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From the street, the townhouses present as a robust and elegant concrete form set back from a manicured lawn.

Living pavilions: Jacka Crescent Townhouses

Drawing on Canberra’s legacy of Brutalist architecture, three distinctive townhouses navigate a sloping site with a collection of living pavilions that hinge around secluded courtyard gardens.

Residential
Wrapped in hand- fixed shingles and set on recycled brick plinths, the contemporary pavilions are discrete yet sympathetic to the older home’s character.

Sun catcher: Empire House

Two subtle yet sophisticated pavilions designed by Austin Maynard Architects, delicately stitched to a modest Canberra cottage, honour the interwar character of the home, while connecting it with the outdoors.

Residential
Capturing the spectacular view, floor-to-ceiling windows along the length of the living/ dining space are framed by a narrow balcony and overhanging roof.

Revisited: Mijuscovic House

Designed in 1979 and completed in 1983, this house embodies Enrico Taglietti’s skill in setting the building in its specific landscape.

Residential
The Evans House is set well back from the road on a sharp slope, rising fortress-like from the hillside.

Revisited: Evans House by Enrico Taglietti and Associates

This early 1970s structure holds a commanding presence on its sloped site, demonstrating skilful choreography of the experience of arrival and considered layering of horizontal and vertical planes.

Residential
The terse facade with brick-screened window openings was explored earlier by Grounds in his design of Melbourne’s NGV.

Frankel House (1970) revisited

Roy Grounds’ highly crafted Canberra house for Sir Otto and Lady Margaret Frankel.

Residential
Spaces are controlled and formal along Kendall Lane.

New Acton Precinct

Canberra’s New Acton Precinct incorporates art, retail, hospitality facilities and apartment complexes.

Landscape / urban, Residential
From the back, the house appears more “romantic, less forbidding.”

Paterson House (1970) revisited

A Canberra house by Milan-born architect Enrico Taglietti.

Residential
Detail of the new studio and balcony above the central entry hall.

H House

Nino Bellantonio, AiL Studio and Joanna Nelson Architect enhance the social character of a 1950s Canberra courtyard home.

Residential
The kitchen flows seamlessly to outdoor entertaining areas.

A Forrest Clearing

Collins Caddaye Architects

An art deco home in Canberra, extended by Collins Caddaye Architects.

Residential
Arrival to the Cater house. A 1965 newspaper described the house as “masked” and “introverted,” referring to the white wall screening the front of the house.

Cater House (1965) revisited

A Russell Jack expression of Sydney Regional style in Canberra.

Residential