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Utterly unpretentious: Marrickville House
This efficient and effective extension by MI Architects makes the most of a fast-track approval process, unpretentious materials and a simple form to meet the clients’ brief and budget.
ResidentialMountain retreat: Pirramimma
This Blue Mountains house by Peter Stutchbury Architecture deftly explores the relationship between building and landscape; moments of intensity and quietness, light and shadow, heighten the “real” in the everyday experience.
ResidentialOld school ties: St Ambrose
In their design for a primary school in far-northern New South Wales, Pat Twohill Designs and Twohill and James retain the look of the weatherboard schoolhouse but take a decisive break from tradition.
EducationLife above lifestyle: Casba
Billard Leece Partnership and SJB Architects’ mixed-use project offers Sydney a new model for balancing private comfort and civic neighbourliness.
ResidentialStudios 54 by Hill Thalis Architecture and Urban Projects
On a 126-square-metre site in suburban Sydney, Hill Thalis’s Studios 54 demonstrates how small sites can be used inventively to make the city richer and more diverse.
Commercial, ResidentialUrban osmosis: Three Marrickville Houses
David Boyle Architect delivers harmonious triplets on a complex urban site, where once a single house stood.
ResidentialSizing up: Marrickville Courtyard House
Located on one of three blocks created in the subdivision of a large corner site, this new house by David Boyle Architect “feels huge but sits on a relatively small site.”
ResidentialRaising eyebrows: House in Double Bay
Without compromise on quality or invention, this new speculative home by Tribe Studio Architects has an emphasis on spatial interest and an abundance of natural light.
ResidentialUrban interior: Bresic Whitney
Chenchow Little Architects’ fitout for this real estate agency in Hunters Hill, Sydney departs from suburban conventions to differentiate its brand and culture.
InteriorsVanishing point: Balmoral House
This house follows Isamu Noguchi’s philosophy that art should “disappear” or become one with its surroundings.
ResidentialStreet appeal: Kensington House
An alteration and addition to a Californian bungalow by Virigina Kerridge Architect that respectfully addresses the streetscape.
ResidentialRule bender: UTS Science and Health Building
In their design of the UTS Science and Health building, Durbach Block Jaggers and BVN have defied the rules set out in BVN’s own UTS masterplan.
EducationThick skin: Dr Chau Chak Wing building
While critics have laid into Frank Gehry’s UTS Business School for being image-conscious, Jennifer Calzini finds a building more than meets the eye.
EducationJewel in the crown: 50 Martin Place
Johnson Pilton Walker revives a monumental building in one of Sydney’s most significant civic spaces.
CommercialPlaying to type: Courtyard House
This delightful reinterpretation of a traditional terrace house has built-in flexibility, allowing it to adapt and change to the evolving needs of the family.
ResidentialThe total package: Australia Post
Carr Design Group re-design both the architecture and the interiors of Australia Post’s Sydney HQ, totally transforming it.
InteriorsStreet life: Alexandria Courtyard House
This new Sydney terrace by Matthew Pullinger Architect challenges conventions and plays with traditions, while engaging seriously with the street and community life.
ResidentialImagination at play: Camperdown Childcare
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.
Education, InteriorsAgitated space: MUSE
Woods Bagot use evocative and angular spaces to provoke creativity within the student hub at Macquarie University.
Education, InteriorsWallace Wurth Redevelopment
Lahznimmo Architects and Wilson Architects interlace new and existing to produce a cohesive learning environment for the faculty of medicine at UNSW.
EducationTamarama Kiosk
A pavilion by Lahznimmo Architects brings the glamour back to Tamarama beach in Sydney.
Hospitality, Landscape / urban, Public / cultural