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Tadao Ando chosen to design MPavilion 2023 in Melbourne

March 15, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has been named as the designer of this year’s MPavilion in Melbourne, which will mark his first project in Australia. The annual architecture commission, which is chosen by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, will see Ando design a pavilion for the Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne’s Southbank Arts Precinct. Japan-based

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FGR Architects hides Melbourne house behind high concrete walls

January 26, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Austere concrete walls create labyrinthine paths and pockets of greenery around this home in Melbourne, Australia, which was designed by local practice FGR Architects. Named The Courtyard Residence after the large garden space and swimming pool at its centre, FGR Architects organised the five-bedroom home as a “layering” of spaces, creating a buffer between the

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All(zone) unveils bright orange fabric MPavilion in Melbourne

December 8, 2022 Christina Yao 0

This year’s MPavilion designed by Bangkok-based studio All(zone) has opened to the public in the Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne. Topped with a bright orange canopy, the pavilion was designed to celebrate outdoor life in the city of Melbourne, while mimicking the feeling of being underneath a tree. Commissioned annually by charity The Naomi Milgrom Foundation, the ninth edition was designed by

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Temple of Boom brings the Parthenon to Melbourne’s NGV

November 25, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

Melbourne-based architects Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang have created a scaled-down version of Greece’s famous Parthenon temple, which is covered in colourful and perspective-bending murals. Built at a third of the scale of the original temple, Temple of Boom has been installed in the garden of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne for

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Studio Tate creates “textural earthiness” for Relinque wellness spa

November 24, 2022 Christina Yao 0

Melbourne-based Studio Tate has used raw and tactile materials to create “a soothing urban oasis” for the Relinque spa in Melbourne. Located in north east Melbourne, the 800 square-metre space includes a day-spa, spinal clinic, pilates and yoga studios. Local practice Studio Tate was informed by nearby parklands and waterways to create “a soothing urban oasis”. “It was

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Brave New Eco applies cosy colours and materials to Melbourne “forever home”

November 15, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Timber, terracotta and rich jewel tones feature throughout this home in Melbourne that Australian studio Brave New Eco has designed for a family of five. Occupied by a couple and their three teenage children, West Bend House sits on a leafy plot overlooking the greenery-lined banks of Melbourne’s Merri Creek. The building itself was designed

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“How on earth does this work in section?” says commenter

November 9, 2022 Rupert Bickersteth 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Wood Marsh’s sinuous, curved Melbourne apartment block. Commenters were curious about architecture studio Wood Marsh’s six-storey apartment block in a Melbourne suburb, which features protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. “There are structural engineers’ tears somewhere in this” “Beautiful building, and nice floor plans”, commented Kevin Perera. “If

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Wood Marsh references “sinuous curves of nature” in Melbourne apartment block

November 7, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Wood Marsh has created the No. 6 Sydney Street apartment block in a suburb of Melbourne, with an exterior of protruding floorplates and mushroom-like columns. Located in the suburb of Prahran, No. 6 Sydney Street provides 15 apartments across six storeys that are oriented to overlook the natural landscape of the adjacent Orrong

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Studio Bright arranges 8 Yard House around a series of outdoor spaces

October 14, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

A sequence of eight courtyards and gardens are incorporated into the linear floor plan of this house in Melbourne, Australia, which Studio Bright designed to make the most of a long and narrow plot. The studio headed by architect Melissa Bright designed 8 Yard House for a site in the city’s North Fitzroy district, which

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Angelucci Architects adds tile-clad extension to Victorian terrace house in Melbourne

September 16, 2022 Katie Last 0

Australian architecture studio Angelucci Architects has transformed a Victorian brick terrace house into a family home named Nido House in Melbourne, Australia. Located on a street corner in Carlton North — a suburb of Melbourne — the house extension was influenced by Victorian and contemporary design. Nido, which means bird’s nest, was designed to celebrate

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