Melbourne

“How on earth does this work in section?” says commenter

November 9, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Wood Marsh’s sinuous, curved Melbourne apartment block. Commenters were curious about architecture studio Wood Marsh’s six-storey apartment block in a Melbourne suburb, which features protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. “There are structural engineers’ tears somewhere in this” “Beautiful building, and nice floor plans”, commented Kevin Perera. “If

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Wood Marsh references “sinuous curves of nature” in Melbourne apartment block

November 7, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Wood Marsh has created the No. 6 Sydney Street apartment block in a suburb of Melbourne, with an exterior of protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. Located in the suburb of Prahran, No. 6 Sydney Street provides 15 apartments across six storeys that are oriented to overlook the natural landscape of the adjacent Orrong

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Studio Bright arranges 8 Yard House around a series of outdoor spaces

October 14, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

A sequence of eight courtyards and gardens are incorporated into the linear floor plan of this house in Melbourne, Australia, which Studio Bright designed to make the most of a long and narrow plot. The studio headed by architect Melissa Bright designed 8 Yard House for a site in the city’s North Fitzroy district, which

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Angelucci Architects adds tile-clad extension to Victorian terrace house in Melbourne

September 16, 2022 Katie Last 0

Australian architecture studio Angelucci Architects has transformed a Victorian brick terrace house into a family home named Nido House in Melbourne, Australia. Located on a street corner in Carlton North — a suburb of Melbourne — the house extension was influenced by Victorian and contemporary design. Nido, which means bird’s nest, was designed to celebrate

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Melbourne courtyard house by BKK Architects “explores shades of privacy”

September 14, 2022 Katie Last 0

Australian architecture studio BKK Architects has created Keep House, a home in Melbourne that plays with levels of privacy to stay connected to nature but separated from the nearby public parkland. The home, which was designed for a couple and their teenage children, is located on a wedge-shaped plot of land next to suburban parkland.

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Austin Maynard Architects develops “ethical housing” in inner-city Melbourne

August 29, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

Terrace House by Austin Maynard Architects

Austin Maynard Architects has completed Terrace House, a self-funded apartment building in Melbourne which is low-cost, eco-conscious and has enough room for young families. Located on a narrow infill site in Brunswick, Terrace House is a six storey “ethical housing” building containing 16 apartments and three ground-level shop units. Austin Maynard Architects – led by

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Kennon designs office tower with “solar facade” for Melbourne

August 2, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Front facade of 550 Spencer offices by Kennon

Australian studio Kennon is designing a commercial office tower in Melbourne called 550 Spencer that will feature more than 1,000 glass-like solar panels across its facade. Set to complete in 2024, the eight-storey tower’s facade will harness sunlight to produce “50 times more electricity than a standard rooftop solar panel system” used in residential projects.

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Splinter Society adds black timber extensions to Melbourne cottage

July 21, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Image of the black timber-clad exterior of Host House

Black timber forms cut through a former worker’s cottage to create open living spaces at this home in Melbourne designed by local studio Splinter Society for its founders. Studio founders Asha Nicholas and Chris Stanley purchased the cottage shortly after graduating in 2005, and over the past two decades have gradually added new spaces to create

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Brearley Architects and Urbanists and Grant Amon Architects unveil Australia’s first purpose-built Pride Centre

July 21, 2022 James Parkes 0

Aerial image of the Victorian Pride Centre at night

Australian architecture studios Grant Amon Architects and Brearley Architects and Urbanists have created Australia’s first purpose-built centre for LGBTQ+ communities that incorporates tubular openings across its facade. The Victorian Pride Centre is a five-storey building located in Melbourne’s beachside suburb of St Kilda and offers its queer community access to a number of services and safe

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All(zone) reveals design for orange draped-fabric MPavilion

July 14, 2022 James Parkes 0

Render of the orange fabric MPavilion by All(zone)

Architectural fabrics and meshes draped over a tensile system will form the 2022 MPavilion in Melbourne, which is being designed by Bangkok-based architecture studio All(zone). In its ninth year, the MPavilion is commissioned annually by charity The Naomi Milgrom Foundationand has a similar concept to London’s Serpentine Pavilion. With a new designer selected each year

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