Tucked neatly behind a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s leafy north‐east sits a two‐storey modular extension that is bold yet refined and has transformed the way the clients live.
In need of extra space for their growing family the clients decided to employ a modular solution and extend their home rather than move. The extension is open, filled with natural light and beautifully compliments its leafy suburban location.
This is the story of two families moving from Tuscany (Italy) to Perth (Australia) and dreaming of their own Italian restaurant in the opposite side of the world, and of two Italian design bloggers working together for the first time and helping in a dream to become true.
Arch. Elisabetta Rizzato (founder of ITALIANBARK – interior design blog) and Simona Nurcato (founder of Bagni dal Mondo) designed for Italian restaurant and café DAVVERO! a simple branding identity and a cosy interior space.
Whilst many workplaces host mundane, boxed offices and an enclosed atmosphere, Time Realty desired an open, inclusive office space that inspired their employees. Enter Projects knew they could make this dream a reality.
An open air plan with fluid dynamics and meandering geometrics defines the space, furniture, material and lighting of Time Realty’s newly designed office. The result contrasts greatly with the existing patina walls, with both elements working together to create a vibrant visual experience. Lastly, the installation of gallery areas in the office brings both context and dynamic architecture to the space.
Surrounded on all sides by neighbouring properties, this site was unique in that it was irregular with a particularly wide frontage, with a mixture of houses on one side of the street with commercial and industrial buildings on the other. Importantly, the existing house could be demolished and so we had the opportunity to design a new house from scratch, which is very rare for inner city Port Melbourne.
The brief was to design a striking, modern house that made the most of the small site and yet worked well with the existing streetscape.
Nestled below Melbourne’s iconic Skipping Girl, Kitty Burns combines both the tranquility of Yarra Bend with the quirkiness that lies key to both Melbourne design and dining. The Kitty Burns project allowed Biasol: Design Studio to combine their experience in interior, product and branding design to create not only a unique space, but a unique character.
The overall feeling of the house is dynamic movement – the façade is on a steep angle slicing into the existing dwelling and pulling away from the original building. The idea behind the proposed three bedroom extension to a single story 1970s single story brick dwelling, was to embrace the original design while simultaneously creating a bold new, contemporary, form. We wanted to create a tension between the ‘old’ existing condition and proposed ‘new’ addition.
To continue the tension between the original built form and the new extension we designed the timber lining boards on an angle, slicing into the 1970s plastered walls. Timber battens on the ceiling and interior walls created a contrasted the white monochromatic interior of the original dwelling.
Shortlisted in the 2016 Houses Awards, Sliding Doors is a fun, lively addition to an existing Californian bungalow that creates more functional space for a young family while welcoming the light in.
The client’s approached CplusC to design an addition to their existing house to accommodate their growing family and changing needs. The rear of the property was perfectly positioned to accommodate new living spaces while providing a more dynamic connection to the rear yard for supervision of small children and for entertaining friends and family.
102 The Mill is an example of considering existing buildings as an opportunity that can result in the impetus for designing generous, robust, and character filled home.
The plan is divided into three areas, from east to west: vertical circulation, a service wall and place for living which is freed from the plan to look outwards. This design strategy allows the most used spaces to experience maximum amenities of light, air and openness through the north, west and south facade.
The clients fulfilled their dream to live by the beach when they bought one half of a new subdivision of a double size block on a quiet street with great views across the road to the lagoon and beach of North Curl Curl.
The house was designed “upside down”, with the living areas upstairs and the bedroom downstairs as the best views are naturally from the higher level.
The living area is open plan across the entire footprint of the house, creating not only view and natural breeze across that level but also an enormous feel of generosity, unexpected on the rather small block.
Article source: TAYLOR KNIGHTS ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN
The design objective of St Kilda East House was to create two individual zones that allowed for multiple generations to live together; promoting independence while still allowing interaction under the one roof. The site has a north facing back yard with rear street access allowing us to separate the front and rear of the dwelling through a sliding door, creating two independent areas.
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