This new build is a three-level home cut into a steep seaside site on the Mornington Peninsula. Every room in this house takes advantage of natural light and the spectacular location, providing views to the water. The lower ground floor comprises a home cinema, steam/powder room, and an indoor/outdoor living area that can be opened up with sliding doors, bringing the swimming pool, outdoor kitchen and living areas together. The middle level includes the main living and kitchen area, with cantilevered stairs allowing views to the bay and down to the pool. The upper floor encompasses the study and master bedroom suite, with the other three bedrooms located throughout the home, creating private spaces.
Designed to maximise the occupier’s independence within the home, the construction entailed the mounting of a concrete ground slab on piers with timber/steel roof framing (and metal deck roof) with a suspended, reinforced-concrete floor slab to the upper level. The functions and serviceability was essentially established by the architect’s design. The design intent was to maximise passive solar access whilst capturing the lake views. Sustainability measures were a key requirement with ongoing maintenance costs minimised. Builder and architectural refinements to the design resulted in post tender savings which allowed the project to proceed. All refinements were undertaken without comprising the sustainability factors.
Tim Nathan has a Bachelors Degree in Design Communications from RMIT University, is a qualified carpenter, has a Certificate IV in Building Construction and holds a Domestic Builder’s Unlimited Licence in Victoria. In addition to being a Director of Sinjen Pty Ltd, he is currently the director/construction manager for seven luxury apartments in Brighton with a project value of $6 million. During his eleven years in the building industry, Tim has followed established processes and meticulous procedures to ensure the highest quality of finish is delivered every time. He is now pursuing accreditation as a user and installer of cross laminate timber and wants to learn more about 'Passivhaus' technology and procedures. We congratulate Tim on being named the 2017 Residential Young Builder of the Year.
The works undertaken at this property included an extension to an existing residence to provide an entertainment area to suit the client’s lifestyle needs. The kitchen/dining room area features a modern, provincial, open-plan design, with beautifully polished floorboards and a high-pitched ceiling vault, complemented by a slate fireplace feature wall. This area also has a bay window looking out over the entertaining area, accessible through sliding timber doors. The client wanted to create an open-plan outdoor entertaining area and has achieved this by the addition of high-pitched ceiling with timber floor decking.
This property called for a complete rebuild after a house fire destroyed the majority of the building. Renovations were conducted throughout the building, but salvageable areas were kept original without affecting the quality of the final presentation. The design of the rebuild has addressed the client’s lifestyle needs, and closely matched the old house style. The open-plan kitchen, lounge and dining area encompass everything needed to accommodate family and friends comfortably, including large bi-fold doors which open onto the back deck, allowing the option of being fully open to the outdoors, or being closed for more protection in the colder months.
This project retains its heritage street front facade but transforms into an expression of modern design and materiality at the rear. The project called for partial demolition of the rear of the building, and replacement with a modernist, open-plan living, dining and kitchen area. An external deck extends the dining room, connected by an imposing, sliding window and screen. The existing structure also received a facelift, with new joinery, light fittings and an en-suite to the master bedroom. The laundry and main bathroom are hidden within flush joinery panels through the transition hallway. Raked ceilings, internal timber, fibre-cement cladding and sleek fittings and fixtures live in harmony with the well-designed flow and openness of the scheme.
This 1887 double-fronted Victorian cottage has been skilfully and tenderly transformed from just another double-fronted Victorian cottage into an exquisite example of clever architecture, well-considered renovations/additions and high-quality works. Now the stand-out home on the street, the footprint on the ground level and first-level addition have been significantly increased and are discrete in their placement and external aesthetics, barely visible from the footpath. One of the major features of the home is the eclectic, artistically designed interior. Light shades and intelligent use of bold colours, timber, concrete, and skylights allows this home true brightness and artistic vision.
This renovation required the demolition of a two-storey addition to the rear of a heritage-listed clinker-brick dwellling, before adding a tri-level addition with a rooftop observation / entertainment space. The new accomodation consists of two new bathrooms and four modernised bedrooms. The design was quite complicated, with external brickwork that was built in an open flemish bond pattern to allow light to pass through windows. These windows have been located behind the brickwork rather than adjacent. The result is a top end finish with emphasis on specific architectural detailing.
Set amongst high quality homes in Mount Eliza and enjoying uninterrupted views of Port Philip Bay, this project involved the partial demolition of the existing home, refurbishment of the remaining home and the construction of a new architectural ground-andfirst-floor accommodation to meet the needs of the new homeowners. The existing 1960s clinker-brick house merged with the new extension, creating a modern home with four bedrooms: a master suite with private deck, oversized walk-in robe and ensuite, formal lounge, kitchen/dining area, scullery, laundry, study, billiard room with abutting cellar and powder room, an upstairs living room and a fully automated lift. An infinity- edge solar-heated pool completes the generous entertaining area creating a resort-like atmosphere to the new home.
The design of this home is in two distinct halves. The front portion of the building, which is the original Victorian-styled, heritage-fronted single-story with pitched roof includes the convex verandah, double- hung windows, slate roofing and formal gardens. The rear portion of the building is a complete contrast to the front. Spread over three levels, its main elements are concrete, glass, steel and timber. There is a large focus on cantilevering construction; the first floor is cantilevered, and the building hovers over a five-metre piece of floor-to-ceiling glass.
The Elvira 4-29 proves to be a versatile home for any family, embracing the balance of clean, open spaces and clever, secluded areas. This design enables functional design and sophistication to blend together seamlessly. Featuring 29 squares, this home showcases four generous-sized bedrooms, two living areas, a stylish kitchen and a study. Both ends of the home are zoned with bedrooms to the rear and front, with the main living area taking centre stage. The addition of the theatre room offers two distinctively separate living areas within the home, plus a study situated at the front for added privacy. The alfresco area situated at the rear offers the family, meals and kitchen areas with natural light.
Exuding natural charm and sleek finishes, the Vienna is every bit as stylish as its namesake. Designed to accommodate a 14m-plus block, the home offers a floorplan that seems to stretch on forever, creating a space that’s easy to live in. The kitchen, dining and family zone can be enjoyed separately or opened to create one big, beautiful, connected space. Lined with windows, the home offers plenty of sunlight, and timber-stacker sliding doors open to the stunning alfresco area for summertime barbecues. The master suite at the front is well positioned away from the living areas with a walk-in robe and ensuite with a double vanity providing a secluded peaceful zone for the parents to enjoy.
The house is designed to serve a growing family that entertains and is looking for a zoned layout. The Rio sports an efficient plan that includes four generous bedrooms, two bathrooms and two living areas that flow from the centrally located kitchen with the meals and family areas providing a central hub for entertainment. The Portland façade of this home displays a modern creation of the cottage style featuring the use of timber posts and base brick piers combining the old theme with the new. The entry porch is a reminder of the classic past combined with contemporary styling.
A primary consideration for this dwelling was a balance between a well-designed home with high visual impact while avoiding overly complex construction techniques. The key requirement of the design brief was incorporating multiple living spaces that offer versatility whilst considering the zoning of these areas. On the ground level, the kitchen and side alfresco area separate the family living/dining zone from the study and formal lounge. Upstairs, a television area separates the master bedroom zone from the secondary bedrooms. Throughout the home quality fixtures, fittings feature extensively including Caesarstone benchtops and Methven tapware in the kitchen.
The standout feature of this single-storey home involves the three distinct zones offered, making this a perfect home for a busy modern family to live and entertain in. A central living and dining area flank the open-planned kitchen complete with butler’s pantry. The design has been based on a courtyard layout, making the most of the favourable north aspect and offering daylight through ample glazing. The home represents outstanding value given the level of detail, with high-end fittings, fixtures and quality of workmanship displayed throughout the home.
Designed as a luxury home and envisioned for families wanting more from their everyday living, the Autern 6-54 features beautifully proportioned rooms, a spacious open-living layout and a striking contemporary design. The meals area acts as the central hub of the home, with its open-plan arrangement extending to the family, living, kitchen and alfresco areas through cleverly constructed zoning. The vast kitchen area is accompanied by a spacious butler’s pantry, doubling as an additional prep room and servery for any ‘master’ chef. Featuring four bedrooms, the master suite is perfectly positioned on the first floor close to a vast rumpus room and study nook.
The scope of works was to design and construct a double storey, four-bedroom home that reflects Arden's philosophy to provide homes for buyers wanting to step up to a new level in design, inclusions and value and to create a home that will grow with the family, providing multiple living zones with a grand sense of proportion throughout. The home features four bedrooms upstairs, along with an upstairs TV area with a study nook. Downstairs a wide entrance hall provides a study and home theatre to the front of the home, opening out to a spacious kitchen/living/dining area with the staircase opening to the living area. An abundance of storage was incorporated as part of the brief.
The Kooyong is a 60-square-metre contemporary double-storey family home is designed to inspire homebuyers seeking luxury, with its concepts scaled and customised to suit an individual client’s site, lifestyle and budget. The open-plan living, dining and kitchen zone embraces a large outdoor room for dining and entertainment, connecting via a bifold glass wall. There’s a highly functional second kitchen tucked behind the main culinary showcase and a large study concealed in the living space. Upstairs, the grand master suite is wrapped on two sides by a private terrace, and is conveniently separated by a large leisure space from three generously proportioned family bedrooms.
Taking inspiration from designs of the 1950s this modern home also takes advantage of cutting-edge technology and materials. Glass was used for the external facade, creating a striking contrast to the surrounding pine forrest. A sleek, steel frame dominates the design. Internally, the limestone tiles and Japanese birch-timber core soften the industrial external facade. The house features an innovative modular design allowing both bedrooms to be opened up to provide an unimpeded view of all areas of the house’s interior and exterior. Alternatively, sliding doors and dividing screens can be used to segregate the bedrooms and create a cosy environment.
The sleek interior of this brand-new home design offers generous proportions with high, streamlined, square-set ceilings and a smart floor plan with two outstanding levels. The entry leads to a formal sitting area, followed by a large stylish bathroom highlighting a timber wall tile feature, stone vanity and walk in shower adjoining a fantastic European laundry with ample storage. To the rear of the home a breathtaking open-plan kitchen, meals and living area, immersed in natural light from the multiple bi-folding doors, accesses two beautifully landscaped courtyards. The upper level offers two large bedrooms with built-in robes, a central bathroom with freestanding bathtub, walk-in shower, and skylight.
This property sits perfectly on an odd-shaped corner site. The design of this home proved challenging and needed to present well, with an interesting roof form and ample glazing. This home was designed to capture the northern sun and be protected from the southerly winds. It offers cross-flow ventilation throughout the main living areas requiring minimal heating and cooling. This particular home has been constructed by a team of experienced tradespeople, displaying the highest quality of finishes throughout the property.
This project involved a conventional brick veneer family home with a Colourbond roof and an unexpected twist. The home features recycled items and well- sourced raw materials, high-end finishes, hydronic heating, double-glazed windows and doors, custom fittings, hand- crafted cabinetry, solar hot water and a ducted vacuum system deliver a home that is not only exceptional value for money, but provides a high-end luxurious finish that captures a broad audience’s appreciation.
This luxurious, contemporary, single-level three-bedroom home was designed to respond to the local climate, the client’s lifestyle and the site’s northern orientation. The design is both classic and contemporary, combining sweeping horizontal lines, wide, sheltering eaves, an expansive loggia and a statement blade wall to a great and practical effect. The exterior features stretches of horizontal timber windows, dark-mortared Daniel Robertson brickwork and slate-look terracotta tiling. Inside, there is a seamless integration of indoor and outdoor spaces, tall 2.75-metre ceilings, expansive glazing and clever zoning of living and private spaces.
In a row of workers’ cottages, this particular house stands out. The stepped parapet, centred window, side-lined door and entrance awning are in accord with the familiar, unassuming composure of the others. Yet here the materials, stark in their composition, have a distinctly 21st Century character, hinting at the contemporary home within. The palette of black, white and grey is carried throughout the house, lending tonal variation and spatial depth to an otherwise diminutive site. In the heart of the house, the living areas open onto a courtyard. The high-ceilinged corridors pinwheel out from this heart, establishing a sunlit centre around which most daily activity occurs. Upstairs, a warmer palette of timber floors and lining boards sets the tone for the private quarters.
This project involved the design and construction of a new contemporary pavilion style family home. The design is inspired by the clients' holidays in Bali and Thailand providing resort style living and utilising inventive construction materials and a design layout that meets the varying needs of a family with teenagers. Extensive double glazing throughout the house allows it to be flooded with natural light at all times of the day, combining with plenty of large sliding doors and opening windows for natural ventilation. The scope of works also included the construction of a magnificent feature pool and underground water storage. The fully landscaped surroundings blend harmoniously with the new home.
This is a grand and intricate French provincial-inspired four-bedroom 528-square metre home created by the Englehart Design Team to take advantage of the site’s slope and northern orientation and to suit the client’s lifestyle requirements. The home has been designed and built to offer European refinement, uncompromising quality and value for money. The design features traditional French provincial proportions and symmetry with pairs of French casement windows and dormer attic windows in a shingle style tiled mansard roof. A grand, colonnaded entrance supports an upper level balcony with customised wrought iron. The imposing masonry façade is softened with classical mouldings and routings that reflect the home’s historical detailing and impeccable craftsmanship.
Given its cliff-side location and the extreme weather facing of this three-level home, the quality of construction was paramount. Special details were developed to seal and protect the home. The balconies use a perimeter- formed stainless steel trough to protect from wind-blown water ingress. Special details include mitred wrap-around aluminium cladding, counter-levered stair with a 150-kg stair balustrades that continue through two levels, integrated pivot doors, large three-panelled main viewing window, seamless tiled bathrooms encapsulating the views beyond, integrated garage door, integrated photovoltaic panels placed for optimum sun gain and aesthetic view lines.
With soaring, double-height glazing and imposing panels of custom-coloured rammed earth sourced locally, this home is dramatic in both its context and bespoke design. Carved into the crown of the hill, with distant valley views, the home adjoins a lavish pool and pool house overlooking extended landscaping and stone paving. With a material palette of handcrafted timber cladding, glazed cabinetry panels, large format stone tiled floors and featured rammed earth walls, the home combines gallery-like public spaces with warm and sophisticated areas for private retreat. Every aspect of the construction of this highly specified home was assessed for quality of finish and durability in a harsh environment.
Embracing clever design solutions was essential to the success of this project due to the geometrics of the site. This has been achieved through open-plan living zones integrating indoors with outdoors through floor-to-ceiling picture windows and sliding doors. Living and kitchen areas and a main bedroom with ensuite located on the ground floor ensure accessibility of the house through all life stages. Upstairs, an additional living area, three bedrooms and second bathroom feature alongside a study, storage, and walk-in robes that hide the bulk of those necessary angles, while maximising the space plan. The carefully considered façade design responds sympathetically to the streetscape now and into the future.
Developed as a premium-quality townhouse project consisting of five double- storey townhouses with basement level. The townhouses enjoy a flexible open- plan living area with a feature spiral staircase from the basement level to the ground floor, displaying a circular bulkhead with skylight above. Accommodation includes three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a basement-level cinema room, gymnasium, pool pump, storage rooms and three carpark spaces. Each dwelling has a private courtyard with built-in barbeque, swimming pool, outdoor shower, paved travertine dining area and landscaped planter boxes and lawn area.
This project consists of 16 spacious apartments spread across four floors, enjoying either panoramic city views or gleaming bay views. Each residence offers an expansive floor plan with either a robust dark colour scheme or a bright light-hued palette, which showcases its premium, finishes throughout. The design consideration places a high emphasis on the relationship between the functionality of living and the luxury expected in a Port Melbourne residence. An integral part of MINT’s designs draws visual interest across the façade, with green-tinted glass and a custom mould for the precast panels. At first glance this might seem unusual, but this combination emphasises design sophistication as it reflects the sun and imitates the light on the water.
The scope of work involved for The Icon was detailed. The building is created using six stacked boxes, each made up of different families of coloured powder- coated screens. The boxes don't fit neatly on top of each other, challenging the traditional balanced design of most buildings and adding something new to the skyline. The colour that corresponds to each box has been chosen to reflect the suburb as a whole, as well as tying the building into its environment and skyline. The colours become lighter the higher the building gets, endeavouring to become one with the sky.
This house was built using many of the techniques from passive house constructions. This enabled it to achieve a 9.1 Star rating and a post blower door test measured the air infiltration rate at 1.6 air changes per hour, when the industry average is 15. Extra layers of insulation carefully installed, an internal impermeable wall membrane and external premium moisture barrier contributed to the air tightness. Ducted extractor fans and no ceiling penetrations reduced drafts further. The air tightness, coupled with quality double glazed argon gas filled uPVC windows, passive solar design and extra insulation means the house will require almost no heating and cooling. This fully electric house, with a photovoltaic system on the roof will be produce more energy than it uses making it truly zero carbon.
The client required a kitchen that would provide a workspace that extends to the outside, allowing easy catering for outdoor entertaining. The kitchen includes quality appliances, Ceasarstone benchtops and units displaying a two pack painted finish. The clean lines have been maintained to ensure that the clutter of everyday use was to some extent hidden, and given the actual size of the kitchen, the design actually blends seamlessly into a functional and sophisticated space.
This project called for a high-end kitchen that offered appeal, superb functionality and visual purpose. This kitchen provides a wonderful space for a family to come together, complete with butler's pantry, marble benches, and plenty of cabinetry that connects cleverly with the formal dining room. The kitchen also contains a casual eating area that flows out onto an alfresco entertaining space, which includes an enormous outdoor kitchen flanked by grey Moroccan tiles.
As a primary feature of this striking home, the kitchen design establishes this home as contemporary and sophisticated. Spacious and light filled, the kitchen features a freestanding island bench as well a extensive cabinetry throughout providing ample storage space, and featuring clean white benchtops. Natural light is plentiful in this kitchen, showing off its glory from all angles.
This house was built using many of the techniques from passive house constructions. This enabled it to achieve a 9.1 Star rating and a post blower door test measured the air infiltration rate at 1.6 air changes per hour, when the industry average is 15. Extra layers of insulation carefully installed, an internal impermeable wall membrane and external premium moisture barrier contributed to the air tightness. Ducted extractor fans and no ceiling penetrations reduced drafts further. The air tightness, coupled with quality double glazed argon gas filled uPVC windows, passive solar design and extra insulation means the house will require almost no heating and cooling. This fully electric house, with a photovoltaic system on the roof will be produce more energy than it uses making it truly zero carbon.
Being one of the most unforgettable rooms in the house, the master ensuite makes superb use of clean lines, clever detailing and impeccable styling, framing views over the valley and beyond from all aspects of the room. The cabinetry design is neutral; two-pack satin-finish white doors frame the views directionally between the recessed shower and the floating bath itself, all designed to interact with an open-plan bedroom creating a resort-style experience. The monolithic look of the home is enhanced by the application of the large-format grey tiles.
Reminiscent of an indulgent hotel suite, every inch of this master bedroom ensuite has been carefully considered. Featuring a double vanity, mirrored cabinets, a feature wall of stunning European tiles, robe hooks and a walk around open but separated shower, this sanctuary leaves a lasting impression that would delight the most fastidious bather. On completion this en-suite, with its designer accessories complements the luxurious feel of the home.
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