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Enchanted forest: Rose Bay House
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All the glazed wall panels between the living areas and the garden slide back, and automated blinds come down to temper the fierce summer sun. The owners collect beautiful art and have a variety of fine...
Active systems to reduce energy use
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Blinds, including automated or sensor-operated, decrease heat loads in a room. If they are blocking direct sunlight, they also shield us from the uncomfortable effects of radiant heat. Home automation i...
2012 National Architecture Awards: Harry Seidler Award
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The facade system includes an inner skin of performance glass, automated venetian blinds and an outer skin of clear glass separated by a naturally ventilated, externally accessible cavity. All aspects o...
2012 National Architecture Awards: Sustainable
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The facade system includes an inner skin of performance glass, automated ventilated blinds and an outer skin of clear glass that is separated by a naturally ventilated accessible cavity. In addition to ...
2013 National Architecture Awards: Public
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The north facade uses a series of fixed sunbreakers, blinds and sliding internal panels to allow maximum enjoyment of natural light and views with the flexibility to control it. The design provides maxi...
620 Wickham Street
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By the reduction of the window-area, or by the use of venetian blinds, we do not reduce the intensity at the point of entry. The only effect is to reduce the amount of light in the rest of the room, and...
‘Immersive, multi-sensory’ grassland to be exhibited in Australia’s pavilion at 2018 Venice Biennale
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Australia's exhibition at the 2018 Venice Architecture biennale will be an “immersive, multi-sensory” grassland with large-scale architectural projections. The winning exhibition proposal Repair by Ba...
‘On the rocks’: The story of Sirius and the fight to save it
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Myra Demetriou, the last resident remaining in Tao Gofers’ Sirius, may be 90 years of age and legally blind, but she refuses to be intimidated by a concerted government effort to displace residents of...
The hottest issues of 2017
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1. Underpayment of staff and persistent gender pay gap / The findings of the 2017 Association of Consulting Architects salary survey, conducted by Dr Gillian Matthewson of Monash University’s XYX Res...
A cottage reborn: Parmelia Street
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After she had lived in her renovated house for several months, homeowner and client Gillian sat down to write a list for her architect. She was somewhat surprised at how easy she found it to compile m...
Playfully accessible: Frenches Interior
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Good-quality design in accessible environments can be difficult to get right. Often it seems the two are mutually exclusive, with the “design” component prioritized as less important than the function...
Defective building products: Where are we now?
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In the nine months since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, there have been a raft of reports, proposals and new laws across Australia. Despite calls for a national approach, most states have gone their own ...
2015 National Architecture Awards: Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing
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Jury citation / The jury found this slimmest of residential slabs on a 126-square-metre site in Surry Hills, Sydney to be an exciting prototype for creatively rethinking tight inner urban locations. ...
Frederick Romberg award for Residential Architecture — Multiple Housing
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Operable louvred blinds enable individuals to temper the sunshine and prevailing winds, which in turn adds subtle textural variation to the architecture’s public facade. Fronting the opposite, private f...
Commendation for Housing
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The extensive glazing to the north pavilion is protected via electrically operated, external sun control blinds and extensive eaves. JURY VERDICT Two generous single-level pavilions, separated by the ma...
Hawthorn House
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Surrounded by Edwardian and Victorian brick edifices off a bustling road in Melbourne’s inner-east, you could be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped back in time, were it not for the rows of luxury ca...
Balmain East Residence
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The shoreline around Sydney Harbour varies enormously, as do the houses on its waterfront. Modern properties on the eastern shores are designed to maximize the view at all costs. They are characterize...
Carnsworth House
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While interiors by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (JCB) always distinguish themselves, it is primarily the shells housing them that the practice is well known for. For this idiosyncratic 1960s ho...
So, what would Utzon do now?
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Soon enough the microphone crackles to life, blinds are lowered and the symposium begins in earnest. “What would Utzon do now” – the distinctively evangelical theme of the symposium, resonated with the ...
Enlightened learning: William Macmahon Ball Theatre
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In these days of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and smart teaching with increasingly smarter devices, it might seem a little odd to be spending time and energy designing a lecture theatre. After ...
Dining with drama: Prix Fixe
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It’s been said many times that Melbourne’s laneways are the lifeblood of the city. These narrow streets-between-streets have developed a cult status and are burgeoning with well-caffeinated cosmopolit...
Up the line: Lagoon House
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Located in the south-eastern corner of the South Arm Peninsula, just outside Hobart, Clifton Beach is uniquely positioned on an isthmus between Pipe Clay Lagoon to the north and its popular surf beach...
Going with the grain: Hurlstone House
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Revitalized original windows, big new doors that enable the courtyard facades to be slid away, clerestory lights in the kitchen, large vertically proportioned windows protected by external blinds and sk...
Prototype of fine-grain architecture: Studios 54
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Adjustable external blinds moderate the internal environment, while the different colours on each level give strong character and identity to each apartment. A substation conversion by Hill Thalis in 20...
Upper echelon
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Glazing allows the pavilion, and its three compartments, to be a quiet zone within the loft, while systems of blinds and curtains allow for maximum control over the flow of natural light. “The loft had ...
Lyons Architecture Office
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How does an architect create an environment for their architect client that expresses and fosters the culture of the practice, their stewardship as an employer, the need to nurture the creative proces...