Marcus Baumgart is a founding partner of Baumgart Clark Architects, which is based in Melbourne and Canberra and works throughout Victoria and ACT/NSW. He is a long-time freelance contributor to Architecture Media magazines, and the author of the blog marcusbaumgart.com. This blog explores the landscape and methods of uncertainty and certainty in relation to writing and design.
Marcus Baumgart's Latest contributions
Earthy attire: Prior
Ritz and Ghougassian’s designed for a Melbourne restaurant, Prior, is predicated on its its inclination towards tropes and visual cues of the great outdoors.
A deceptively simple cafe: Gathered
Designed by Ewert Leaf, this pared-back and striking cafe in Melbourne’s Footscray belies a host of logistical and functional solutions to manage its portside setting.
Wisdom of youth: MA Architects
A practice growing out of its “teenage years,” MA Architects is ready to evolve its language and move on to new things.
A decade of Australian residential architecture
Marcus Baumgart reflects on the past decade of Australian House of the Year winners from the Houses Awards, offering an insight into the changing nature of how we live.
‘It’s all about people’: Rob Kennon Architects
The consistent body of work by Rob Kennon Architects is bolstered by the belief that the people they design for and other collaborators are the most interesting impetus for architecture.
Pattern is king: Melbourne Central Arcade
Melbourne architecture practice Kennedy Nolan has revitalized the public arcades of Melbourne Central, strengthening the centre’s character and heightening the user experience.
Work wonders: Techne Studio
For its new home in Melbourne’s Carlton, Techne Architecture and Interior Design has created a workplace expressed as a venue for creative production.
Chasing timelessness: B.E. Architecture
Exhibiting an affinity for sculpting space and material, B. E. Architecture has rigorously honed its craft for more than two decades, resulting in an extensive portfolio of refined residential architecture.
Judicious editing: Artbank
Edition Office’s skilful reworking of the Artbank premises in Melbourne’s Collingwood highlights the practice’s “judicious editing of intention.”
Commanding bunker: Light Vault
Located on an exposed corner in Melbourne’s Brighton, this uncompromising new house by Chamberlain Architects was conceived as a “concrete bunker,” with luxurious, private space washed in light by multiple skylights.