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1890s Federation house reborn – St Kilda

Jaboby is a renovation and extension to an 1890s Federation house located on a beautiful tree lined street in St Kilda West with direct access to Jacoby Reserve, a small neighbourhood park. Lucy Clemenger Architects were engaged for the architecture and interior design of the house. Sophie Gunnersen contributed to the interior design of the project as...

Interconnected house in Mexico City

Located in an area of Mexico City that has a determining topographic condition towards the ravine; on a plot with a narrow frontage, which prompted Manuel Cervantes Estudio to analyse how they could achieve maximum spaces with good lighting and a relationship with the outside.
The architectural starting point generated a total spatial and visual integration with the...

Sense of Self Bathhouse – Collingwood

Located in my stomping ground Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. Sense of Self Bathhouse redefines the wellness experience with an inclusive, immersive and design-led model for self-care within a converted warehouse comprising of; a large mineral bath, Hammam Steam room, Finnish sauna, light-filled vegetated courtyard and cold plunge pool.
A collaborative design exploration between Setsquare Studio +

Briar Bank House New Zealand

Briar Bank House is a holiday house with a large view, located in Wanaka , New Zealand. Designed for a couple with 5 adult children visiting at different times the brief called for a place for both privacy and expansive living, outlaid on a carefully crafted site plan.
Designed by Rafe Maclean Architects, a soft material palette on...

Gawthorne’s Hut – Mudgee Australia

Gawthorne’s Hut is a luxury, 2 person, off grid, holiday experience within a working rural property 10 minutes from Mudgee in Central West of New South Wales. The project intends to create a unique and sustainable experience that responds directly to the history and context of the property. The angled galvanised clad shell and rich timber lined interior reference the predominant rural vernacular...

The transformation of a Norman Jaffe House

Completed in 1978, Norman Jaffe's Gruss House is a representative example of his self-described "Zeus style". Referencing the mythological god of the sky, Jaffe found formal inspiration in the sky, clouds, and coastal dunes of the Eastern Long Island, East Hampton, United States.
With its bold shingle roof and distinctive Tennessee sandstone-clad walls, the house had undergone several unfortunate interior renovations. Together with its...

When matter, geometry + space work in harmony

Spanish architectural practice HORMA estudio believes living on one floor implies continuity, articulation, composition, and fragmentation of spaces without losing the unity of the whole. DM house allows the occupants to use the entire plot this its use of thoughtful architecture.
The proposal aims to articulate a wide domestic program fragmenting the scale of the set both volumetrically...

Apartment Aria takes on Sydney icons

Apartment Aria is about views and rooms. Views to Sydney Icons, views to iconic paintings and rooms from which these icons might be viewed, resulting in an apartment that is a constant reminder of place.
Located in Kirribilli, Sydney, the apartment is dominated with dress circle views of Circular Quay, the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. These wide-spanning views created opportunities for...

Casa Houlpoch, once a Mexican ruin

Casa Houlpoch is an old Yucatecan house from the end of the last century that gets its name from a snake from the region in Merida, Mexico, that regularly “visited” the property's ruins. The room, in pastel tones, has modern and casual furniture, integrating greenery and works of art, such as a playful Timoteo on the center table and a painting by Pedro...

Purchasing cannabis from Seaweed Outpost

There are over 4,600 islands off the coast of Maine and with this project architects MAAM added a handful more. Inspired by the local geography, the display tables were conceived as floating “islands” with their very own unique topographies.
SEAWEED OUTPOST is the sister showroom to the SeaWeed flagship location located in a strip mall. The retail space...

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