This single-storey residence offers a contemporary reimagining of pavilion-style living, sensitively integrated within its sloping coastal site. Anchored by natural rock formations and supported by a prominent V-shaped steel column, the house appears to float above the landscape.
Architecture firm
FIGR Architecture Studio
Location
Mount Martha, VIC, Australia
Photography
Tom Blachford
Principal architect
Michael Artemenko, Adi Atic
Design team
Michael Artemenko, Adi Atic
Collaborators
Landscape Consultant: MUD Office / Builder: VIVID Construction Company/ Styling: Natalie James Styling
Interior design
FIGR Architecture Studio
Civil engineer
D&A Consulting Group
Structural engineer
DSL Consulting
Environmental & MEP
Sustainable Development Consultants
Supervision
Builder: VIVID Construction Company
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Revit
Construction
VIVID Construction Company
Material
ROOFING: Trimdeck Monument Colorbond; EXTERNAL WALLS:Blackbutt Shiplapped Cladding; INTERNAL WALLS:Big River Blackbutt Armour Panel in Osmo Polyx Oil; FLOORING:Big River Blackbutt Armour Panel Finished in Osmo Polyx Oil; WINDOW FRAMES: Double Glazed Windows with Blackbutt Timber Window Frames; LIGHTING: Unios by Lights and Tracks; KITCHEN: Porcelain Benchtop, Cabinetry in Armourply from Big River Group, Armourply Floors, Black stained Blackbutt shipplaped wall and ceiling cladding, Fridge from Subzero, Oven/ Cooktop Vzug; BATHROOM: Big River Blackbutt Armour Panel Finished in Osmo Polyx Oil; HEATING AND COOLING: Central Heating & Cooling
Typology
Residential › House
Like many dwellings from this period, the home has been a building site more than once during the course of its existence. In this case, the clients have owned this Brighton property going back to the 1970s. And as their family grew so did their needs and eventually they commissioned an extension in the 1990s which was designed by architect John Cu...
Project name
Brighton House
Architecture firm
FIGR. Architecture & Design
Location
Brighton, Victoria 3186, Australia
Photography
Tom Blachford
Principal architect
Adi Atic, Michael Artemenko
Collaborators
Michel Group Building Surveyors (Building Surveyor), Ruth Welsby (Styling)
Structural engineer
Meyer Consulting Engineers
Construction
Shape Building
Material
Roofing: Colorbond Roofing. Colour: Whitehaven. External Walls: Weatherboard, Silvertop Ash Ship Lap Cladding with Cutek Finish, Custom Operable Screening. Internal Walls: CSR Plasterboard, Blackbutt Ash Ship Lap Cladding Treated in Osmo Polyx-Oil. Flooring: Blackbutt Flooring. Windows: KDHW in Cutek
Typology
Residential › House, Additions & Alterations
Embedded into the landscape, ‘Ha Ha Haus’ is located in a leafy pocket of Alphington (Wurundjeri Country) where front fences are a refreshingly rare sighting.
Architecture firm
FIGR. Architecture & Design
Location
Alphington, Victoria 3078, Australia
Photography
Tom Blachford
Principal architect
Adi Atic, Michael Artemenko
Design team
Boutsaba Vongphone, Harry Bardoel, Bowen Jessup
Collaborators
Michel Group Building Surveyors ( Building surveyor). Ruth Welsby (Styling)
Structural engineer
Meyer Consulting Engineers
Lighting
Unios by Lights and Tracks
Construction
Byde Constructions Pty Ltd.
Material
Roofing: Colorbond Trim Deck Roof, Colour, Monument and Surf Mist. External walls: Charred Silver Top Ash Ship Lap Cladding, CSR Barestone, Austral Brick Lapaloma Series - Miro. Internal walls: CSR Plaster, Big River Black Butt Panels Treated In Osmo Polyx Oil. Flooring: Polished Concrete, Blackbutt Timber Flooring Finished in Bona Naturale, Big River Black Butt Armour Panel Finished in Bona Naturale. Windows frames: Vic Ash Finished in Cutek Grey Mist.
Typology
Residential › House
