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
Going with the flow: Bruce Rowe
Through an inherent love of making, architect Bruce Rowe has transformed himself into a creative individual who has found his “flow” producing ceramic products.
Sails tactics: Yellow Earth Emporium
Tandem Design Studio has given sheepskin company Yellow Earth’s flagship store at Emporium Melbourne an expressive and tactile “shop window.”
Designing retail success
The design of brick-and-mortar stores is an ever-changing process. Skincare company Aesop has used branding, sophisticated e-tailing and the in-store experience to build a formidable brand name.
Profile: Matt Gibson
The thoughtful body of residential work by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design demonstrates an enthusiastic and rigorous approach to the dualism inherent in many projects.
Suburban dialogue: Hip and Gable House
Architecture Architecture’s extension of a Californian bungalow in Melbourne creates a harmonious dialogue between old and new while fostering social engagement.
Time for seduction: MAH Residence
Mim Design creates a rich and textured interior inside a town planning-approved building envelope designed by Clarke Hopkins Clarke.
Weaving in and out: Miller House
Architecture Architecture creates an extension to an early-twentieth-century cottage with a series of interlocking spaces that weave together interior and exterior spaces, and old and new, alike.
Local character: The Terminus Hotel
Techné Architecture and Interior Design and Sand Hill Road breathe new life into a much-loved Melbourne pub.
A ‘cordial neighbour’: Sandringham House
Technē Architecture and Interior Design and Doherty Design Studio turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse with an alteration and addition that respects the existing streetscape.
Picture perfect: Blue House
A retreat by Neeson Murcutt Architects that is in picturesque harmony with its coastal bushland setting.