PROJECTS

This artfully composed outdoor room reconsiders the central courtyard of a seminal Queensland home, providing a dog-proof filter between the house and the street.

The renovation of a dilapidated 1920s Queenslander develops a sympathetic dialogue between the original house and its contemporary elements.

Taking root beneath a timber Queensland cottage, this carefully tuned addition knits an experience of the immediate and distant landscape into the daily patterns of domestic life.

In coastal Brisbane, a new house orients family life around a verdant courtyard sanctuary, posing an unexpected response to the conventions of suburban housing.

At JCU’s Townsville campus, a creative collective has come together to produce an academic and social hub amplified by the seamless integration of art and architecture.

Capitalizing on an elevated site with enviable prospect, this cleverly planned addition to a Brisbane home culminates in a surprising and spatially rich treetop eyrie.

A new addition to a much-loved Brisbane cottage unearths the latent possibilities of a sloping suburban site, interlacing house and garden while preserving the neighbourliness of its laneway locale.

A single-storey worker’s cottage in Brisbane is transformed into three autonomous and adaptable units, making a compelling case for greater density in the suburbs.

Sculptural formations of joinery and a trio of individual treatment pods within shrouds of sheer curtaining distinguish the unique interior of Light Years Skin Studio on Queensland’s Gold Coast, designed by Maher Design.

In the countryside of south-east Queensland, this new residence makes a compelling case for rural living, offering the temptation to commune in private with nature.

The apparent simplicity of this small, three-pavilion home in Brisbane’s inner suburbs, inspired by the clients’ love of cooking and South-East Asian architecture, is the outcome of a rigorous plan that creates a sum greater than its parts.

On a Brisbane site burdened by flooding, this residence negotiates and acquiesces to the cycles of nature, balancing a utilitarian undercroft that will endure the flood with a richly layered and refined home.

Brought to ground via the introduction of a robust kitchen and living space, this reimagined Queenslander is ideal for entertaining.

On an elevated but steeply sloping site in inner-suburban Brisbane, this new dual-aspect house knits together interior and landscape, striking a balance between traditional building character and contemporary sensibilities.

Zuzana and Nicholas’s modest alteration to a Brisbane cottage finds opportunities for spatial richness in a small footprint.

Curvaceous forms combine with warm-toned custom joinery and thoughtful transitions in this delightful adaptation of an open-plan Brisbane apartment.

An intimate knowledge of both the steep site and the inhabitants shaped the design of a connected family refuge in a eucalypt forest on the outskirts of Brisbane.

On an island off the coast of Queensland, a modest but finely crafted weekender captures a camp-like atmosphere and embraces a family’s rituals of island life.

At Brisbane’s first vertical school, by Cox Architecture, students are experiencing a different kind of secondary education that makes the most of the urban surroundings.