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McGovern Residence - Concrete bunker house nestled between high-rises. A landmark site, a radical client willing to take risks and a sensational builder, the dream commission. The south facing riverfront allotment was occupied by a very charming but exhausted 1940’s worker's cottage.
Project name
McGovern Residence
Architecture firm
Reitsma & Associates
Location
77 Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Kelli Jean Black
Drawing inspiration from local Norfolk pines, this mixed-use residential project is a sculptural and sympathetic addition to its coastal location in Burleigh Heads (Queensland, Australia).
Project name
Drawing inspiration from local Norfolk pines
Architecture firm
Koichi Takada Architects
Location
Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Corona Renderer
Designed with sustainability, low maintenance and natural ventilation in mind, OURHOUSEWANDAL is a low budget, family home with a difference. Having ravelled extensively and become accustomed to using minimal space wisely, the young family client wanted their first family home to reflect their love of the great outdoors and have a natural, rural fe...
Project name
OURHOUSEWANDAL
Architecture firm
Design+Architecture (in collaboration with N Veenstra)
Location
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Scott Burrow Photographer
Situated on top of Mt Archer, Rockhampton’s most iconic tourist destination, the recent revitalization by Rockhampton Regional Council and Design+Architecture has transformed an underutilized mountain-top peak into the region’s go-to picnic, event, and tourist locale.
Project name
Mt Archer - Treetop Boardwalk and park revitalization
Architecture firm
Design+Architecture
Location
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Scott Burrow Photographer
A second chance for the renowned "ice house". This house is a perfect example of how architecture not only creates a home, but also shape communities for the better.
Project name
House 9D
Architecture firm
Mi Design Studio
Location
Palm Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Cam Murchison, May Photography, Villa Styling
In 2020, Design+Architecture was commissioned by Livingstone Shire Council to design an art gallery in Yeppoon. First considerations were for the site's uniqueness: a narrow, sloping block nestled behind two historic Fig trees and situated beside Yeppoon’s original Post Office. It was paramount that the gallery was humble yet responded to its conte...
Project name
Figtree Galleries
Architecture firm
Design+Architecture
Location
Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Cam Murchison Photography
Our concept was equally simple – make the connection between the existing office and the new meeting spaces the core of the project. Make it restrained, make it clear, make it bold. Create one element that impacts two floors. The inspiration for the work was Tom and the brand he has created. The stone staircase is the stone wall and vice versa, as...
Project name
Tom Offermann Real Estate
Architecture firm
MADDOCK (Design firm)
Location
Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Scott Burrows Photography
Drawn to the extensive vegetation rather than the views to the ocean, the client’s brief asked for an experience “like camping amongst the trees, but without the tent”. Rather than optimising views to the ocean that may be lost over time as the foreshore vegetation matures, this home is thoughtfully woven between the existing stand of Brushbox tree...
Project name
Timbin House
Architecture firm
Conrad Gargett
Location
Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Christopher Frederick Jones