1413
Dark Horse
The play of tones establishes a subtle field of spaces that expand and contract, creating moments of generosity and intimacy.
Location
Brunswick East
Dark Horse
, a handsome creature.1523
Together Apart
Where once they shared a womb, now they share a room; twin girls needing their own space, yet wanting to stay close too.
Location
Hawthorn
Together Apart
, a room for twins.1229
The Kite
Inside and out, the roof rests like a canopy. Sky and foliage are ever-present. Light filters in from all sides marking the passage of a day, while overhead, triangles beget triangles, folding and multiplying against the sky like barely tethered kites.
Location
Albert Park
The Kite
, barely tethered.1522
The Skin Job
An assemblage of generous openings, bench seats and a fireplace re-animate an otherwise ordinary red-brick façade.
Location
Hawthorn
The Skin Job
, like tears in rain.1700
Among Buildings
The culmination of 3 years of wandering around significant Melbourne buildings and reflects on the immaterial experiences of the built environment.
Format
256pp unbound book
Among Buildings
, an unbound book.1623
Park Life
Curious neighbours slow their cars. From between the trees across a vast nature strip, a fence-like shed with a cyclops eye peers back at them. ‘Whose world is this?’ they ask.
Location
Williamstown North
Park Life
, from between the trees.1309
Hip & Gable
A reclining hip casually slouches over the bedroom wing, while an attentive gable stands to attention over the more formal living spaces. Side by side, they are like the ears of a dog, one alert and the other playful, ready for whatever comes next.
Location
Kew East
Hip & Gable
, jaunty gables, casual hips.1423
Fifty Fifty
Partly inspired by the original 1950s home, partly by the modernist Case Study houses of the same decade. 1950s meets 1950s. About half of each. We’re talking fifty-fifty vision. That’s sharp.
Location
Murrumbeena
Fifty Fifty
, that's sharp.1403
A Rose by Another
In the grounds of Melbourne’s famed Cairo apartments, a crop of wild roses are taking seed. The first was an unlikely shade of purple. The latest is a rose by another hue, and just as sweet.
Location
Cairo apartments, Fitzroy
A Rose by Another
, breathe it in.1552
The Summit
A curved wall of glass emulates the roof form, bending inwards to create a side courtyard. With glass and garden on all sides, the house is awash with natural light.
Location
Malvern
The Summit
, grounded and lofty.1824
The Picador
Finding no bull and no audience he begins to dance, lunging and dodging imaginary foes, gripping a lance in each hand.
Location
Kew East
The Picador
, grace and gravity.1524
The Taranaki Rift
The Taranaki Rift is an inner-suburban rupture off the east bank of Brunswick, initiated in the early-Turnbullian, due to the expansion of the Goodman van Dyke cluster.
Location
Brunswick East
The Taranaki Rift
, an inner-suburban rupture.1301
White rabbit, white rabbit
A white, empty display cabinet contains a virtual reproduction of the same white, empty display cabinet just out of reach. An alternate reality so close to our own, beyond the looking glass.
Exhibition
February 2013
White rabbit, white rabbit
1215
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Compact robes and clever storage solutions are integrated with a fold-out bed and a handsome full-height curtain, creating the flexibility to quickly convert the single-room space from a study to a bedroom to a dining room or party space.
Location
Fitzroy
The Purple Rose of Cairo
, a little life.1226
Miller House
From the moment of entry, views shift and redirect between the courtyards, light-wells, decks and gardens. Natural light washes the internal space from all directions, encouraging exploration of the various living areas and retreats.
Location
North Fitzroy
Miller House
, a casual arrangement.1431
Campfire
More like a sheltered campsite than a home. A holiday from city life and a chance to get to know the family.
Status
Concept
Campfire
, gather ’round.1218
Extension House
This project extends, and thereby distorts, the Californian bungalow. While it may speak the same language, it does so with unfamiliar inflections.
Location
Brunswick West
Extension House
, unfamiliar inflections.1900
Lawnbowl Village
Two of the three towers contain high quality, affordable apartments, while the third tower houses a childcare centre, a theatre, art gallery, bookshop, cafes, makerspaces and co-working spaces.
Location
Caulfield South
Lawnbowl Village
, community life.1714
RMIT City Campus
Within this environment of high spatial drama, terraced seating and planting establish inviting human-scaled amphitheatres.
Location
Melbourne CBD
RMIT City Campus
, laneway culture.1441
Aa HQ
The interior palette was light and simple, with modest flourishes of detail where bookshelves terminate and cupboard doors open.
Location
Fitzroy
Aa HQ
, a sea of sketches.1314
Little Adelaide Hills
Little Adelaide Hills is a proposal for the redevelopment of the Royal Adelaide Hospital site. Situated on the north-east corner of the Adelaide CBD, Little Hills is a collection of housing, community, university, cultural heritage, open-air market, arts and performance spaces.
Client
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Little Adelaide Hills
, exposing geology.1318
The Portal
From within the shadowy confines of a charming Californian Bungalow, we sent a probe, dark and slender, out into the wilds; a portal into new territories. What we discovered, is new life.
Location
Brunswick West
The Portal
, at the fringes of domesticity.1711
Chinese Medicine Clinic
This Chinese Medicine Clinic provides place of welcome and comfort for patients requiring respite from their busy lives with a design that is simple, open and unpretentious.
Location
Northcote
Chinese Medicine Clinic
, a tranquil refuge.1832
Stage Left
Stage Left is a place of anticipation and reflection; a place to gather and collect with friends and ideas, before and after a show. The prologue and the epilogue. A natural extension of the Arts Centre Melbourne experience.
Location
Melbourne CBD
Stage Left
, the prologue and the epilogue.1432
Sandy Point
Nestled into the dunes, four pavilions provide shade and shelter, while an array of sprawling decks encourage time spent outdoors among friends and family.
Location
Sandy Point
Sandy Point
, into the dunes.1799
New Student Precinct
The university experience is about so much more than just attending classes. Learning can happen anywhere, anytime – in the classroom, on campus, in the city, around the globe. The New Student Precinct fosters a seamless transition between these spheres, ensuring students are both locally grounded and globally connected.
Location
UoM, Parkville Campus
New Student Precinct
, locally global.1213
Stanhill Apartment
At key moments in the design, the otherwise mute black and white aesthetic breaks in a flourish of barely perceptible colour, imbuing the apartment with a sense of quiet mystery.
Location
Albert Park
Stanhill Apartment
, quiet mystery.1223
Turnaround House
Against the odds, this modest extension has turned a dark, cramped residence with little backyard to spare, into a light-filled house with fantastic indoor and outdoor entertaining areas.
Location
Abbotsford
Turnaround House
, against the odds.1857
The Scoop
In the heart of the student campus is a crypt of unrealised grandeur. Once an underground carpark, its sweeping field of parabolic vaults promises so much more. Raw concrete arcs out of the ground in defiance of gravity, an expression of aspiration and daring.
Client
University of Melbourne
The Scoop
, unrealised grandeur.1011
A Garden Curiosity
Like everything in a garden, its impermanence reveals the passage of time.
Location
Suburb
A Garden Curiosity
, slow seasons.1707
The Drift
The Drift proposes that there is no audience, only participants. There is no object, and there is no center. Instead a field of scattered Seeds, wired for networked discussion, where ideas may blow-in from any corner of the garden.
Status
Competition entry for the NGV
The Drift
, no audience, only participants.1874
RMIT Business Behavioural Lab
RMIT engaged Architecture architecture to design and deliver the fitout of new facilities for the Business Behavioural Lab. The brief required a thorough understanding of the stakeholders’ needs in order to deliver a laboratory where academics undertake controlled behavioural experiments with verifiable results.
Location
Melbourne CBD
RMIT Business Behavioural Lab
1500
Friend or Pho
Recycled materials were adopted to reflect the Vietnamese culture of re-use, where nothing is wasted. The overall effect is reminiscent of the lantern-lit eateries of Hanoi An.
Location
Yarraville
Friend or Pho
, hawker-style.1554
Urban Coup
Beyond the scope of a typical housing development, the Urban Coup development will include communal kitchen and dining facilities, workshop spaces, a yoga room, music room and productive rooftop gardens.
Location
Brunswick
Urban Coup
, building community.1555
Nightingale Housing
Nightingale revolutionizes multi-residential development by establishing a freely available, cost-transparent, open-source model in which designers work directly with purchasers, for the purposes of creating environmentally, socially and financially sustainable homes.
Location
Brunswick
Nightingale Housing
, sustainable homes.1801
Unliveable Berlin
With its chequered history of cultural exclusion and ideological seclusion, as well as an impressive record of refugee accommodation, Berlin presents a unique case study in the urban consequences of social disunity and cohesion.
Location
Berlin
Unliveable Berlin
, experimental housing.1903
