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Sans-Arc Studio updates traditional fish and chip shop decor with terrazzo, timber and tiles

August 18, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Sans-Arc Studio has used blue terrazzo, mottled grey travertine and stained wood to evoke a subtle seaside experience for diners at this Adelaide chip shop with a Japanese twist. The local studio, which specialises in shop and restaurant design, created the upmarket fish and chip shop to cater to nine-to-five office workers in the centre of the South

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Austin Maynard Architects builds recycled brick house on top of former Melbourne garage

August 16, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Small red- and blue-glazed bricks pattern the exterior of this house by Austin Maynard Architects, which replaces a garage in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. Located on a corner plot, hard up to a laneway on two sides, the red brick house acts as a bookend to a row of garages and outbuildings that extend down a hill. The

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Huge porthole windows bathe Melbourne apartments with natural light

August 15, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Circular windows dominate the staggered brick facades of this apartment block designed by Australian practice BKK Architects for the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe East. Local studio BKK Architects designed the 44-apartment block for a steeply sloping site in a residential neighbourhood located around 10 kilometres northeast of the city’s central business district. Six porthole windows provide the focal point for the Cirqua Apartments, which are made

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Huge porthole windows bathe Melbourne apartments with natural light

August 15, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Circular windows dominate the staggered brick facades of this apartment block designed by Australian practice BKK Architects for the Melbourne suburb of Ivanhoe East. Local studio BKK Architects designed the 44-apartment block for a steeply sloping site in a residential neighbourhood located around 10 kilometres northeast of the city’s central business district. Six porthole windows provide the focal point for the Cirqua Apartments, which are made

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Andrew Burges Architects transforms Sydney warehouse into “mini city” for kids

August 12, 2017 Ali Morris 0

This Sydney childcare and community centre by Andrew Burges Architects is filled with tiny house-shaped rooms and has a sandpit on its roof. Conceived as a city at child’s scale, the East Sydney Learning Centre is housed in a four-storey former warehouse building from the 1920s that is nestled within a tight network of lanes and streets. The architects were asked to

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Biasol converts art-deco warehouse in Melbourne into space for its studio

August 12, 2017 Alice Morby 0

Australian studio Biasol sought to preserve the art deco elements of this warehouse in Melbourne while converting it into a shared studio and office space. The Gwynne Street Studio is located in the Cremorne suburb of Melbourne – an area that Biasol describes as having a “creative and industrial past”. The warehouse building featured an art deco

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An Updated Design For This 1970s Home Includes Recycled Brick And High Ceilings

August 9, 2017 Erin 0

  Luigi Rosselli Architects have designed the update and addition to a 1970’s home in Sydney, Australia. Named Twin Peaks, the home originally had a single roof peak, however when they added to the home, a second peak was created.   White masonry gables and recycled brick are combined with aluminum battens that screen the windows facing the […]

An Updated Design For This 1970s Home Includes Recycled Brick And High Ceilings

August 9, 2017 Erin 0

  Luigi Rosselli Architects have designed the update and addition to a 1970’s home in Sydney, Australia. Named Twin Peaks, the home originally had a single roof peak, however when they added to the home, a second peak was created.   White masonry gables and recycled brick are combined with aluminum battens that screen the windows facing the […]

Branch Studio slots rammed-earth house extension onto a tree-dotted site in Melbourne

August 6, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

This moody Melbourne house extension by local studio Branch Studio Architects features dark rammed-charcoal walls, window nooks and an outdoor bathtub. Branch Studio Architects was asked to extend an existing house for a couple to create a master suite with a bedroom, an en-suite bathroom and extra storage space. The 1990s house “posed little architectural significance and interacted poorly with

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Andrew Burges’ Sydney house pairs pale brickwork with blackened wood

August 6, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Pale brickwork lines the living areas of this Sydney house by local studio Andrew Burges Architects, while the bedrooms are located in blackened wood volumes on top. Andrew Burges Architects designed the two-storey Brick House for a family in the capital’s north Bondi neighbourhood. Pale clay brick walls make up the ground floor of the residence, which

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