PROJECTS

A former shed in Byron Bay designed to balance art, life and work adapts to the changing creative needs of its users.

Yirranma Place in Sydney is a skilful exercise in adaptive reuse, guided by SJB. The design’s two overarching principles – sensitivity and respect – help to create a multifunctional workplace in a grand 1920s building.

Studio Esteta has channelled Italian heritage and urban experiences to transform a nondescript suburban Melbourne shopfront into a welcoming deli and eatery.

Designed by Ewert Leaf, this pared-back and striking cafe in Melbourne’s Footscray belies a host of logistical and functional solutions to manage its portside setting.

Fusing concepts inherent in furniture design and architecture, this conversion of a former motor vehicle factory in Sydney serves as a prototype for a novel approach to adaptive re-use.

CODA Studio has converted a sleepy warehouse in a forgotten pocket of East Perth into a contemporary co-working space that offers areas to think, create, gather and eat.

Set in World Heritage wilderness in Tasmania, this former hydro-electric pump station is now known as Pumphouse Point, a boutique hotel designed by Cumulus Studio.

A childcare centre that is all about learning through play – a philosophy that not only applies to the youngsters but also informed the design process.

Woods Bagot use evocative and angular spaces to provoke creativity within the student hub at Macquarie University.

Acme&Co has transformed the dormant Willoughby Incinerator in Sydney’s north into the vibrant The Incinerator cafe.

A former loading dock in Sydney’s Chippendale, transformed with by Anthony Gill Architects.

A homeopathic laboratory, dispensary, book-shop and residence in one.

Those Architects create a new work/life balance in the global office of a young tech company.

A sixteenth-century Italian attic restored by Perth studio SODAA and local studio, MQAA.

A West Perth garage reinvented by Foolscap Studio becomes a casual eatery and bar with local soul.

Shed Architects and Space Control Design turn a Pyrmont woolshed into a boutique hotel.

Wrightson Stewart Interior Design turn an old woolstore apartment into a tailored bachelor pad.

Eclectic and nostalgic interiors by Nicholas Graham & Associates and Indyk Architects.

A cardboard kingdom by first-year students of architecture at Monash University

A former factory forms the shell of this residence, housed above a boutique office space.