Category: Architecture
Tucked behind a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s north-east suburb of Ivanhoe sits a two-storey modular extension for a growing family. In need of extra space for their family, the clients decided to employ a modular solution and extend their home rather than move. The extension is open, filled with natural light and compliments its leafy suburban […]
Designed by McGann Architects, this contemporary family home in Melbourne is characterised by clean lines that reference modernist design. The brief was to provide a warm, practical family home, which is suited to entertaining all year round. To fulfil this, the architects chose a spark white render on the facade of the house, which is contrasted […]
Melbourne is to get its first ever timber commercial building, situated at the Docklands urban renewal precinct. A planning permit has been approved for the 8,000sqm office building, called Woodwork, which consists of a ground floor lobby retail with four large upper levels that can be interlinked to create functional and open plan spaces. It […]
Australia’s diverse population and architects’ increasing work in different countries suggest that speaking different languages is a career boost. But practices looking to their bilingual staff overseas need them to also have design skills and be steeped in the firm’s culture. How important is it for architects to speak a language other than English when […]
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