The project included the refurbishment of a turn-of-the-century cottage built around an internal courtyard to optimise the lifestyle benefits of a seamless indoor / outdoor relationship on what is otherwise a relatively small site. The palette of concrete, blockwork, brick and timber forms a robust counterpoint to the simplicity and ephemeral nature of the quaint …

The clients, builders and interiors, sought to refurbish the existing cottage and add an ultra-modern extension. Their brief: ‘to design a modernist-leaning home that would accommodate an active family with children approaching their teens’. Seeking to keep the communal areas on one level, the new home forms a L-shape with the cottage at the knuckle. …

A collaboration between architect, builder and friends, this home represents a wonderful balance of lifestyle aspiration, sustainability agenda and rewarding process. Our first collaboration with Healthy Abode Living, this home looks to explore simple, crafted and poetic architectural agenda and interior fit-out.  

Amongst the leafy inner-city suburb of Bardon sits an elaborate home intended to create an ‘acreage lifestyle’ only 7 kilometers away from the Brisbane CBD. The focal point of The Nest is its connection to the land, particularly the north-east aspect over the garden, pool, and tennis court, all of which enjoy distant city views. …