses of the Gold Coast of the past.
Into the Labyrinth: Dornoch Terrace House
A “nearly derelict squat” has been transformed into a labyrinthian dwelling that celebrates the work of an artist who once called the site home.
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Naranga Avenue House by James Russell Architect
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James Russell Architect appease anxious city planners with a new house that contextually fits the social and relaxed a subtropical way of life.
