Peter Davies is a writer and editor based in Melbourne. He has an enduring interest in language, culture, art and architecture and has worked on publishing projects in design, education and the legal sector. A former managing editor at Architecture Media, he currently works in publishing and communications for the Victorian Government. He has qualifications in journalism, arts management, editing, and media law. He is currently undertaking a master of applied linguistics at the University of Melbourne.
Peter Davies's Latest contributions
July QV by Ewert Leaf
This retail fitout by Ewert Leaf for a Melbourne-based travel goods specialist transports guests with rich, tactile elements that evoke memories of Antipodean holidays.
Profile: Studio Edwards / alt.material
Through their inter-linked practices, inventive designers Ben Edwards and Nancy Beka put circular materials and adaptive interior design systems to the test.
One to watch: Michael Mckeon Architecture
Embracing the tension between spatial creativity and technical precision, Michael Mckeon Architecture crafts homes of quiet beauty and considered comfort.
Westgarth House by Michael McKeon Architecture
A light-washed addition to an Edwardian dwelling retains the warmth and character of a much-loved family home, ready for the next generation’s memories and milestones.
Five houses of March Studio
This multidisciplinary studio’s material ingenuity and love for making crystallizes in residential designs that are sometimes subversive, often joyful and always individual.
In profile: Sibling Architecture
Rich in invention, the singular, socially minded homes of this practice are not only intensely personal to the clients, but also intricately connected to community.
One to watch: Foomann
Led by Jamie Sormann and Jo Foong, this studio untangles constraints to yield quiet, thoughtfully detailed and environmentally responsive homes that are finely tuned to the lives of their occupants.
One to watch: Pop Architecture
This Melbourne practice is building a suite of finely resolved residential projects that are experimental in form and rich in texture and materiality.
Industrious detailing: Alfred Stables
Architects EAT has reinvented a 150-year-old three-storey factory at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital into a dynamic and adaptive workplace for 150 administrative staff, all while celebrating the existing building fabric.
Everything in its right place: Fitzroy North House
Rigorous planning and attentive detailing have turned an original terrace in Melbourne’s north into a family home with a surprising sense of calm.