The Merricks House, completes new 6-bedroom villa designed by Wood Marsh Architecture is located in Merricks North, Australia. The site overlooking the Mornington Peninsula is approached by a long winding drive through an established vineyard. On approach, the house gives little away, presenting an abstract, modest façade as it appears from behind a break in a large hedge. Entering between tall earth...
Located in Perth, Australia, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research was designed by Hames Sharley. Flexibility and collaboration are key drivers for the design. Breaking with orthodox plan forms, large open labs run from north to south in the centre of the building, with offices to the west and core labs to the east. This avoids the disconnection between researchers, and also maximises natural...
Designed by Elenberg Fraser, Quay West Resort and Spa Falls Creek is located in Victoria, Australia. When autumn’s icy fingers wrap themselves around the dying rays of summer, our holiday dreams begin to turn from beach to ski-field. St Falls, the building created as a new gateway for Falls Creek, is literally a dream, its moth-like form representing the local Tawonga Aboriginal ‘dream-time’...
The Josephite Learning Centre – Sacred Heart Catholic School designed by K2LD ARCHITECTS is located in Geeveston, Australia. Cruciform in plan and responding to the religious nature of the surrounding buildings, the Josephite Learning Centre sits as a beacon on the site. Together with a ceremonial entry courtyard adjacent, the project unites the disparate surrounding buildings and provides an...
The Designs a Timber Retreat Nestled designed by Sally Draper Architects is located in Melbourne, Australia. The Westernport House is located on a treed cliff top site overlooking Westernport Bay. It celebrates the idea of retreat, relaxation and ‘a simpler life’ for a busy Melbourne family, their relatives and friends. The house is developed as an abstract sculpture of layered rectangular forms...