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Year completed
Laboratory in a ruin: Grown Alchemist
In its design for a flagship skincare store behind a dilapidated terrace house in Melbourne’s Carlton, Herbert and Mason in collaboration with Grown Alchemist contrasts the pristine with the industrial to enhance both qualities.
CommercialAn exploration of concrete and timber: Coastal House
Amid the windswept landscape of the Mornington Peninsula’s southern edge, this house meets ecological and bushfire concerns without compromising on enjoyment.
ResidentialPower of simplicity: Mt Eliza House
In this residence on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the dual influences of one client’s Scandinavian heritage and the suburb’s legacy of mid-century design coalesce in an understated house that revels in the beauty of simplicity.
ResidentialCompact luxury: Henry Street Townhouses
Two similar yet distinct townhouses in Melbourne, incorporating flexible spaces and fluid transitions, embrace residents with their crisp design and cosy luxury.
ResidentialDynamic and ever changing: Light House
Designed for the owner of a Melbourne lighting studio, this addition to a Victorian worker’s cottage offers kitchen and bathroom spaces filled with ever-changing light.
ResidentialCeremonial sequence: Joey Scandizzo Salon
In a 19th-century Italianate building in Melbourne, architecture studio Kennon has redesigned a recognized hair salon into the perfect backdrop for “me time.”
CommercialFunctional and flamboyant: Pony
Delicious colours of Dolcetto, Iced Vovo and banana Paddle Pop delineate the zones of this hard-working home for a family of six in Melbourne.
ResidentialSocial condenser: Springvale Community Hub
In one of Australia’s most culturally diverse locations, Lyons has designed a multipurpose community facility with the kind of attention more often reserved for central-city projects.
Public / culturalLanguage of carving: Limestone House
An outstanding exemplar of inner-city sustainable living, this new house in Melbourne also pushes the boundaries of contemporary design.
ResidentialA virtue of modesty: Lilydale High School, Zoology and Administration
In executing stage one of a masterplan for Lilydale High School, Harrison and White dignifies the suburban and the modest while also alluding to Melbourne’s broader architectural culture.
EducationBrunswick Apartment by Murray Barker and Esther Stewart
Skilfully expressing a Melbourne apartment’s distinctive 1960s style with a contemporary redesign, Murray Barker and Esther Stewart deftly select materials to make big statements that suit this small space.
ResidentialLiving in the round: Elwood Bungalow
In the garden suburb of Elwood, Melbourne, a delicate balance of addition and subtraction gives rise to an elegant home that is intrinsically linked to its site, family and city.
ResidentialSpirit of modernism: Beaumaris House
Continuing the legacy of mid-century architects, whose designs have shaped the Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris, this monolithic yet sensitive house embodies the modernist spirit.
ResidentialDark and stormy: Three Stories North
Embracing the character of its 1890s shell, this family home features an unusual combination of materials that is at once dark, moody and surprisingly warm.
ResidentialA tough little building with a big civic heart
This office building by Clare Cousins Architects glows as a beacon of utilitarian elegance amidst the industrial lowlands of Collingwood.
Commercial‘Messy vitality’: Monash University Chancellery
ARM’s Chancellery acts as a portal between Monash University and the community, celebrating campus history while providing a contemporary facility.
EducationSecret sanctuary: Malvern Garden House
A ‘modernist relic’ of concrete and glass forms the heart of this renovated 1930s heritage home, where sanctuary means lush gardens and open, airy spaces secreted away in a busy Melbourne suburb.
ResidentialNightingale Housing five years on
Jacqui Alexander traces the evolution of Nightingale Housing and reflects on two of the built developments.
ResidentialCivic presence: Housing Choices Australia Dandenong
This community project is a testament to the genuine value and design innovation that architects can bring regardless of income, status or tenure.
ResidentialA memorable civic impact: The University of Melbourne End-of-Trip Facilities
Showing sensitivity to urban context and university campus identity, a clever practice has incorporated a heritage garage into a simple yet striking amenities block that contributes significantly to the public realm.
EducationAn abstracted terrace: Fitzroy North House 02
In a quiet street in Melbourne’s Fitzroy North, this curious family home, appearing as an abstracted worker’s cottage from the street, conceals an open design shaped by two verdant garden courtyards.
ResidentialGlenn Murcutt, the ‘pavilion architect,’ on his MPavilion
Linda Cheng interviewed Murcutt at his MPavilion to discuss what a pavilion means to him and how this space creates serenity in central Melbourne.
Public / culturalA lyrical family home: Ruckers Hill House
With civic ambition and a highly personal attention to detail, this ‘house of many rooms’ is a considered new layer in the cultural palimpsest of inner Melbourne.
ResidentialA contemporary colonnade: The Link at Chadstone
The Link by Make Architects (design architects) and Cera Stribley (delivery architects) is an elegant walkway that connects the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere with an office tower and a hotel.
Commercial, InteriorsSuburban tranquility: Park Life
Architecture Architecture has created a tranquil home for an artist and a curator on this slice of Melbourne suburbia.
ResidentialTransgenerational living: Thornbury Townhouses
Behind what appears to be a single house in suburban Melbourne, two homes offer enough flexibility for both households to enjoy their different stages of life.
ResidentialMediterranean connection: Via Porta
Studio Esteta has channelled Italian heritage and urban experiences to transform a nondescript suburban Melbourne shopfront into a welcoming deli and eatery.
Hospitality, InteriorsDomestic joy: Harry House
Wrapped in charred timber cladding and hugged tightly by a lush suburban garden, this discreet addition to an inner Melbourne cottage expertly balances function and folly.
ResidentialArchitectural tapestry: State Library of Victoria Vision 2020
Architectus and Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s design for the redevelopment of the State Library of Victoria weaves together the idiosyncrasies and episodes of one of Australia’s oldest public libraries.
Public / cultural‘A cascading series of salon spaces’: Garden House
Soft boundaries create multipurpose spaces that reflect a young couple’s character while generous windows connect interiors with “domesticated wilds” around this fluid, functional Melbourne home.
Residential