The project is a small cabin in Victoria’s Central Highlands. The brief for this project was to provide a two stage residential project including a cabin and a house, the first stage of which is shown here. The site contains a beautiful forest of extant Stringybark woodland. Our original interest was […]
I discovered this article yesterday. It is a very interesting and thorough look at the current state of Australian architecture. A lengthy read but well worth it. Words by: Nick Bryant Architect James Stockwell’s Snowy Mountains House. Photo by Patrick Bingham-Hall Yes, Sydney has one very good building. But contemporary Australian architecture is out of […]
In another visual extravaganza, our four-year-old has this time created his interpretation of a high-rise building. Being a little more complex than his last few creations, this scheme depicts the space by allowing for large volumetric caverns defined by colour and transparency. While I am sure Jed is just having fun […]
Jed’s design hit’s the local paper, how cool! Comments comments
Buckminster Fuller was a futurist and an architect renowned for his out-of-the-box thinking. Years after his passing designers across the world continue to produce interpretations of the Geodesic Dome structures that made him famous. This tent by Hamburg-based ‘Heimplanet’ is no exception having taken advantage of the fractal geometries found in nature. Unveiled at this […]
One of the most effective ways to cut down the ecological footprint of buildings is to follow the lead of nature through biomimicry. Habitat 2020 is a future forward example of biomimetic architecture that fuses high-tech ideas with basic cellular functions to create ‘living’ structures that operate like natural organisms. This nature-inspired approach […]
The discipline of biomimicry takes its name from the Greek words ‘bios’, meaning life and ‘mimesis’, meaning to imitate. As its name might suggest, biomimicry involves the study of nature’s designs and mimicking them to solve human challenges. Janine Benyus, one of biomimicry’s pioneers defines it as, ‘innovation inspired by nature.’ […]
With flowerpots all in a row—if you’re Joost Bakker, a floral artist with a house outside Melbourne, Australia Flower grower, florist, installation artist, and tireless advocate of sustainable design, Joost Bakker is so well-known in Melbourne that he’s become a first-name-only celebrity. So when he masterminded a pop-up café, bar, and events venue in the […]
These two websites have been a constant source of inspiration for me. It is also an informative way of keeping up to date with what is happening around the world from an architectural perspective. Happy viewing! http://www.architects-talk.com/ http://archtalks.com/Comments comments
There is a myriad of different scenarios in which architects find themselves doing unpaid and underpaid work. From student internships to design competitions and unpaid overtime, the architectural process can often seem weighted towards doing more work than one is paid for. With this in mind, can architects use crowd-sourcing to create value in the […]