Tag: Alteration and addition
First House: George Murphy 01 by Baracco and Wright
This inventive solution to a client request for more living space – converting an existing garage into “a little house” – became the first in a series of incremental interventions to a suburban home. It was also the first collaborative residential project for Louise Wright and Mauro Baracco.
Randwick House by Anthony Gill Architects
Understated yet delightful, this clever update employs “stealth density” to adjust and augment a Sydney semi to suit a growing family of five.
Elwood by Agius Scorpo Architects
Agius Scorpio designed the Elwood addition to provide a growing family with more space.
Suburban tranquility: Park Life
Architecture Architecture has created a tranquil home for an artist and a curator on this slice of Melbourne suburbia.
Architect-led house renovations deliver value for money
Research has found that houses with renovations by small-practice architects perform better on the property market.
Simple yet sculptural: Marine
This rear addition to a heritage cottage on a raised corner block in Fremantle sits in harmony with the existing structure and enhances its cherished “ramshackle” nature.
A ‘one-in-100-year renovation’: Concrete Blonde
Tucked behind an existing heritage home on a tight block with a south-facing yard in Sydney, this generous addition offers light-filled, textured spaces with a natural, earthy palette.
Side-by-side: Mermaid Multihouse
Twin dwellings artfully coalesce in this flexible Gold Coast home, designed by Partners Hill with Hogg and Lamb.
Home building and renovation grant scheme ‘a missed opportunity’
The Australian Institute of Architects says the federal government’s $680 million “Home Builder” stimulus package is a missed opportunity for social housing and sustainable homes.
Glassbook House by Sibling Architecture
Sibling Architecture’s new addition to a home in Sydney’s inner west hosts a suite of tranquil living and reading spaces.
In praise of shadows: Terrace House near Demachiyanagi
Atelier Luke’s diminutive Japanese-Australian architectural hybrid reconstitutes the fabric of the original townhouse in a respectful yet compelling way, creating spaciousness as much through darkness as through light.
Down by the river: South Yarra House
A quaint walkway stepping up from Melbourne’s Yarra River is the sole means of access to this 1930s brick home, where an extension by AM Architecture fulfils the owners’ desire for a treetop sanctuary.
Sheds for sharing: North Melbourne House
Seizing an opportunity to build on an empty neighbouring block, the owners of a worker’s cottage in North Melbourne (with the help of NMBW Architecture Studio) have added a flexible secondary house that will allow them to age in place.
Hard worker: Albert Park Terrace
This renovation of an inner-Melbourne terrace by Wellard Architects cleverly navigates the site’s constrained footprint, employing key architectural moves that make for an efficient and uplifting family home.
Minimalist tryst: Leichhardt Oaks
A reductive aesthetic and plentiful natural light interlace in Benn and Penna’s elemental extension to a cottage in the Sydney suburb of Leichhardt.
Celebrating curves: Regent
A gentle, intricate alteration and addition to a Paddington terrace uses soft curves and interlocking forms to graft the new onto the old and provide seamless continuity of space.
Apollo Bay House by Dock4
This addition to a Bruny Island bush shack by Dock4 cleverly exaggerates the existing roof form to create volume, drama and a dialogue with the surrounding landscape.
A clarifying transformation: Dyer Street House
James Russell Architect’s astute adjustments to this 1959 modernist home seamlessly meld future-aware adaptations to bring new equilibrium to the dwelling.
Verdant Victorian: Garden Room House
This deliberately restrained addition to a Victorian terrace by Clare Cousins Architects – which replaces an oversized faux period structure – revolves around a central courtyard to create a verdant haven in Melbourne’s inner north.
Foliage fervour: Bungalow Garden Rooms
A series of diverse, textural and dynamic “garden rooms” are the result of a close collaboration between architect and landscape architect and celebrate a life lived outdoors.