PROJECTS

Completed in 2013, this diminutive yet delightful addition to a Fremantle cottage launched Philip Stejskal Architecture from “relative obscurity” to the national stage, and continues today as the practice’s quiet ambassador.

For Andrew Benn, the invitation to design a one-room addition – not much larger than a garden shed – was the launching pad for his fledgling practice. Here, he reflects on the legacy of that first commission.

Designed while he was living in London, Justin Noxon’s first house was for his brother and sister-in-law as stage one of a masterplan for Main Ridge Dairy. Now, fourteen years later, Justin reflects on this project and the lessons it taught him.

Jule House by Claire Humphreys and Kevin O’Brien Architects delicately references a family’s past while offering a setting for contemporary living.

Behind a double-storey Victorian terrace lurks a uniquely geometric extension, by Andrew Simpson Architects, based on an abstraction of the owners’ memories of their previous homes together.

Tribe Studio channels the spirit of Adolf Loos’ Raumplan obsessions in creating this small terrace alteration and addition in Sydney.

This new shed-like house by Shaun Lockyer Architects sets up the perfect frame for an undeniably spectacular view of the Main Range National Park.

This beautifully crafted renovation to a single-fronted Victorian terrace is the result of a close collaboration between the architect and the owner-builder.

Preston Lane Architects extend a Tasmanian house, taking advantage of open-plan living and a new connection to the backyard.

A lush green courtyard is the focus of this new Sydney home by Pearse Architects, with almost every room connected to the central planted outdoor space.

A Sydney terrace has been sensitively updated into a variety of spatial experiences.

McIntyre Partnership’s expressive learning centre at Trinity Grammar in Melbourne serves as a chronicle of the architecture of Peter McIntyre.

BG Architecture artfully unifies a Californian bungalow with its lush suburban garden through the skilful manipulation of sightlines.

Designed by Bates Smart, this new Melbourne workplace for creative agency CHE Proximity is textured and personable, encouraging staff to interact and share ideas.

A retreat by Neeson Murcutt Architects that is in picturesque harmony with its coastal bushland setting.

An apartment building takes a communal approach to bring liveable, affordable housing back to the inner suburbs.

Interlocking spaces connect house and garden in this addition to an 1890s Fremantle home by Philip Stejskal Architecture.

Karen Abernethy Architects transforms a Victorian terrace into a light-filled suite for two.

The architect’s hand is imperceptible in this reworking of a twenty-year-old beach house.

A renovation and extension to a 1950s clinker brick house by Architects EAT.

Designed by Architectus, this lecture theatre at the University of Melbourne has the exquisite quality of natural light.

DesignInc’s refurbishment of La Trobe University’s chancellery features a dramatic boardroom beneath the building’s original dome.

A cottage addition by Maddison Architects takes its cues from the topography of the site.

The Melbourne home of the Australian Institute of Architects speaks of the integral role of the architecture profession in the future of Australia’s cities.

Dunn and Hillam Architects has made an architectural virtue of climatic constraint at this new house in the desert.

Dubbed ‘The Bunker,’ this shared workplace gives new purpose to a building “only an architect could love.”

A new plant conservation laboratory presents an infrastructure that is critical to the task of banking Australia’s diverse flora.

Architects Casey and Rebekah Vallance have devotedly turned a parcel of discarded land into a poetic response to suburban infill.

An elegant and sophisticated living pavilion in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales by Benn and Penna Architecture.

BVN Donovan Hill gives architectural voice to a botanical ark in Mount Annan, New South Wales.