The 'new old' house featuring Melbourne laneway art culture
With a blank canvas and a mixed context that architect Jessica Liew was asked to create a new dwelling for a modern lifestyle but with the charm of an old home, a house with personality and familiarity that was generous to the owners travels and memories. The principle of ‘Wabi-Sabi’, the beauty of imperfection, was employed to reflect the owners belief in rawness, honesty and simplicity. ...
Raw materials with tailored comfort for island retreat
Conceived as a camp, this luxury family retreat was designed by Fearon Hay Architects as an arrangement of freestanding structures around a courtyard, set in a saddle above Matiatia Bay on Waiheke Island in New Zealand. While the island can be idyllic, care had to be taken to reduce exposure of the home to high winds. The natural undulations of the saddle have been subtly emphasized to form a protective setting for three structures, comprising living, sleeping and studio areas together with a pool and the open spaces inbetween...
Greenhouse living at Palm Beach
This home was a major inspiration behind the design of my own beachside abode (to be featured on Designhunter later this year) and so naturally I think its completely divine! I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments below. What I love most is the relationship the home has with its natural environment, with ocean at the front and lush natural bush to the rear. Tanner Kibble Denton Archite...
Rustic natural palette at Coopers Beach
This New Zealand holiday home won the prestigious Residential Architecture award from the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 2008, with the judges commenting that the beach house "has an overall feeling of simple restraint. Modest materials used in deceptively simple ways manipulate site, space and light to organise the “bach” in a straightforward, playful and inventive way." Designed by D...
New york loft with warmth and earthiness
This loft apartment is in an early 20th century brick and concrete building which was converted from a warehouse and manufacturing facility into condo's in the 1990's. When the owners bought the place it feautured "a rather jarring color palette of red, green and blue along with yellowish bamboo". The clients wanted to create a space that was open feeling, with lots of storage, room to entertain large groups, and a warm and sophisticated color palette...
Modern new architectural vision for a cottage in York Bay
This beautiful cottage in the New Zealand capital of Wellington has recently received a creative new vision centred on giving a 'new heart and focus to a small house'. Paul Rolfe Architects created the new vision for the home with a design strategy of connecting and engaging the new addition with the native bush surroundings. A sunken living room was incorporated, giving the feeling of sitting amongst the trees...
Exotic resort-style landscape design in Hillarys
The owners of this home in Hillarys, a northern beach suburb of Perth, asked Guy Mouritz of Ritz Exterior Design to redesign their disjointed and poorly planned back yard and pool area. The proximity to the coast presented the designers with very challenging site conditions of salt, wind and sun, that literally stripped paint from the front of the home. “The first step in our design for the new outdoor room was to provide shelter from the morning sun and privacy from elevated neighbours at the rear,” says Guy...
Storm cottage retreat in the NZ wilderness
Oh how beautiful this remote cottage is! Located on the east coast of Great Barrier Island in New Zealand is a house designed like "a black rough sawn timber box" facing north to the sea. Created by Fearon Hay Architects, the dark exterior palette is enhanced with a layer of perforated metal screens, allowing the moderation of light and air as well as providing security. Internally walls and floors are clad with oiled oak boards that provide a warm contrast to the robust exterior...
An outdoor room for the ultimate in entertaining
The brief to Landart Landscapes for this outdoor space overlooking Curl Curl beach was for a design that offered an amazing entertaining space that captured and complimented the view, while making the existing elements more functional. The pool tiles and the shape of the pool steps had a slightly retro feel to them so it felt natural to the designers to draw on some inspiration from Palm Springs. The clients also wanted to be able to use the space at night so lighting was important...
Funky townhouse design with splashes of red
Arch11 architecture collaborated with construction firm Boulder and Denver to design and construct this triple townhouse project. Built on a small lot in a funky light industrial area near the centre of Boulder, the architects designed each townhouse to capture views of the surrounding landscape, carefully ensuring equity of views and square footage for each household. The modern design gracefully knits together each client’s desires within a cohesive language of form and materials while the interiors are reflective of the three client’s personalities...
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