Case studies

The design of a building intended for an organic winery was an opportunity to find solutions that would minimize the impact on the landscape by limiting excavation and displacements.

9-15 Young Street is a mixed-use retail, commercial and residential apartment building; it is nuanced, unique and of its place.

A main issue to fight loneliness among residents inspired the creation of this apartment building, fostering a sense of belonging to a community.

This project is less about opening just another coffee shop, and more about crafting an experience that would broaden the awareness of the Genovese brand within its new home.

Exhibiting a contemporary take on brutalist form, the Whitton Lane building includes a collection of one-, two- and three-bedroom homes opportunely located within walking distance to both Bondi Junction’s famous retail hub and it’s more traditional low-rise residential village.

When Huw Wellard of Wellard Architects was approached by the homeowners of this heritage home in Melbourne’s Clifton Hill, the couple and their two daughters were looking to create a welcoming home for friends and family, as well as a place to entertain.

Although clever and simple in its internal space, where 52 Reservoir Street comes to life is its peacock-like exterior. It may be crafted in brick as a homage to its former industrial neighbours, but that’s where the parallels end.

The overarching goal for the project was to create a 21st century teaching and research center focused on gathering community, encouraging collaboration and scholarly pursuit.

The Sydney suburb of Rosebery undergoes a makeover with the colossal Overland Gardens development, but manages to keep its identity thanks to the use of bricks - still the preferred material to combine tradition and innovation.

DKO's design concept for two linear sites in Penrith aims to create a series of vertical villages that animate the street, each with different characters and scales.

With the ability to withstand high foot traffic, high impact and constant intervention, brick is the ultimate building material for schools and childcare centres.

Smart Design Studio was engaged by a repeat client to breathe new life into a grand Victorian terrace in Sydney.

The superimposition of bus depot and school becomes the main architectural theme. In the composition, the two parts condition and enrich each other and form an unmistakable unity.

Balmoral House is home to a young family who engaged with CHROFI to design a home that was rich in light, and facilitated indoor-outdoor living.

What makes Museum House categorically unique to other houses is its floor plan, almost entirely free from walls beyond the functional separation of wet and dry areas.

Colorado architecture firm Studio B was inspired by Denver’s bungalow homes in the designing of this low-lying residence with a simple and refined palette of materials consisting of S.Anselmo handmade Corso Selmo, walnut, plaster, and glass.

A young progressive family that travels a lot wishes to own a home that features a guest house, a garage and a modern style keen to preserve the forest and nature on the plot.

The architect of an impressive coastal residence in northern Sydney says Italian bricks are key to the building’s success.

Wittering House is a stylish home built on a difficult infill site in Finsbury Park, North London. Contemporary in design, and providing a discreet intervention in a street of Victorian houses, the 80 sqm, two-bedroom home is a contextual and sympathetic response to its location.

The facade concept of Celine's flagship store in Seoul is developed as a 3-dimensional and volumetric approach, delivering a building with one single expression, strong material identity and crafted quality.

The project focuses on a functional topic that is increasingly dominating contemporary society: the commercial spaces within a very highly frequented place such as an airport. Railway stations, airports, shopping malls and outlets today known as “superplaces”.

Located within a heritage streetscape in Melbourne’s inner city, this project designed by Polystudio, implements genius spatial planning to create a generous amenity within a compact footprint.

Despite being experimental in its design, this structure in Sydney’s Inner West effectively conveys a sense of home thanks to cleverly deployed masonry.

Adding a touch of avant-garde liveliness to Sydney's CBD, the new 44 Market Street’s frontage represents the largest glass-brick façade in Australia.

Hanover Square is a famous square in Mayfair in London and it's situated to the south west of Oxford Circus, the major junction where Oxford Street meets Regent Street.

The Tarrytown Residence injects a tone of modernity into an otherwise traditional, post-war neighborhood, and defines a private landscape as the center of this family home.

The request was to create an intimate space for a family of four. A research to promote get-together and interaction spaces, fostering an introspective relationship, isolated from the outside.

When you want to create a home with a style that transcends fashion and also complements its natural surroundings, you have to know that the devil is in the details.

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter revealed the project for a new educational centre in the agricultural sector and urban planning of the Danish region of Jutland.