PROJECTS

This bold, minimal addition to a hillside house by Preston Lane Architects makes the most of a relatively modest budget, with the new spaces designed for diverse modes of use.

Marking arrival at this post-industrial township on Tasmania’s east coast, the Triabunna Gatehouse by Gilby and Brewin Architecture is a “visual feast,” inscribed with complex narratives of a place in flux.

Through a forensic and addictive process of discovery, John Wardle Architects has painstakingly added to and restored this cliffside cottage on Bruny Island with “humble deference” to its history and the world-wanderer who called it home.

Often in life, everything happens all at once – and this was the case for Fiona Winzar of Fred Architecture, who twelve years ago started her own architectural practice while pregnant with her baby, Agnes. Fiona reflects on the first project that began this new chapter of her life, Eyelid House.

With a simple, calm form nestled into the dramatic landscape of southern Tasmania, this “forever house” embraces sustainable design principles.

Taylor and Hinds Architects’ addition to a 1950s modernist house starts a “conversation” with the original architecture, without compromising the originality and idiosyncrasy of the new.

This beachside home by Stuart Tanner Architects is precise without being overly fussy, facilitating a relaxed lifestyle with a measured sense of order and grandeur.

In Hobart, Brustman + Boyde in collaboration with Pippa Dickson have turned a 1970s beachside motel into a fun and friendly bar and dining space that references Australian coastal vernacular.

Dock4 Architects has successfully configured this school sports pavilion in suburban Hobart to accommodate a broader community.

The pragmatic is mixed with the poetic, as precast concrete, steel and glass come together to form this robust holiday house perched on the Tasmanian coast.

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.

Unapologetic and not too serious: Frank Restaurant and Bar, designed by Georgina Freeman Design, is the new kid in Hobart.

A landscape of strong horizontal lines with rolling hills inspired the form of this house.

Preston Lane Architects’ Daniel Lane revisits Bonnet Hill House, the practice’s first project from 2004.

The simple form of a research building on Hobart’s waterfront belies a complex weft of history, site and program.

A semipermanent intervention on the front lawn of Tasmania’s MONA by Monash University’s Design-Make program.

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

A modest extension by Preston Lane Architects delivers more than “just a few extra rooms”.

Room 11 completes its award-winning work at the Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park in Tasmania.

1+2 Architecture revisits Walla Womba Guest House, the practice’s first project from 2004.

A beach house by Rosevear Architects provides a platform from which to appreciate the views.

The coolest ever river-cat starts the quirky MONA experience at the dock in Hobart.

McGlashan and Everist’s enduring design for a Hobart house.

A harbourfront house by Maria Gigney Architects in Battery Point, Hobart.

Dock4’s pair of small, low-cost houses in Tasmanian bush settings embody the pleasures of experimenting with volume manipulation.

A small house extension by BLOXAS injects architectural delight into a standard brick home.

Architect Richard Lee takes a tangled Hobart cottage and weaves it anew back into the fabric of its historic neighbourhood.

A degraded caravan park near Tasmania’s stunning Freycinet Peninsula is rehabilitated by Inspiring Place in support of an ecolodge.

On Tasmania’s Bruny Island, Shearer’s Quarters by John Wardle Architects makes a transformational link from past to future.

Between forest and sea on the edge of the Tasman National Park, two pavilions fit snugly into the steep landscape.