Melbourne

Studio Edwards adopts zero-waste strategy for Today Design office in Melbourne

December 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has completed a workspace for creative agency Today Design using recycled and off-the-shelf materials that could be reused in the future. Located on the 12th floor of an office block in Melbourne’s Collingwood neighbourhood, the Today Design Workspace features partition walls made from OSB (oriented strand board) and translucent corrugated fibreglass. Furniture

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Nic Brunsdon creates inflatable sphere for National Gallery of Victoria

November 22, 2023 Christina Yao 0

Australian architect Nic Brunsdon has created a giant sphere that inflates and deflates throughout the day for this year’s National Gallery of Victoria Architecture Commission in Melbourne. Called (This is) Air, the project is designed by Perth-based Brunsdon in collaboration with technology company Eness to mimic the natural rhythm of breathing. The spherical structure stands

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“If you know anything about concrete, you know this is extraordinary” says commenter

November 22, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Created as the Japanese architect’s first-ever project in Australia, the concrete structure is the 10th MPavilion in the city and was intended to be a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens.

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Tadao Ando’s MPavilion captured by Rory Gardiner in Melbourne

November 21, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Following its unveiling in Australia last week, photographer Rory Gardiner has captured this year’s MPavilion, which was designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. Defined by Ando’s signature use of exposed concrete, it is the 10th edition of the MPavilion that is installed each year in Melbourne. Gardiner’s photos capture the geometric design of

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Tadao Ando unveils MPavilion based on “pure geometry”

November 14, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has designed an aluminium-disc-topped pavilion as the 10th MPavilion in Melbourne, Australia. Created as the Japanese architect’s first-ever project in Australia, the concrete pavilion was designed as a space to reflect on the surrounding Queen Victoria Gardens. “The design for the MPavilion began with a desire to find a

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Australian hardwood lines Melbourne cottage extension by Prior Barraclough

October 17, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture practice Prior Barraclough has expanded a modest workers’ cottage in Melbourne to include an extension panelled entirely in Australian hardwood. Located in the neighbourhood of Northcote, Union Street House is a single-fronted workers’ cottage owned by a recently retired couple who wanted their home to have more functional living space. Local practice Prior Barraclough

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Branch Studio Architects designs student welfare space for Melbourne college

October 17, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Branch Studio Architects has created a dusty-pink student welfare centre at an all-boys school in Melbourne to provide a space for discussing mental health. Marcellin College principal Marco Di Cesare saw a need to offer a space where students could come together and seek help for mental health issues, particularly after Australia’s state of Victoria

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Architecture Architecture uses grey breeze blocks for Melbourne extension

October 10, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Hollow breeze-block walls were used to blend interior and exterior spaces in Sunday, a reimagining of a typical cottage in Melbourne, Australia, designed by local studio Architecture Architecture. The home, called Sunday, occupies a compact, 175-square-metre site in the suburb of Fitzroy. The renovation retained the house’s existing frontage and veranda due to heritage requirements.

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Austin Maynard Architects adds five gardens to Melbourne terrace house

October 5, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

An “urban farm” rooftop garden, planted terraces and a fish-pond atrium characterise this renovated house in Melbourne, designed by Austin Maynard Architects. Named Helvetia, the Victorian terrace house located in the inner-city suburb of Fitzroy, was renovated with a focus on retaining and reusing materials while providing new spaces for nature. The studio told Dezeen that

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Sawtooth roof animates Melbourne apartment block by Six Degrees Architects

September 26, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A sawtooth roof that references the nearby South Melbourne Market tops Ferrars & York, an apartment block in Australia designed by local studio Six Degrees Architects. Six Degrees Architects worked with property developer Hip V Hype to create the block of 22 apartments, which occupies a challenging, narrow site alongside a tram track in Melbourne. While

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