South Yarra Residence LSA

South Yarra Residence by LSA Architects:
“A broad mix of architectural styles characterizes this densely populated South Yarra street, from traditional pitched-roof weatherboard terraces to flat-roofed rendered block-work apartment buildings. Narrow buildings sit tightly side-by-side along the one-way street.
The project aimed to provide a residence that makes a statement within the eclectic streetscape, capturing your gaze and holding your attention as you approach, enter and explore the home. Light-filled spacious internal spaces maintain strong connections to the exterior of the building and the home’s multiple courtyards, blurring internal/external boundaries.
The methodology employed to meet these aims included implementing voluminous forms, building to the site perimeter wherever possible, installing glazing to multiple and varied planes, and applying colour to engage the viewer and provide continuity and connection between internal and external spaces.
An orange ‘box’ that is the first floor can be observed from as far away as the end of the street. Upon entering the house, the white ceiling abruptly gives way to the overhead insertion of this form, reminding the viewer of their connection with the coloured volume. Arched glazing either side of the dining area physically separates interior from exterior, yet enables views of the orange-clad ceiling wrapping to form the external walls of the first floor, increasing connection to the exterior and the building as a whole.
Focusing on volume, colour and natural light admission, rather than on implementing expensive materials, positively impacted the project budget. Costly finishes were kept to a minimum, and where used, their effects are maximized by complementary less expensive treatments. Application of colour to the built form encourages the inhabitants to explore further implementation of colour through furnishings and artworks.
Budgetary limitations prevented inclusion of basement car-parking. A clever design met all other client requirements, including off-street parking, 4 bedrooms, and an open plan living / dining / kitchen which opens up to a large rear courtyard.
Architect and interior designer worked collaboratively to provide a home with integrated internal and external spaces. The builder worked closely with the architect in resolving complicated construction details, and the structural engineer assisted the builder in finding an agreeable way to work with the large steel beams specified.
The project site is north-south oriented, necessitating a design that minimises direct sunlight penetration yet maximises admission of natural light. The first-floor ‘box’ is cantilevered over the rear courtyard, providing fixed shading from direct summer sun to the open plan living room and kitchen. Upstairs the north facing retreat windows are recessed back within the orange volume, creating a balcony with inbuilt shading.
Court-yards on the east and west boundaries serve a double purpose, admitting light to central rooms and also allowing air flow into and through the house via open-able windows, increasing natural ventilation and decreasing the need for air-conditioning.
The abundance of natural light coupled with the installation of electricity-generating solar panels (which also supply electricity back to the grid) serves to reduce the home’s energy consumption, and double glazed windows and fully insulated walls minimise heat loss and gain.”

Timberline Retreat Drawings Located In Melbourne, Australia

Designs a set of retired wood designed by architects Sally Draper is located in Melbourne, Australia. Westernport House is situated on a bluff forests around Westernport Bay. It celebrates the idea of ​​retirement, relaxation and "a simpler life in a busy family in Melbourne, their families and friends. The house is developed as an abstract sculpture layer rectangular and flat. On the side of the Street, overlap to provide a protective outer layer of the secret house.

The dichotomy between the elevation of the street and the north controlled by the more stylized look of the house reflects the aspirations of the two clients: a desire for privacy and solitude and an expression of welcome, inclusive and generous Italian Cultural context. A summer kitchen, pizza oven and a covered terrace for bottling wine and cooking tomato sauce annual crops in the garden. While the proper functioning of large groups of family and friends of the family is most comfortable for one partner, the configuration of zoning that allows you to be both big and intimate at different times.

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Buchan Group Director Gerry Holmes said the Hilton Surfers Paradise towers had been designed for simplicity of spirit, "a showcase for the buildings exterior design has a strong vertical dialogue between two towers and a significant difference, that each tower has its own identity.

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The International High School In Ultimo Sydney, Australia

 

 

 

International Grammar School in Sydney, designed by Allen Jack + Cottier is located in Ultimo, Australia. Recognizable shape, color and scale of the building was a direct response to an extensive collection of large buildings of brick, giving the distinctive character of Ultimo. Allen Jack + Cottier plasticity, durability, and transparency of the glass program, using a large, playful, amoeba-like openings in the entire 4-story school on the outside walls to reduce the facades and offer different perspectives.

The building represents the second generation of ideas originally developed for the Hall of Fame Berry, who won the best sports building at the World Architecture Festival in November 2009. Amenities include a playground infiltration on the ground floor, a library, offices and a multipurpose indoor hall. The roof was designed as an outdoor playground in the shade of a wide range of photovoltaic cells.