* Residential Architecture: Kooyong Residence by Matt Gibson Architecture

Residential Architecture: Kooyong Residence by Matt Gibson Architecture: “..renovation of this boom style double fronted Victorian home..retain[s] & restore[s] the front section with the potential that it could enable the project as a whole to provoke a richer response when co-aligned with a newer intervention..a story of 2 ‘pavilions’ – at the front the restoration of the existing grander section of the Victorian building and at the rear a new contemporary double storey addition. Both are seemingly separate yet connected via a metaphorical bridge that traverses the courtyard area – acting as a powerful interstitial space mediating the two buildings and history . This glazed bridge transforms through the seasons. In the colder months it performs as an enclosed way and umbilical chord between the buildings. On warmer days it may open up to become external, helping to extend the floor plate of the courtyards for gatherings and sheltered outdoor dining . Doors at either end allow flexibility to open up or close down sections of the house as required. The courtyards also serve to the break up the house into 3 strong programmatic zones –existing structure as master quarters & Drawing room, newer ground floor for living quarters and children’s quarters upstairs..”  Lovely renovation / addition to an existing home; extensive glazing, natural light; indoor/outdoor sensibility; interesting exterior form and interior volumes, materiality; vertical wood cladding and significant interior wood elements..

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image: @ SMG; article: “Kooyong Residence / Matt Gibson Architecture” 22 Jun 2012. ArchDaily. <http://www.archdaily.com/246432&gt;

* Residential Architecture: Cloud House by McBride Charles Ryan

Residential Architecture: Cloud House by McBride Charles Ryan: “..an addition and renovation to a double-fronted Edwardian house.. work for the house is designed in three parts. This allows for a sequence of distinct and unexpected episodes, with glimpses previewing oncoming spaces and experiences as you move through the home..The form of the ‘cloud’ conforms to setback regulations without appearing obviously determined by them. The extrusion creates a dramatic interior language where walls merge seamlessly with the floor and ceiling. The craftsmanship is remarkable throughout; it has a sense of care one typically associates with the work of a cooper or wheelwright. While the geometry is playful, the extrusion is essentially a contemporary barrel vault. It is our hope that this cloud has a ‘silver lining’..”  Original and, perhaps, idiosyncratic, addition/extension; extensive glazing, wood, contemporary barrel vault, interesting interior volumes and elements..

image: John Gollings; article: Contemporist

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* Residential Architecture: Hill House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Residential Architecture: Hill House by Andrew Maynard Architects: “..Built form is secondary and subservient to landscape. Melbourne is predominantly flat. Could this be why Melbourne’s architecture is adventurous? There is no landscape to confine therefore building is free to become landscape. Hill House is a response to this possibility..”  Unexpected juxtaposition of evident geometrical built and hidden curvilinear built; interesting open plan interior..

image: Nic Granleese and Andrew Maynard Architects; article: Contemporist

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* Residential Architecture: Parure House by Architects EAT

Residential Architecture: Parure House by Architects EAT: “..an exercise in abject darkness versus stark light; the compact crossed with the open, and closeted privacy against unabashed experiences of the exterior environment. Amidst the need to maximise space and storage – requiring full expansion to the boundaries of the land, windows (and also facade) were almost left to the wayside. Internal volume was the constant throughout the design. Punctuations in the external building fabric articulate the interior with strong exterior connections, even in such localised context..”  Alterations, renovations and addition to a vernacular residence, intimacy, light, interior textural sensibility, lovely courtyard..

See our previous post on a very different home by Architects EAT: Residential Architecture: Linear House by Architects EAT.

image: © James Coombe; article: Arthitectural

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