Botany Road | Candalepas Associates
Botany Road is composed of two multi residential projects offering generous interiors that utilise space and maximise on natural light. Running parallel to one another, they vary in scale, material, composition, orientation and density.
The façade design is influenced by the client’s Cretan heritage, incorporating the geometry of Cretan antiquity and craft. Geometrical themes symbolically unite both sides of the street, adding an element of change and interest. Drawing from row housing traditions, the intentional repetition aims for a non oppressive, variegated façade on both sides.
The subtle variation in colour of the cream face brickwork enhances the tonal play of light and shadow being created across the façade. The angled bay windows of solid brickwork at the upper levels contrast against the hit and miss brickwork of the lower levels which in turn create shading screens for the privacy and enjoyment of the residents looking onto the street.
Bowral House | Luke Moloney Architecture
Alterations and additions to a cottage in Bowral. A house designed with reference to the landsccape, so that a modern building feels like an abstract extension of place.
Bread Local Amenities | Orielle Pearce Design
The new toilet block, known as the Bread Local Amenities, was built to support and improve the amenity of the growing Bread Local Bakery, which resides in Esperance on the land of the Kepa Kurl Wudjari people. The existing site is hidden among the gum trees on a 1.3-hectare bush block, located 4 kilometres west of the Esperance Town Centre.
The amenities are framed by a low slung, rustic steel structure that sits at ease between the exisitng rainwater tanks and large Bakery storage sheds contained on site. Vertical elements in the steel veranda and spotted gum entry doors, give a nod to the surrounding gum trees and bushland setting. The building is wrapped in white, light filtering polycarbonate cladding, which provides an ample amount of natural light internally and allows the Bread Local Amenities to give off an inviting, gentle glow in the evenings.
Broadway House | Max Pritchard Gunner Architects
Situated on top of what once was a coastal sand dune is our two pavilion house, linked by a glass walkway. At the lower level a garage and entry are recessed back into the dune. On the upper the level the front pavilion houses an open living area with sea views to the southwest and courtyards views to the north. The rear pavilion houses bedrooms and a second lounge.
Mid-century details like the terrazzo bench tops, plywood cabinetwork, timber ceilings, vibrant colours and exposed internal stone reinforce the clients’ and the project teams’ love and respect for that era of innovation and simplicity. Externally that aesthetic continues with curved stone retaining walls, curved timber eaves and thin dark bricks.
The owners love their new house and take pride that they have been able to contribute to the streetscape in a way that reflects the previous history of the site.
Bronte Sisters | Sam Crawford Architects
Bronte Sisters comprises two dwellings, a heritage listed house, once altered by Andrew Burgess Architecture, and a neighbour, half of a pair of semidetached dwellings.
In order to serve our client’s brief for a flexible, multifunctional home for a young family and their overseas relatives, both have been restored, renovated, and, at the rear, opened to the landscape and physically connected via a timber deck.
Our approach was to create a pair of buildings that can be appreciated as one, or as individual dwellings, in dialogue, through a shared materiality and geometry.
From the street the existing houses are different yet sympathetic in scale and materiality. For the rear additions we have built on this relationship.
Brunswick Galley House | Topology Studio
Conceptual inspiration for a house centred around a galley was drawn from the experience of our Clients life when they lived on board a narrowboat.
More broadly this house is about family, strengthening the neighbourhood connection and living with a firm understanding that what we do on an individual level directly affects the macro. The design supports everyday interactions with the neighbourhood through graduations of enclosure between public and private spaces and through careful consideration of entry.
Every centimetre is utilised to avoid excess. Reuse of building fabric while improving its thermal performance minimises waste and new materials that are repairable ensure their longevity.
The design plays with scale, spatially and through material pattern. Pockets of saturated colour within a bright interior, enlivened by shifting light. There is dialogue between the details and materials of the original home and the addition, the transition between the two is distinct but seamless.
Bung Tooth | Khab Architects
Bungalows are a classic suburban Adelaide home with a lot to offer but the rear is rarely as good as the front.
This project was no exception and made worse by the sunless, south facing aspect – rear living spaces that were dark and cold for a great deal of the year.
Provided Khab could come up with a clever way to capture northern sunlight, the bungalow would be happily retained for it’s charming qualities and the sustainable value of its re-use.
A Saw Tooth roof extension was the solution to catch sunlight. The high level windows reach up to scoop sunlight over the bunglow, feeding sunshine into new living spaces.
How does the Saw Tooth – an icon of industry, pair with an iconic Bungalow? The Bung Tooth… This is the moment where Kevin McCloud says “I’m just not sure it’s going to work!”
Bungalow Blonde | LiteraTrotta Architecture
This delightful bungalow in a winding residential street, was home to our clients for many years before they approached us seeking change, advising that the layout of the home was flawed and the centre dark and unused. We approached the design with the upbeat attitude of our clients, maintaining its street presence with stepped and pitched rooves, and a unique window that hints at curiosities beyond. The living spaces are bathed in natural light that enters via a halfmoon skylight above the stair, and through joyous peekaboo windows along the northern façade. The indoors spill out onto a luscious garden, a curved seat and deck defining one corner under a large Brushbox.
Truly transformed from its basic bones into an incredibly warm family home, its unassuming front is a veil for the wonders within generous spaces, soft sinuous curves, and playful natural light, it implores its guests to expect the unexpected
Burnt Earth Beach House | Wardle
Burnt Earth Beach House is a multigenerational home that utilizes terracotta in two primary forms through the exterior brickwork, internally to line walls, floors and joinery elements. The dwelling is a haven both functionally and aesthetically, providing connection for its inhabitants to the landscape and to each other. The materials imbue the home with a sense of place further embedding the home in its context.
The broadly cruciform plan describes view lines and daylight ingress precisely. Views are to the Southern Ocean and surrounding landscape. The governing lines of the plan mark the centre point of the X as the island kitchen bench literally and figuratively the heart of this home. Spotted gum timber is used carefully in varying formats recycled (flooring), veneer (joinery) and sparingly as solid (windows and revealed structure in areas). Across two levels a variety of spaces come together for sociability and solitude.
Burt Street | Kate Moore and Gian Tonossi
Burt Street house is an experiment with small spaces and big tables. This house is one of two semidetached cottages built using limestone from the former quarry on which they sit.
Our brief was to bring the outdoor bathroom inside and facilitate a sunny, wind protected courtyard despite a challenging southwest orientation.
The 1890s original house has been largely unaltered. A new vertical volume, anchored by a generous dining table forms the new heart of the house. An outbuilding with another table have been positioned on the rear boundary for flexible use, bike storage, as a wind break and night lantern.
This project celebrates the value of existing elements, seeking to peel back a colourful history through layers of paint and weathered materials. Imperfections present stories in a new light and give a lively backdrop for the current custodians of the house.