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Designed by Marcus O’Reilly Architects, this single story house is located on a leafy well established street in Kyneton. While appropriately scaled for the neighbourhood it is a variation on the local typology. Whereas the typical suburban model of a distinct front yard and back yard is the norm in the area, this design focuses the house to a generous north facing outdoor room.   Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Dianna Snape

Marcus O’Reilly Architects has carefully designed a low key, site responsive beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia.  The timber clad structure reinterprets a longstanding beach house tradition in the area.  It uses local materials to blend into, respect and compliment it’s sought after, national park adjacent location. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©John Chisholm

Cottesloe House designed by Paul Burnham Architect from Australia. Here’s architect statement;

A new house on a narrow, elevated north facing site for a structural engineer / builder client. The design has achieved north facing aspects to all internal and external living areas. The saw tooth roof profile allows deep winter sun penetration throughout the length of the upper floor. Read the rest of this entry »

photos©Max Nirnberger

Interesting interior designed by xarchitekten from Austria, they create a shop for jewelry shop that simulate the feeling of exploring the treasure chests.

The most interesting trends in the design of shops are concerned with the coherence of the products and their environment – thus the space in which they are presented. Furthermore do we understand shop design as a part of corporate identity, as an instrument of communication for contents and aims. The concept bases on the intention to define space as a sensually perceptive phenomenon and connect it closely to the jewellers manifacts. Read the rest of this entry »

All Photos ©Peter Bennetts
Architects: Andrew Maynard Architects

The Barrow extension appears as an arrangement of timber boxes, each independently rotated and subjected to varying amounts of extruding and manipulating forces. These separate actions result in a variety of shapes, which united, create an interior of differing volumes and organizations, providing an interesting double story addition to this weatherboard house.

The extension challenges the traditional nature of timber construction. Normally lightweight and fragile, added wall thickness to different areas results in a structure with a fluctuating sense of mass. The dynamic and varying nature of these environments is further enhanced by differing window arrangements and framing techniques. Frequently the windows are setback within the frame of the wall, sometimes flush and occasionallyextruding beyond the timber frame. Read the rest of this entry »

Architectural Design | Andrew Maynard Architects
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Emerging from behind its high boundary wall, the distorted roof form of Vader House interrupts the symmetrical roof line typical of Fitzroy, and breathes new life into this Victorian Terrace.The extension is a framed steel skeleton which envelopes the unusually high masonry boundary wall built prior to height restrictions, reclaiming it into the interior. The roof then responds to site setbacks which result in a distorted and subverted answer to regulations. This produces high folded internal planes, allowing double height ceilings, a mezzanine level and spacious interior. Read the rest of this entry »

Architectural Design | Andrew Maynard Architects
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This is very cool, I like the way architects fold the deck to the new extension space. The tattoo idea is definitely interesting, joyful and yet economical option they can achieve with the local regulation contraint. The Tattto house is designed by Andrew Maynard Architects from Australia, here is from the architects;
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