PROJECTS

Careful and concise, this addition resolves the problems of an unremarkable 1970s brick home in Brisbane, thoughtfully replanning it to support relaxed family living attuned to its subtropical locale.

Three spaces, ten occupants and one flexible plan: Bligh Graham Architects’ Live Work Share House is a multi-use prototype where everyone can feel at home.

In Noosa Heads, a tired suburban house is resourcefully remade into a robust but welcoming retreat that emphasizes the simple pleasures of a holiday home by the coast.

On Rockhampton’s riverbank, a new art museum designed by local and national practices in partnership connects the city’s architectural heritage with contemporary art and culture.

In Brisbane’s Paddington, a new addition grafted onto the side of an elevated Queenslander steps down the site, orchestrating new living spaces.

Engaging with a traditional Queenslander in a contemporary way, this home is a progression of spaces, with intersecting sightlines to its neighbourhood at one end.

A dilapidated Queenslander is pulled apart and re-assembled to “remix” the original, allowing a sustainable and joyous family home to rise from the ashes.

In the Noosa hinterland, this modest studio – a companion building to a 1980s Quadropod house designed by Gabriel Poole – is a compelling prototype for prefabricated subtropical homes.

Grecian forms and classic colours were used to invoke the inhabitants’ family ties in this clever, playful extension to a 1930s Californian bungalow in Brisbane.

The renovation of a dilapidated 1920s Queenslander develops a sympathetic dialogue between the original house and its contemporary elements.

Voluminous yet resourceful, this lightweight addition to a Queenslander is a pragmatic solution that filters sunlight and buffers noise while also serving as a delightfully adaptable outdoor room.

In Brisbane’s Paddington, an old timber cottage is thoughtfully and skilfully recast as a courtyard house that responds to site, climate and the desire for familial connection.

Eight ferry terminals have been stitched to their Brisbane River sites in a generous, flood-resilient scheme that elevates the public transit experience.

A neglected post-industrial area of central Brisbane is transformed into a vibrant arts precinct through a collaborative private delivery model with a nuanced approach at both the strategic and the fine-grain scale.

Taking root beneath a timber Queensland cottage, this carefully tuned addition knits an experience of the immediate and distant landscape into the daily patterns of domestic life.

In coastal Brisbane, a new house orients family life around a verdant courtyard sanctuary, posing an unexpected response to the conventions of suburban housing.

At JCU’s Townsville campus, a creative collective has come together to produce an academic and social hub amplified by the seamless integration of art and architecture.

Capitalizing on an elevated site with enviable prospect, this cleverly planned addition to a Brisbane home culminates in a surprising and spatially rich treetop eyrie.

A new addition to a much-loved Brisbane cottage unearths the latent possibilities of a sloping suburban site, interlacing house and garden while preserving the neighbourliness of its laneway locale.

On the Gold Coast, a series of affordable, climate-responsive dwellings clustered around a communal garden space is driven by the architect’s desire to help residents develop a personal connection with their home.

A single-storey worker’s cottage in Brisbane is transformed into three autonomous and adaptable units, making a compelling case for greater density in the suburbs.

Sculptural formations of joinery and a trio of individual treatment pods within shrouds of sheer curtaining distinguish the unique interior of Light Years Skin Studio on Queensland’s Gold Coast, designed by Maher Design.

The design for Australia’s largest regional art gallery encompasses convivial interiors to attract a broad audience, while its bold exterior repeats the motif used by ARM in previous structures for the Gold Coast’s cultural precinct.

In the countryside of south-east Queensland, this new residence makes a compelling case for rural living, offering the temptation to commune in private with nature.

Referencing the landscape and vivid family memories, a richly detailed farm house on a pastoral site outside Brisbane provides a grounding platform for ageing in place.

An open kitchen in this Brisbane home supports informal interaction, providing a tactile, imaginative and flexible space for a young family.

Local timber and bronzed mirror wrap the pared-back spaces of this refreshed Queenslander, which draws in its leafy suburban surrounds.

Taking cues from mid-century modern design, this apartment in Brisbane’s classic Torbreck tower combines period character with contemporary functionality.

Just south of Brisbane, Twin Houses offers a new response to its low-density postwar context, providing amenity beyond the individual dwelling and contributing generously to the suburban microclimate.

The apparent simplicity of this small, three-pavilion home in Brisbane’s inner suburbs, inspired by the clients’ love of cooking and South-East Asian architecture, is the outcome of a rigorous plan that creates a sum greater than its parts.