This is another little design we have been working on. The site is near Mt Kosciusko National Park. The client owns ten acres and has commisioned a design that is very small but unique. The township where the land is located is fairly conservative so she has requested the facade that is to be seen by […]
Our company is currently engaged in designing a house that is modular in its construction for a site that is defined by strict subdivision parameters. The challenge, from a spatial point of view, is to design appropriately within what is a very ordered environment. We do this by emphasising the courtyard in all different directions. That […]
Architect Doris Kim Sung asks: Why can’t building materials be more adaptable? Why can’t they function more like clothing, or even human skin? Having studied biology at Princeton University intending to go to medical school, Sung applies principles of biology to her work as an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Southern California. […]
A 54 minute documentary on Australia architect Glenn Murcutt. Writer/director Peter Hyatt follows Murcutt to Sydney, Northern Australia, Papua New Guinea and Finland to observe his architecture and contribution to Green design well before sustainability became a catchphrase. Glenn Murcutt – Touch The Earth Lightly from Peter Hyatt on Vimeo.
The long-awaited Design Hub at RMIT University by Sean Godsell and Peddle Thorp Architects opens on 9 November 2012. Melbourne’s new Design Hub by Sean Godsell and Peddle Thorp Architects has opened at RMIT University, heralding a new era not only in design innovation, but cross-disciplinary collaboration and the exhibition of design. The building has […]