Hi Everyone, I just wanted to post some of the most recent plans and images of our Pottsville Beach House. Thank you to our wonderful clients for being so involved and committed! http://bleuscape.com.au/blog/potsville-beach-residence/
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 […]
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 […]
Wow, I just discovered this house designed by architect Simon Laws. Absolutely stunning! Also see Dream Build – ABC or iview – ABC The Drew house is a holiday retreat for Australian photographic artist, Marian Drew, and her brother Derek. In their youths the family took camping trips to the […]
In late 2011 the famous American architect, Peter Eisenman known for his intellectual and theoretical approach to design and teaching presented a lecture to the students and faculty of Sci-arc, Southern California’s prestigious architectural school. The lecture was titled ‘Project or Practice?’ Eisenman made […]
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 […]
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 […]
Queensland’s 2011 flood tragedy triggered debate surrounding how we might address housing in flood affected regions. These events have allowed for a plethora of ideas to emerge in the form of a public on-line forum called ‘Flood of Ideas’. www.floodofideas.org.au As described in their bio the ‘Flood of Ideas’ website is a tool for government […]