Welcome to the Illusionary House. What is inside is outside, and what is outside in inside. The act of habitation occurs under a canopy of spaces that are engaged with in response to changing weather conditions. The home attempts to offer occupation as a matter of choice rather than through predetermined solution. Over time, it […]
This first half of 2013 has been somewhat of a turbulent time in the life of Brisbane design with the shuffling and merging of small personal firms with larger businesses. There has been a few months of waiting and watching to see what emerges out of this climate (see Peter Were’s Design Online article). For […]
HEAT is a Queensland based organisation that promotes our states wonderful architecture. The below short films have come out of this initiative and have been seen around the world, including the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. Enjoy! Shot and produced by Alex Chomicz. www.alexchomicz.com
This small clip is a tribute to Brisbane’s best architectural firm. Donovan Hill’s body of work has had the greatest influence on me in my career, it continues to inspire. Theirs is an architecture that delivers craft and spatial autonomy in such beautiful ways. Please see their website at www.donovanhill.com.au for more images. Thanks to Willis Lim for […]
Timothy Hill, John Macarthur and Naomi Stead in conversation about the promotion of Queensland architecture. The view from 111 Eagle Street by Cox Rayner Architects down Elizabeth Street towards South Bank and further inland. Image: Christopher Frederick Jones What happens when a state government body appoints an “ambassador” for architecture who is also a phenomenally popular […]
This Brisbane restaurant designed by Arkhefield wraps its distinctive architecture inside via a stacked, curving timber wall that runs through the centre of the space. With Melbourne’s Stokehouse restaurant practically a St Kilda institution, any little sister offshoot elsewhere would always have to make her own mark or suffer the fate of […]
Peter Skinner responds to Timothy Moore’s article on the Queensland premier’s recent proposal for a new parliamentary precinct in Brisbane. http://bleuscape.com.au/blog/who-is-the-architect/ “Brisbane revitalized” indeed! More like a most miraculous resurrection. On 26 May, the Newman government pulled the plug on a $275 million government office building that was to house 2,200 public servants due to […]
Queensland offers so many beautiful places to choose from when buying or renovating a house. In this case, we were asked to do a small but unique renovation to the rear of a duplex building. My clients live on the water in a stunning part of the northern Goldcoast region. The property faces due north […]
Two sparkling, squat office towers glistening in the Queensland sun and a stupa descending towards a chamfered boardwalk abutting the Brisbane River – this was the image that Brisbanites woke up to on 29 May, 2012, when The Courier-Mail carried the announcement of a $6.4 billion plan for the CBD precinct between William, George and […]