About 2016 AIA Queensland Architecture AwardsState Medal (Job & Froud Award) for Multiple Housing The Brighton Twin Set is a duplex created from a culturally significant, architectural ruin of four flats located in Highgate Hill. A labour of love for the clients who were inspired by the opportunity to restore and rebirth the building whilst expanding on the inherent character. The conversion of the flats into two dwellings required revised planning creating flexible living arrangements that appeal to varied household types and home work opportunities. Adding enclosure to the basement / service level expands the programme and improves the building’s connection to the site and landscape. Removal of the dilapidated lightweight verandah/fire stair enabled the grafting of a new architecture that extends the living areas and supports the twin-set balconies that capture north facing light & city views. The new extension integrates respectfully to the existing building both in scale and materiality. Modern render contrasts rustic stucco and sculptural cantilevers and chimney elements build on the existing ‘interwar’ character. Design inspiration is drawn from Brisbane’s interwar architecture however subtly, and the existing symmetry is quietly subverted in the new extension. The existing interiors are partly restored and partly […]
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About 2009 AIA Queensland Architecture Awards Queensland Residential Houses Award, Gold Coast AwardLonghut is a pure beach house in the tradition of simple, fun, fibro clad pavillions built on shoe string budgets. The simplicity is in the elegant plan and extruded cross sectional form. The fun is in the arrangement of the pavillion forms and their engagement of the exterior landscape and wider environment. The site is a narrow east / west block with rear lane access in the beachside Fingal village. Suspended above the ground, the plan is driven by the notion of informality and resolved as a collection of coastal pavillion structures hung off a covered deck spine. The clients have named the home “Longhut” in reference to the linear spine of decking overhung with translucent fibreglass which is literally an exterior corridor linking various internal rooms. The procession from the beach initiates at an external washdown shower and the transitional deck entry for the comfortable and casual removal of sand and beach paraphernalia prior to entering the internal areas. The exterior covered deck spine controls both the pedestrian circulation and facilitates the air circulation throughout the pavillions. Occupants are constantly moving to the exterior corridor […]
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ABOUT The house is set on an expansive site with south facing river frontage and a dramatic 30m elevational drop to the tidal zone. The plan diagram seeks to integrate the river aspect setting with usable north facing outdoor living and safe play areas. The design resolves itself as a classic courtyard home with a two storey ‘L’ shaped volume and a separated single level guest wing framing the double height court. The courtyard is penetrated by openings to the north, under and through the high level, fretted screen; and to the east between the buildings to the pool. The change in scale of fenestration, solid building masses and opening voids create the spatial variations evident in classical courtyard design. This is the nucleus of the family house, spatially and visually connecting the common living and landscape play areas from a single central position. Orientated to the North East to take full advantage of passive environmental benefits, seasonal sun control is controlled by a fixed louvre screen that creates a visible statement to the street front and defines the court as the entry threshold for the house.
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About 2006 AIA Queensland Architecture Awards Residential AwardThis new three bedroom home was designed around the idea of creating internal vistas and garden spaces within the site whilst maximising privacy from the flat suburban surroundings. The client has a professional background in the pool industry and the home was to also showcase the use of water in the architectural approach. The plan idea was to set up a journey through the home along a water course that links various interior and exterior spaces framed on the site. The pool design is visually and audibly evident throughout the house in varied forms to compliment these intentions. Generating a pavilion style architecture created a series of courtyard gardens (outdoor rooms) which directly open off the interior rooms. Thresholds have been designed to blur the distinction between indoor and outdoor space, whereby walls slide away, and embrace the garden and pools as part of the built architecture.
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About 2007 AIA Queensland Architecture Awards Brisbane Regional CommendationThe 103 residence is located on the Brisbane Corso, Fairfield on a narrow site that fronts the Brisbane River. The river frontage of the site faces northwest and enjoys spectacular views to the north up the Dutton Park Cemetery reach of the river to Highgate Hill. The new Eleanor Schonell pedestrian/bus bridge is central to this view. In response to the above site conditions the wedge shaped plan of the house was established on a diagonal axis that extended from the street frontage through to the river boundary. The aim of this configuration was to reorientate the narrowly constrained site to the more desirable northern aspect and views beyond as well as provide rooms at the front of the site with views of the river. Spatially the house is divided into a number of zones which can be clearly interpreted in the buildings form. Service zones to both floors including bathrooms, kitchen and laundry are accommodated in a series of rendered block cells that extend along the southern boundary of the site forming the spine of the house. Banks of full height louvres set between each of these cells ensures natural light […]
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About 2009 AIA Queensland Architecture AwardsBrisbane Regional Commendation The Grandstand House derives its name from the sites’ location, behind the goal posts of the neighbouring football field. The design draws inspiration from the opportunities of a perfect northern aspect which affords an elevated view across the park. The house presents as sculptured two storey pavilion form with a large cantilevered ‘eye-lash’ grandstand roof overhanging the northern deck and articulated ‘caravan’ room. The deck on the north east edge floats under the melaleuca canopy with a solid balustrade. The built-in bench seat frames the edge and provides privacy to the busy street corner. The ‘caravan’ is multi-purpose: as guest room; children’s rumpus; party room; or future home office. It is proportioned to provide a buffer to the lounge area for privacy. Articulated by a breezeway link and set under the roof canopy, it is topped by an elevated roof terrace (private box) servicing the upper rooms of the home. The contrast between the cave-like, timber lined interior and the double height light filled outdoor deck create a spatial drama at the disappearing threshold. Throughout the interior, colour is boldly and deliberately used in simple geometric patterns. Reflective of the architecture, […]
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About 2016 AIA Queensland Architecture Awards Central Queensland Regional CommendationSet atop the north facing side of Mt Whitsunday, the site affords spectacular views, very steep terrain and a foreboding exposure to cyclonic storms of the highest danger. Juggling the two parameters of views and structural robustness, the house design evolved as a heavy, rigid concrete frame anchored into the mountain. A long, narrow plan shape hugs the contours and connects the variation in site levels. The two distinct structures of Garage /Service/Storage and Dwelling are connected via an outdoor stair and bridge that lace together the opposed forms. The roofs are separated as if conjoined twins with their opposing pitches directing the mountain air–flow over the structures. The nesting forms create an intimate entry landscape that contrasts the mountain edge expansive view that awaits after entering through to the northern edge. Transition into the house dramatically reveals a narrow stair canyon that views through full height frameless glass to the Whitsunday splendour. Essentially planned over two levels the lower level has a compact open plan, Kitchen, Living, Dining Area that opens to the northern view and a very private new North West pool deck. The upper level houses bedrooms […]
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