Houses, June 2014
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The courtyard plan is well-suited to Australian residential design, particularly with the increasing density of our inner-city suburbs. Courtyards provide access to natural light, privacy …
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Profile: Tribe Studio
The residential work of Tribe Studio has a kind of clean, blunt Modernism or ‘suburban uncanny’ aesthetic.
Material Palette: Tribe Studio
Houses by Tribe Studio have ‘a clean, blunt modernism’ and classic contrasts of black, white and wood.
Projects
First House: Owen and Vokes and Peters
Owen and Vokes and Peters revisits Newmarket House, the practice’s first project from 2003.
St Kilda West House
Skilful courtyard placement by Kennedy Nolan Architects creates a bright and airy inner-urban home.
K House
A sculptural Sydney residence by Chenchow Little Architects.
Fairfield Hacienda
A new suburban home by MRTN Architects breaks with convention to maximize amenity.
Loft Apartment
An apartment of sweeping curves and deft geometry, designed by Adrian Amore Architects.
Turramurra House
A house in a bushfire zone, designed by Noxon Giffen, balances openness to its leafy surroundings with defensiveness.
Light Cannon House
Carterwilliamson uses two ‘light canons’ to reflect light and add spatial quality to this Sydney terrace.
In-Between Room
Phorm Architecture and Design adds a contemporary counterpoint to the original Queenslander.
A House for Hermes
A family beach house by Andrew Simpson Architects and Charles Anderson that is small in scale but packed with ideas.
Carine House
A Perth home by Pendal and Neille that engages with the sublime pleasures of domestic life.
Hover House
The central courtyard of this Bower Architecture house in Victoria is the focus of all daily activities.
Patio House
Architect Matthew Eagle has made a virtue of modesty at this canal-side house on the Gold Coast.
Studio
Studiokyss: Material delight
Crafted objects by Kenny Yong Soo Son bring delight to life’s quieter daily moments.
Maker Studio
Rory Morgan of Maker Studio explores combinations of timber and fine steel in furniture.
Revisited
Merli House (1984) revisited
Revisiting the ‘carefully juggled complexity’ of a home by Edmond and Corrigan.
Postscript
Cairo Apartment
A studio apartment altered by Architecture Architecture to enhance the original design.