With the deadline for Boral’s adaptive re-use ideas competition fast approaching, our editors pick their favourite residential adaptive re-use projects from the last 10 years.
Architecture
Curlewis House
Responding to complex site conditions on the Bellarine Peninsula, NMBW’s Curlewis House embraces the unique landscape to produce generous, comfortably contained architecture.
Interiors
La Selva: RGB Black Series
Carnovsky’s concept for a new ‘skin’ in an East London venue goes far beyond a change of wallpaper to explore the dynamic potential of RGB colour principles in spatial design.
Architecture
Kooyong House
Extending and adding to the front of a Victorian house in Armadale, Matt Gibson A+D builds a bridge between old and new, resulting in a skilled and sensitive residential project.
Objects
Narrative Character
Rebecca Roke reports on a handful of brilliant designers whose creative work is pushing furniture design into the whimsical fringe of magical realism.
Features
The Design Conversations: 1 Bligh Street
Christoph Ingenhoven and Architectus director Ray Brown talk us through their project 1 Bligh Street, arguably Australia’s first green office tower.
Features
Top five: Residential adaptive re-use
News
‘The Edge’ winners announced
Emerging furniture designers rewarded in ‘The Edge’ design competition, currently on show at the Australian International Furniture Fair.
Objects
Realax stools
Created by Tim Collins of Cloud Studio, Realax adapts the organic, bone-like form of the axe handle into a beautiful and sculptural leg design.
News
Campo Baeza to visit Australia in 2012
Celebrated Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza will visit Australia in March for the AIA’s International Speaker Series.
Objects
Cabaret seating collection
Kenneth Cobonpue launches Cabaret, a new seating range featuring a bold woven design.
News
Melbourne Park Western Precinct
The designs for the new Western Precinct in Melbourne Park, by NH Architecture and Populous, are unveiled.
Objects
Furniture designer Daniel Barbera
Daniel Barbera produces furniture not for the sake of ‘originality’ or ego, but because he believes in producing impeccably crafted pieces designed to stand the test of time.
News
Cox Architecture appointed for SCG upgrade
Cox Architecture appointed as lead architects for $186m Sydney Cricket Ground redevelopment.
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Top five: Residential adaptive re-use
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Curlewis House
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‘The Edge’ winners announced
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Green facades by Meinhardt
