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Tag Archives: architecture


5 Tiny Homes Without Wheels

Social enterprise Nestd is reinventing the tiny house without the wheel. Remember the remarkable Peak tiny home launched at the Melbourne Home Show? This architecturally designed home (below) raised the bar for passive technology, smart storage and pristine angles. Nestd is the charity giving 100% profits to Kids Under Cover....

Why Choose an Architect

"Architect-designed houses are not accessible to all". This is a myth championed by the building industry. Alternatively, why not focus on the key benefits architects bring to a project. Here are a few for you: • Appoint an architect to your project and you’ll gain a home designed for the way...

Rammed Earth

What is rammed earth? Used as an eye catching architectural or interior feature rammed earth expresses the rawness of natural earth formed to create a wall. Like a finger print the layered method of construction creates unique veins and the interaction between the materials used to create the earth wall...

Design trend: Cantilevered Architecture

Cantilevered architecture: the gravity-defying form element in buildings that all designers love. Whether it be an outreaching overhang like the Merricks Beach House (pictured, left) or an upper floor cantilever projecting past the lower level of the ‘Isn’t she Lovely’ project (pictured, above & below) it must be said these...