Based in Hobart, Judith is a graduate architect, sculptor and writer who works freelance on her own projects and teaches at the School of Architecture, University of Tasmania. Judith is engaged in working out how to transform unusual ideas into real things, moments or places. She loves to balance the solitude of making art with the collaborative potential of design.
Judith Abell's Latest contributions
Stripping back layers: Hollow Tree House
Core Collective Architects restored a colonial-era house in regional Tasmania, meticulously preserving Georgian details.
Memories of Mexico: Sisterhood
In Hobart’s Sandy Bay, Melbourne design studio Biasol has created a relaxed and charming interior for a wide range of diners.
Sounds of nature: House at Otago Bay
A monolithic home by Topology Studio confidently emerges from the landscape, capturing distant views to kunanyi and forging a connection to the soundscape of its surrounds.
Garden room: Mount Stuart Greenhouse
This addition to a grand early-20th-century home in Hobart reads as a generous garden room, housing a new dining and kitchen space that captures the scale and movement of the nearby cypress tree.
Simple wishes: Lansdowne Crescent
A request for increased amenity rather than more square metres was the impetus behind this deceptively compact addition to a period Hobart home by Preston Lane Architects, where shifts in level and volume help create light-filled spaces and a connection to the garden.
Apollo Bay House by Dock4
This addition to a Bruny Island bush shack by Dock4 cleverly exaggerates the existing roof form to create volume, drama and a dialogue with the surrounding landscape.
Box of tricks: The Bae Tas
Architects Liz Walsh and Alex Nielsen have transformed a tiny Tasmanian flat into a “deft box of tricks,” a cleverly crafted guest space looking out to the Derwent River.
Wide angle: Malvern House
This “low and wide” addition to a freestanding cottage by Rob Kennon Architects minimizes impact on its site and surroundings while prioritizing a life lived outdoors.
Hillside haven: Mawhera Extension
This bold, minimal addition to a hillside house by Preston Lane Architects makes the most of a relatively modest budget, with the new spaces designed for diverse modes of use.
Beach vibes: The Salty Dog Hotel
In Hobart, Brustman + Boyde in collaboration with Pippa Dickson have turned a 1970s beachside motel into a fun and friendly bar and dining space that references Australian coastal vernacular.