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Robust materials were selected to withstand Noosa’s subtropical beach climate, including sudden downpours.

Holiday mode: Hastings Park Apartment

Overlooking the main beach in Queensland’s Noosa, this house captures that relaxed, beach holiday feeling.

Residential
Access to and from the ferry terminals is enhanced by clear crossing points and visual clues along the riverside bike path, to minimize conflict between ferry passengers and cyclists.

Brisbane’s flood-resilient ferry terminals

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

Landscape / urban
This family retreat looks north to the headland of Seventeen Seventy on Queensland’s “Discovery Coast.” Artwork: Nicholas Harding.

Below the ridgeline: Springs Beach House

Drawing on an intimate knowledge of the region, the architects of this Queensland house have created a low-maintenance and environmentally sensitive beach retreat for an extended family.

Residential
Carefully considered landscaping by Cardno responds to the natural surrounds and enhances the amenity of the adjoining public beach access.

‘An authentic architecture of materiality’: M3565 Main Beach Apartments

This prestigious beachside apartment building by Virginia Kerridge Architect stands out from its neighbours by virtue of its articulate materiality and sensitive human scale.

Residential
Slender steel columns support exposed ironbark beams that frame the roof and shadecloth canopy.

Village living: Mitti Street House

Simultaneously a contained and open structure, this calming sanctuary embraces its subtropical setting while defending the interior from rainforest insects.

Residential
Hit-and-miss brickwork crowns the public entry, which faces the site’s northern boundary and carpark rather than the street.

Domesticated commercial: North Lakes Veterinary Hospital

In its design of a veterinary hospital for a rapidly growing suburb north of Brisbane, Vokes and Peters has returned to basics, catering to staff, clients and animals with “precision and care.”

Health
The Anna Meares Velodrome, completed in time for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, is part of the wider Sleeman Sports Complex in Brisbane.

A parametric quest: Anna Meares Velodrome

Cox Architecture has harnessed the full potential of parametric design to create a “taut and elegant” velodrome at Brisbane’s Sleeman Sports Complex, inspired by the speed, precision and expertise of track cycling.

Public / cultural
The sunken living room ends in a brick-floored courtyard beside the back garden.

Historic four-sight: Paddington Residence

This addition to a four-room cottage Kieron Gait Architects challenges room-making conventions and encourages its owners to share in the “magic” of treehouses and cubbies.

Residential
The entry facade is a playful composition of blocks of colour and battened screens on a white background.

Beachy graphics: Burleigh Street House

Embodying its local beachside context, this alteration and addition reconsiders the suburban status quo.

Residential
The gable roof profile common in the neighbourhood is repeated in the dynamic patterning of the black and white Vs on the new facade’s oversized sliding screens.

Suburban sculpture: Bardon House

Drawing in surrounding bushland and establishing new internalized landscapes, this new home intimately engages with its context and climate.

Residential
Access to and from the ferry terminals is enhanced by clear crossing points and visual clues along the riverside bike path, to minimize conflict between ferry passengers and cyclists.

Going with the flow: Brisbane’s new ferry terminals

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

Landscape / urban
Naranga Avenue House is entered through the extruded brick facade to a double-height patio with a crepe myrtle tree at its centre.

Beyond breezeblock: Naranga Avenue House

James Russell Architect has employed complex layers of enclosure and transparency in the design of this home, inviting comparison with breezeblock houses of the Gold Coast of the past.

Residential