Melbourne-based photographer Shannon McGrath trained in fine arts and photography at RMIT University, and has taught photography to first year students at that Institute. Shannon has honed her practice over the last twelve years, concentrating on architecture and interior design with a growing interest in furniture, lighting and industrial design.
Shannon McGrath's Latest contributions
Living history: Bridport Street Residence
Matt Gibson Architecture and Design tells the story of this Victorian terrace through its renovation and extention.
A marred portrait: Swanston Square
The facade of ARM Architecture’s “Portrait” apartment tower in Melbourne is a worthy civic-minded gesture but, behind it, a dehumanizing financial logic is at play.
2015 Eat Drink Design Awards: Best Restaurant Design – high commendations
Highly commended restaurants at the 2015 Eat Drink Design Awards
2015 National Architecture Awards: Frederick Romberg Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
Upper House by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects.
2015 National Architecture Awards: Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design
NewActon Precinct by Fender Katsalidis Architects.
Painterly vision: Crigan House
Allan Powell’s distinctive St Kilda home, that “reveals a Palladian strand in its lineage … a structure designed to host parties.”
Wisdom of youth: Reynolds Residence
Adrian Iredale of Iredale Pedersen Hook reflects on the practice’s first project, a house that expresses “the youthful sense of pursuing an untested path.”
Cold chisel: Aireys House
The sharp, chiselled form of this house by Byrne Architects serves to deflect icy Antarctic winds.
Dialogue with Seidler: Horizon Apartment
MA Architects and Maria Danos create a sophisticated apartment interior that holds its own against the strong architectural presence of a well known Seidler building.
2015 EDD shortlist: Restaurant
Twenty-six restaurant projects shortlisted in the 2015 Eat Drink Design Awards.