CHAC Primary Adminstration | Reddog Architects in association with Blueline Architecture
The Primary Administration building creates an entry statement to the primary school serving as home for both administration and teaching staff, embodying functionality and innovation in equal measure.
On the ground floor, a blend of form and function greets visitors with an entry foyer that leads to meeting spaces and offices additionally connecting to the newly refurbished primary school library. The upper floor area creates a social and gathering space for staff providing a balance between collaboration and respite. This elevated area facilitates professional interactions and also serves as a testament to the commitment to nurturing a vibrant and interconnected educational community.
Approaching the Primary Administration building from the adjacent car park the building overhang extends itself as a protective canopy, creating a welldefined and covered link to the classrooms and outdoor play spaces enhancing accessibility and ensuring that students and staff can move seamlessly between indoor and outdoor environments.
Cocobrew Express Coffee Drive Thru | DESIGNANDARCHITECTURE
Cocobrew Express, located on the outskirts of Yeppoon, Queensland, challenges the conventional Drive Thru model while enhancing both motorist and pedestrian experience. The project reimagines the typical Drive Thru by establishing the architecture itself as a prominent landmark, rather than relying on separate signage. Despite its compact footprint, the building’s unique roof form reaches over 9 meters high and stands out. Clear entry and exit points aid navigation and ensure smooth vehicular circulation, while a streamlined ordering system promotes human interaction. These elements combine to foster a sense of community between staff and customers.
Recognizing the importance of pedestrian experience, the design includes a dedicated walkup window and seating area, catering to visitors and staff from the nearby hospital and retail establishments. Cocobrew Express not only reimagines the Drive Thru typology but also promotes connectivity and community in the region, making it a distinctive addition to Central Queensland’s built environment.
Commercial Office 152 Wharf Street Brisbane | The NRA Collaborative
Completed in early 2023, 152 Wharf Street stands as a premier A-Grade office space in Spring Hill, on the border of Brisbane’s CBD. The impressive 27story building offers more than 24,000 sqm of office space and several retail shops on the ground floor. Positioned between Brisbane CBD and Spring Hill opposite Brisbane’s Central Railway Station, it prioritizes humancentric design, sustainability, and occupant wellbeing, redefining modern work environments with tailored amenities. Drawing inspiration from the area’s architectural heritage, it ensures a harmonious integration with the existing urban fabric, setting a benchmark for future development. The project’s robust commitment to environmental stewardship includes sustainable design strategies and social responsibility, contributing to regional economic development and setting a new standard for responsible urban development.
Corymbia | Tim Ditchfield Architects
Corymbia is a beachside weekender inspired by the nostalgia of regional coastal dwellings across Australia. A place of salty barefoot days. A multi-generational dwelling where treasured memories are created. Rest, respite, rejuvenation. Unfussy and unpretentious. Functional yet joyous. Stripped back yet playful. Natural, Native and of its place. Of the dunes, the coastal heath, the Wallum Country.
A grassed north facing courtyard is the heart of the dwelling. A place to lounge, play and converse. This element is flanked by two wings separated by an outdoor breezeway space, and united by the sheltering roof over. Cars were deliberately relegated away from the street frontage, freeing the frontage of crude garages that often dominate the street. A timber sleeper driveway and crossover are a nod to the sandy beach tracks of K’gari and completes the subordination of the vehicle in favour of people.
Coulson Creek Shed | Reddog Architects
Coulson Creek Shed was envisioned as a rural retreat where the convergence of nature and communal spaces would harmonize seamlessly. Sited away from the property entry, the home intentionally turns it back to the road to provide privacy to the internal and external living spaces. Deliberate orientation of the shed towards the north captures the panoramic spectacle of Mount Greville and Coulson Creek strategically framed by carefully placed windows in the main bedroom and living room. An expressed portal structural with corrugated zincalume cladding references the shed typology common in the area while allowing for a more refined interior. The idea of a rural shed, however, serves as a mere facade, concealing a more cultivated interior.
Cunnamulla Hot Springs | COX Architecture
Nestled amidst the picturesque landscapes of southwest Queensland, Australia, Cunnamulla stands as an inviting haven for adventurous travelers in search of an unparalleled outback experience. Situated along the tranquil banks of the Warrego River, Cunnamulla unveils a captivating landscape where the vast plains seamlessly merge with the boundless skies, offering an escape from the hustle and bustle of urban life.
At the heart of this setting lies a serene bathing oasis, where mineral rich artesian waters flow beneath the earth’s surface. Here, guests are invited to embark on a journey of relaxation and rejuvenation amidst a constellation of geothermal mineral pools, complemented by a cold plunge pool, sauna, and steam room. Shaded by the graceful coolabah and eucalyptus trees that line the riverside, visitors can unwind and immerse themselves in the tranquility of their surroundings, while basking under the mesmerizing starlit skies of the outback during nighttime soaks.
Currumbin State School OSHC | Resonance d+a
The Currumbin State School OSHC is a dedicated facility for outside school hours care. The new works form an extension to the existing hall enabling use of established services (kitchen, amenities etc.). This connection allowed limited funding to be directed towards the core service, that is a large space to cater for large numbers of students. This space has been located to open directly onto an existing shaded playground, oval and sports courts while introducing a large, covered circulation space open on the north and south that lets the building breathe.
The main space has a simple skillion roof opening to the north allowing the insertion of a small mezzanine that provides intimate spaces within the larger volume. Heavy walls on the western side includes a storage wall and protect from the western sun.
East Room House | Loucas Zahos Architects
The program is arranged around an outdoor room located on the Eastern side of the circulation spine. This creates a central court that reveals itself from all areas of the house. This outdoor room allows Eastern morning light to permeate the rear of the house, with large sliding doors almost 5m in height allow the boundaries of the building envelope to blur with the landscape and allow occupants to enjoy the subtropical climate beyond its walls. Contemporary abstractions of the traditional Queenslander are revealed through the materiality of the house.
Doonan House | Kelly Martin Architecture
Our brief was to build a home that fosters a sense of connection and closeness within the family and stimulates an awareness of the greater world outside of self.
A semi-permeable KLD space connects the wings and opens up to the southeast/northwest while maintaining shading from the late summer sun.
Sightlines through the building were important to maintain a visual connection to the landscape, as was direct access for as many rooms as possible.
A sense of lightness was created by lifting the building off the ground and lifting the living space roof and fully opening on each side, which was contrasted with the heaviness and anchoring of the rammed earth walls.
The wings either side were separated via use. To one side was the family sleeping zone with direct access to the outdoor shower at the far end. The other contained the carport, mudroom and guest/office.
Dorge | Base Architecture
Dorge stands proudly at the precipice of Toowoomba’s Glenn Lomond Park. Through its grandeur of scale, form and materiality it is a home that presents itself to be robust to the first-time visitor, however once welcomed inside, the softer interior begins to reveal itself. The interior architecture humbly steps back to play background, while allowing the captivating surroundings of this family home to take the lead role. With a subtle nod to Australian homesteads of the past and present, this home celebrates the best of rural life and a harmonious relationship with landscape.