Clare Cousins Architects is a Melbourne-based architecture and interior design practice founded in 2005 by Clare Cousins. The award-winning firm focuses on context, materiality and a collaborative client-architect relationship, with a portfolio including houses, residential extensions, retail projects and commercial projects.
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2023 David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture
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Aesop Collins Street by Clare Cousins Architects
Nestled in a historic building in Melbourne’s CBD, this retail fitout by Clare Cousins Architects balances architectural heritage with Aesop’s signature, contemporary aesthetic.
Fitzroy North Terrace by Clare Cousins Architects
Freed from the confines of its Victorian-era order, an end terrace in Melbourne is respectfully reprogrammed to suit contemporary family life.
Nightingale Village
Built to foster community in and around its residences, this precinct in Melbourne’s inner-north comprises six apartment buildings with diverse designs united by shared values.
2022 National Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
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Sense of permanence: Esplanade House
Responding to a heritage setting and an uncommonly large inner-suburban site, this robust and sculptural home weaves together house and garden to achieve comfort and intimacy.
Spirit of modernism: Beaumaris House
Continuing the legacy of mid-century architects, whose designs have shaped the Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris, this monolithic yet sensitive house embodies the modernist spirit.
A tough little building with a big civic heart
This office building by Clare Cousins Architects glows as a beacon of utilitarian elegance amidst the industrial lowlands of Collingwood.
First house: Clare Cousins Architects
Clad in pleated copper, this addition to a Federation-era house was the first “real” commission for architect Clare Cousins, who reflects on how projects like this one went on to become a staple for the practice.
Verdant Victorian: Garden Room House
This deliberately restrained addition to a Victorian terrace by Clare Cousins Architects – which replaces an oversized faux period structure – revolves around a central courtyard to create a verdant haven in Melbourne’s inner north.