Architectural practice Fieldwork has designed a community of 49 apartments and 18 townhouses in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, which demonstrates how a thoughtful, community-led approach can achieve strong social, cultural and commercial outcomes. One of 122 Roseneath St.’s newest residents, Briony Massie, is uniquely qualified to talk about it, having been part of the design team […]
Hecker Guthrie, Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB) Architects, and developer Piccolo have come together for the third time to create a collection of 34 apartments, which pay homage to the heritage of the site. Located on the corner of Argyle Street, the site is included within the South Fitzroy Heritage Overlay Precinct and is surrounded by several buildings […]
Architecture practice Precht, created by Penda co-founder Chris Precht and his wife Fei, has designed a skyscraper concept that would see residents produce their own food in vertical farms. Called The Farmhouse Precht designed the modular building system to combat the combined issues of climate change, population growth, and food shortages. It aims to create […]
Family-friendly design guidelines for apartment buildings must be introduced to promote the health of the growing number of children being raised in Melbourne’s high-rise apartments, according to a new Deakin University study. The most recent statists show 79,000 Australian families live in high-rise apartments – classified as dwellings more than three stories tall – an […]
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