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Cloudview by Paul Uhlmann Architects
Set among the clouds that often form across the site, the aptly named Cloudview extends into the treetops and is wrapped in extensive glazing to optimise visual connections. Paul Uhlmann Architects adopts an unexpected refinement and crispness of form to an otherwise natural and untamed landscape, creating an offering of balance and calm. Navigating the densely populated forest of Springbrook Mountain and its sloping terrain, Cloudview is a holiday cabin imagined through a highly crafted lens.
Atelier by PYCO Group and DAH Architecture
Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 12 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 12 Issue No. 12 Issue No. 12 features new work from Fearon Hay Architects, Partners Hill, Tribe Studio Architects, Warren and Mahoney, Room11, Kerstin Thompson Architects and more. Atelier, designed by long-term collaborators PYCO Group and DAH Architecture, is a compelling interpretation of multi-residential housing.
Atelier by PYCO Group and DAH Architecture
Words by Millie Thwaites Branding by MP Design Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 12 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 12 Issue No. 12 Issue No. 12 features new work from Fearon Hay Architects, Partners Hill, Tribe Studio Architects, Warren and Mahoney, Room11, Kerstin Thompson Architects and more. Atelier, designed by long-term collaborators PYCO Group and DAH Architecture, is a compelling interpretation of multi-residential housing.
Cypreś by Shane Denman Architects
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Expressed with a different height and shape than that of its neighbours, Cypreś sits as its own sculptural form, warmly wrapped in timber cladding as a contemporary take on coastal architecture. Shane Denman Architects expresses a clean refinement through considered detailing and binding elements between inside and out.
Boomerang House by Joe Adsett Architects
Words by Bronwyn Marshall A gentle composition of curved and linear elements, Boomerang House softly engages with its site, cocooning the outdoor living space as an extension of the house proper. Joe Adsett Architects celebrates an outdoor lifestyle, with a layering of natural and textured materials drawn together through a shared openness and sense of connection throughout and across the site.
Glenmaurie Station by Shaun Lockyer Architects
Words by Millie Thwaites Build by Envisage Building Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 11 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 11 Issue No. 11 Issue No. 11 features work from Chenchow Little, Wardle, Pandolfini Architects, Edition Office, Herbst Architects, Kennedy Nolan, Architects EAT and more. Glenmaurie Station lies on one of the largest parcels of privately owned land in Queensland’s Somerset region, about two hours north-west of Brisbane.
Horizon by Shaun Lockyer Architects
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Inspired by its outlook, Horizon an existing home that is extended up and outward to create a series of connections both internally and with the surrounding context. Shaun Lockyer Architects balances clearly defined rectilinear forms with extensive glazing to create a home with a distinct identity and relationship with the environment. Located in Brisbane’s Teneriffe, an existing pre-war home is given a new breath of life.
Cobblers Cottage by SMITH. Architects
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Through elevating the original cottage form, Cobblers Cottage becomes a modern interpretation of its past iteration, combining a traditional Queenslander methodology with heritage nods. SMITH. Architects blurs the line between inside and out, whilst following the gentle fall of the site to create defined rooms that remain openly connected.
Amiri by Kelder Architects and Residence Studio
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Navigating its steeply sloping site with ease, Amiri stacks multiple levels to capture views and align functionality with an ingrained sense of flow. Residence Studio and Kelder Architects sculpt a contemporary and openly connected home that feels deliberately transportive in nature while also being anchored in place, passively engaged with the surrounds. As a place of considered equilibrium, Amiri feels both open and closed at the same time.
Bowen by Shaun Lockyer Architects
Words by Aaron Grinter Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 10 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 10 Issue No. 10 Issue No. 10 features work from Durbach Block Jaggers, B.E Architecture, CHROFI, Shaun Lockyer Architects, Crosson Architects, Studio Prineas, Anthony Gill Architects and more. On a verdant Brisbane street lined with jacaranda trees, Bowen unfolds as a fashionable yet perennial expression of living in the subtropics.
Coorparoo House by Neilsen Jenkins
Words by Millie Thwaites Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 10 Originally Featured in The Local Project Issue No. 10 Issue No. 10 Issue No. 10 features work from Durbach Block Jaggers, B.E Architecture, CHROFI, Shaun Lockyer Architects, Crosson Architects, Studio Prineas, Anthony Gill Architects and more. Creating a sense of privacy in spaces that are open and connected is an architectural oxymoron – how can a building be simultaneously untethered and secluded?
Portum by Zeigler - Project Feature - The Local Project
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Development by Miller Family Group Artwork by Diana Miller Artwork by Michael Cusack Artwork by Kasper Raglus Artwork by Kat Shapiro Wood Optimising its elevated positioning, Portum arranges a series of luxurious gestures within the generous family home, taking advantage of the surrounding natural beauty.
Freihaus Gatehouse by Gockel Architects
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Landscape Design by LARC A recasting of an existing pre-war home, Freihaus Gatehouse follows the fall of the sloping site in opening the existing volumes to the northern aspect and the surrounding landscape. Gockel Architects draws from an historical connection and German ancestry to work intelligibly within the bounding limits of the site and development opportunities, while still creating a home expressive of outdoor lifestyles.
Noosa Heads House by Vokes and Peters
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Reinterpreting the traditional Queenslander verandah typology, Noosa Heads House sees the existing home cloaked with a newly conceived timber veil. Vokes and Peters adds to the conversation about responding to context and living in harmony with climate while connecting to an important part of the architectural history of the region. Noosa Heads House sees the transformation of an existing brick home into a place of restful recharge for its owners.
Federal House by Edition Office- Project Feature
Words by Bronwyn Marshall Sitting in deliberate contrast to its surrounds, Federal House is an anchorage amongst the untouched landscape, recessive and respectful, as a robust place of retreat. Edition Office acknowledges the colonial vernacular and combines it with a modern refinement to propose a place of unwavering immersion, deeply connected to place while also being an escape of its own.
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