PROJECTS

Behind an apparently simple, low-budget yet beautiful building lies a rigorous design process that demonstrates the value of collaborative on-site engagement, fresh approaches to standard materials, and a flexible attitude to changing circumstances.

With traditional construction methods beset by time and cost uncertainties, the time is ripe to explore alternatives. This prefabricated house is assembled in just three weeks.

Faced with renovating a diminutive Victorian cottage in Hawthorn, this architect made the daring choice to abut bathroom and kitchen – with surprising results.

Designed by Ian McKay for photojournalist David Moore, Lobster Bay House (1972) sustains an elemental occupation of its remarkable, rocky site. Carefully preserved over the decades, the house endures as a cherished retreat for Moore’s family.

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.

Twohill and James‘s Googie-style car- and pet-washing facility is a community landmark that encourages social activity and adds character to its suburban Townsville location

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.

This riverside pavilion by Anna O’Gorman Architecture is an elegant but playful addition to the Northshore Hamilton development precinct and masterfully distils the essence of its maritime surrounds.

On a highly conspicuous site on Sydney’s North Bondi beach, Sam Crawford Architects with Lymesmith has artfully integrated a wealth of amenity for beachgoers into this small public building.

The roadside amenities block assumes the guise of a confident civic landmark in the hands of BKK Architects.

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

A pavilion by Lahznimmo Architects brings the glamour back to Tamarama beach in Sydney.

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

PHTR Architects transforms the humble shed into a glimmering architectural object.

Two monumental ‘sheds’ by CHROFI are part of a landscape regeneration project in northern NSW.

A temporary venue for public events in Christchurch by the charitable trust, Gap Filler.

Kounkuey Design Initiative in Kibera, Kenya: Transforming a polluted river corridor.

A backyard garage and atelier completes the renovation of a Melbourne home by Make Architecture.

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

Paul Morgan Architects crowns an iconic Melbourne market with a pragmatic and elegant roof.

A brick spillway by Monash Architecture and Hiroshi Nakao reflects rhythms of human occupation.

Wood/Marsh Architecture explores architectural form-making, materiality and the possibilities of site.

Tony Hobba Architects’ beach kiosk at Torquay, Victoria.

A small civic structure in Mildura by Bellemo & Cat with Hansen Landscape Architects.

The undulating lines of Affect-T take form inside a Hong Kong high-rise apartment.

The organic forms of this Hong Kong apartment by Affect-t are the result of international connections and productions.