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3 YEARS AGO
Sited amongst the dunes and pine forests along the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, is a pair of gabled timber sheds. The design references the timber working sheds found in rural New Zealand.The buildings are sited to create an occupation against the dune edge that feels relaxed and timeless. Between them is set an outdoor fire and area for seating.
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3 YEARS AGO
A contemporary extension to an existing residence, the purpose of the Tree View house was to bring a new degree of comfort, functionality and sustainability to a family home.
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3 YEARS AGO
Sitting on the steep banks of Edgars Creek, this house is raw and elemental. It is simple and honest in its approach to siting and planning.
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3 YEARS AGO
Providing a home to a young family, Beaumaris House employs a tactful sensitivity in order to balance ideas of multifunctional use, whilst also addressing our clients’ need for privacy.
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3 YEARS AGO
This redevelopment project explores the love and memory a retired couple have of a home and site they have occupied for over thirty years.
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3 YEARS AGO
Globally acclaimed Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma has collaborated with Rolls-Royce on a bespoke ‘Dawn’ convertible. The first-of-its-kind luxury car will debut as a moving representation of the new luxury residence ‘The Kita’ in central Tokyo, designed by Kengo Kuma.
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3 YEARS AGO
Architects’ own homes are often a breeding ground for taking risks – a chance to do the things other client’s wouldn’t let slide. The Hawthorne Street House, designed by and for Sheppard and Rout director Tim Dagg, is full of these slightly surprising moments. The most obvious of these happens on the approach to the house, with its defining backlit polycarbonate cladding, but stepping inside the dwelling and circling round the back leads us to a few more.
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3 YEARS AGO
The new home of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music celebrates the activities of music rehearsal and practice – a green room for Melbourne's arts precinct. Outwardly focused and inviting, the building balances the singular concentration required of students with the camaraderie of engaging with others. The building is a place to rub shoulders with fellow music students, and the artistic milieu of the wider campus and precinct.
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3 YEARS AGO
We focused our attention away from conventional solutions to investigate highly bespoke and cost effective alternatives. The Sawmill House demonstrates how Australia’s growing hoard of latent building materials can be used in new and innovative ways.
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3 YEARS AGO
This home challenges the ideals of larger house living and proves that with good design, volume and spatial layout 80m2 of space can feel generous and comfortable to live in. The form is essentially a rectangle with carved out niches that provide sense of address, privacy and shelter.
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3 YEARS AGO
The Northern Steamship Company, one of New Zealand’s original coastal shipping companies, opened its offices in the Quay Street building in 1899. Closing shortly after the company sold its fleet in 1974 the building languished until a refurbishment was undertaken in 2005, the first heritage building to be refurbished in the Britomart Precinct.
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3 YEARS AGO
The people, places and ideas changing our cities one enclave at a time: The Scrap Yard is a small-but-potent commercial development on a back street in Auckland’s Grey Lynn.
