Stoney Rise Wine sees Culumus Studios take reference from the rural surrounds in framing and transitioning the shelter space as an expression of place and purpose.
Myers Ellyett intertwines the existing timber cottage with an embracing extension that utilises the full potential of the site, crafting Graya House as a place of retreat.
Mollie sees MPD Architects work closely with Newmark Construction to ensure the intended limitations of their conceived approach could be realised with refinement.
Rain Curtain House by Room11 is a deeply reclusive series of retreat spaces, which through a considered layering are enriched through details and craft.
JR House sees Architects Ink combine a crisp and rhythmic contemporary approach, while carving into its rectilinear volume to allow a connection between the built and the natural.
Clark House sees SJB approach the extension and renovation works through a respectful heritage lens, allowing the significant home to be enhanced through an opening and softening approach.
St Kilda House sees Melanie Beynon Architecture and Design propose a monochromatic and time-wearing approach that creates a crisp transition between the historical references and a modern relevance.
ADesignStudio’s light installation in BarLume is a considered constellation. Rows of suspended bulbs hang above patrons creating a luminous sky and a warm wash of even glow.
Northcote III sees Project 12 Architecture utilise a modest approach with restrained connections and materiality that allowed a feasible expansion within measured means.
The Royce armchair by Nikolai Kotlarczyk is an embracing lounge chair with an avian inspiration. Reminiscent of rainforest fauna, its form enfolds the sitter in curving wings.
Armitage Jones sees Bergman and Co bring elements that encourage gathering and incidental meetings together with focused and retreat spaces to match an agile and ever-changing workforce.
Earl Street sees Bloxas propose a concealed and private open space that playfully engages with its laneway locale, sitting behind an opaque glowing veil.
With bends and curves of the kind usually seen in metal furniture, the Again Collection by TON is a timber seating series with a light yet sturdy, nostalgic yet timeless aesthetic.
Lockleys House sees Architects Ink dissect the site into four main gestures that fulfil a multi-layered brief, restoring and embedding a lost narrative to the site.
Birch Park sees Matter Architects propose a robust and textural multi-generational home that embraces its siting and expresses its connection with the natural environment.
House Frances sees Those Architects propose a series of openly connected and linear gestures that align with a northern aspect for optimised passivity and reduced reliance on energy.
Lawler Residence by Andrew Donaldson acknowledges and respects the apartment’s past narrative while responding to the clients’ contemporary brief with a carefully crafted resolve.
Scotia House sees Myers Ellyett open the building outward and allow natural, flowing connections throughout while respecting the original timber home vernacular.
Lilian sees CTRL Space utilise the warming and familiar tones or darkened timber and softly rendered plaster walls to create a series of spaces to convene, gather, be fed and tackle a tipple or two.
Bondi House sees Fox Johnston ground the new insertion to its site through a layering of warmth and an interplay on weighted materiality and openness, embracing the natural.
Fielding House sees Cheshire Architects’ founding principal Pip Cheshire, speaks to the journey from initial sketch to completion, inspirations and responding to site.
Imagined as a place to both dwell and entertain, Courtyard House by K.P.D.O. centres around its prized outdoor space and encourages a natural movement beyond the building edge.
The Rubinstein Group office sees Esoteriko utilise a considered restraint together with textural depth to create moments of subtlety and warm immersion.
Garden House sees Austin Maynard Architects navigate a narrow allotment in Melbourne to propose a cleverly functioning forever home that produces more energy than it uses.
Chloe sees Templeton Architecture extend the dialogue between building and site, stretching the existing volume outward to create a meaningful engagement with the landscape.
Paddington 2 sees Stanic Harding combine a crafted restraint in creating a home of modern sensitivity while maintaining the original proportions and presence.
The Mornington Peninsula project by Glenvill Homes is a contemporary coastal retreat that represents an exciting architectural direction for the Melbourne-based design and build company.
Scotland Island House II sees Sam Crawford Architects create a relaxed and modest home through an embrace of its enviable views, layered with enriching materiality and texture.
A New Normal shows Melbourne how it can transform from a consumer to a producer of energy by 2030, with a strategy that would pay for itself in less than 10 years.
Charged with designing a garden that would blend classic and contemporary elements and enhance the architecture, Woollahra Garden from Secret Gardens is a study in simplicity.
Clifton Hill House by Winter Architecture plays with elements of balance, contrast and restraint in bringing a contemporary robustness together with the ornate detailing of its past.
Generational House sees Studio2 Architects draw from a grown relationship with the client and expresses their connection to timber in crafted and highly detailed moments throughout.
Designed around the twin ideals of ‘kitchen perfection’ and ‘design freedom’, Fisher & Paykel’s latest Minimal Range of cooking and companion appliances is a marriage of form and function.
Seear-Budd Ross used a refined palette of travertine and walnut to imbue this 1910s villa in Wellington with a warm, calm, inviting atmosphere and to create cohesion in the design.
Woolwich Pier Hotel sees Alexander and Co take cues from the act of coming together of diverse groups in proposing a renovation that enlivens and adds depth.
Paspaley Pearls Office sees Richards Stanisich layer in elements from the unique shell and its heritage with newer insertions that connect the brand to place.
Fold House sees Bossley Architects respond to the generous coastal landscape, embracing the expansive views while sitting close to the undulating site below.
Subtle expressions of craft await around every corner – and curve – of Owston Hill, a home that is a testament to architect Meaghan White’s integration within the thriving local design community.
With Melbourne Design Week in full swing, over 300 events, exhibitions, workshops, and panel discussions are taking place throughout the city, online and across Victoria.
Embracing a human-centred approach to lighting, ILANEL Design Studio celebrates a decade of visionary design, continuing a legacy as one of Australia’s leading luminaire designers and makers.
Manor Street sees Venn Architects use restraint and a linear language to conjure a home deeply connected to its landscaped garden setting, encouraging an easy connectionbetween inside and out.
Coolamon House sees DFJ Architects bring a robust resilience to match the settingtogether with an unexpected refinement to create an idyllic and removed experience within a unique natural environment.
Gem sees Elenberg Fraser combine a heightened luxury in the recent Williamstown harbourside residences, in a bid to redefine the multi-residential typology.
Glyde Street sees MJA Studio respond to the opportunities for passive comfort of the site by splitting the overall volume and creating quality places of occupancy in the process.
Melbourne-based development and investment group CADRE has emerged with a strong vision and uncompromising ideology to produce beautiful, innovative and enduring spaces.