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Elements of Byron in Byron Bay, Australia by Shane Thompson Architects

Monday, March 11th, 2019

Article source: Shane Thompson Architects

This new resort, recently completed on a spectacular beachfront site, is intended to be distinctly Byron Bay and Australian in character. Byron Bay is the easterly most point of Australia, located about 2 hours south of Brisbane. The region is very well known for its rich agricultural history and the abundant fauna and flora which flourish in and around the ancient Mt Warning volcanic caldera. Designed to be sensitive and respectful of its site, which includes rare littoral rainforest, ponds, a diverse wildlife, native landscape, ocean and wetlands.

Image Courtesy © Brad Wagner Photography

Architects: Shane Thompson Architects
Project: Elements of Byron
Location: Byron Bay, Australia
Photography: Brad Wagner Photography, Christopher Frederick Jones
Software used: Revit

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Hidden Studio in Byron Bay, Australia by Harley Graham Architects

Friday, November 23rd, 2018

Article source: Harley Graham Architects

‘Hidden Studio’ sits amongst the trees on a 20 acre property at Coopers Shoot. This is part of a rural ridgeline that looks over the scoop of ocean that is Byron Bay. The owners, Steve and Colleen, have lived on the property for 22 years. Their existing home and writers cabin on the same property was designed by Ian Mckay, the accomplished ‘Sydney School’ architect who sadly passed away in 2015. We had spent a bit of time with Ian in his later years and the starting point for the design was to respect and learn from the existing structures he had designed on the site. The primary house and writers cabin had a clarity of structure with the repetition of expressed portal frames forming the skeleton for a ‘linear plan’. This informed the beginning of our design process.