Union Street aka Brunswick brick special

After deciding to retain the existing somewhat challenging dwelling, we tried to engage with the history of 70’s owner build bricklayer’s house. The new addition embraces a brick aesthetic with a split faced brick rear entry replete with brick floor. The uniform ceiling height of the original fat plan is increased by dropping the floor level to the new works, linked by steps and a ramp. Steel columns hold up a steel and timber handrail, the construction of which tortured all involved.

 
Excellent work by Dwyer Constructions, with some fine joinery from DE Design Excellence.

Turner St in Green magazine

 

Project we did with Simon Ellis landscape Architect

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Turner St. win at AILA awards

Congratulations to Simon Ellis for a fantastic win at last nights AILA awards with the facade garden at our project in Turner St., Abbotsford. Four years old now, the planting is taking over - pretty much as per the owners brief. Credits to OTS Construction for the building, Mike Gentily for landscape installation and Tim Allen for the photo of the building. The photo of us is courtesy of Martin Reeves of Outlines.

Kew Island House

House sighted in the Kew Island where it looks like the indoor plants are trying to get out the high level glazing.

1:1 backyard model

Testing heights and sunlight.

Albert St is occupied

The garden has taken off with late summer warmth and water tank irrigation.

A lush paradise designed by Eckersley's, complementing our alterations and additions built with suitable awesomeness by Glyde Constructions.

HYBC at the Institute awards

As presented at the Architecture awards a fortnight or so ago...

Identity, apertures and an empty box

Additions and alterations to Hobsons Bay Yacht Club.

Our approach extended the use of yellow brick, albeit with subtle changes in pattern, and sought to build on the existing identity of the Hobsons Bay Yacht Club. We opened the site to the street which allows passers-by to see into and through the building. The club’s social life and working dry docks are presented to the public gaze, activating the streetscape and drawing locals over the fence.

 

HBYC is one of a handful of clubs where members can work on their own vessels. As such it was important that this project was not a gesamt kunstwork. The building is a robust container that can be continued without further consultation and without erosion or undermining of the architecture.

And the building has a PERISCOPE.

137 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy for sale

 

137 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy for sale. Earlier photos here.

Gordon St at Handover

Happy snaps of Gordon St.
Handed over by Willsher Builders today.
Excellent workmanship on a project with more geometry than is normal for us.
Thought of as an elephant under a white blanket.

New Residence at Franklinford

 

 

 

 

 

Progress photos of rammed earth and pressed tin. From start of the project to Friday (mid Feb 2017). heading towards completion middle of the year.

Photos of early rammed earth walls courtesy of our client.

New Residence at Franklinford - Early site toilet

 

Fantastic site toilet by the client.

New Residence at Franklinford - Preliminary Works Dec 2015

 

The works consist of construction of a black machinery shed and a 200m long road with CFA compliant access via a teardrop driveway adjacent to the house site.

Extensive topographical analysis informed siting of the road which winds around the hill and unfolds views across to Mount Franklin and down to Jim Crow Creek.

The house will follow shortly and has a pavilion plan and a robust material palette including rammed earth, raw cement sheet and unpainted pressed metal cladding.

Acknowledgements for work to date:

Graham Jennings of Jennings Earthmoving Services, Castlemaine for precision road building and site cut

Central Steelbuild, Kyneton for machinery shed construction

Jonah Epstein for photography

Simon Ellis Landscape Architecture for design collaboration, topographic and drainage analysis.