Passive House is the architectural buzz phrases of 2015, and while passive design strategy is not new, for the first time, we are starting to see real acceptance. With any sustainable initiative, designers are more than likely the first to educate themselves, promote features and benefits and push for...
Completion is imminent for Collins and Queen, Essendon's new premier apartment development. Designed by Rothe Lowman and built by L.U.Simon, Collins and Queen stands proud as Keilor Road's new landmark apartment complex. Collins and Queen follows design ideology based around materiality and form. Looking to create contrast between...
When we can no longer go out, we must go up. Over the past 15 years Australian cities have undergone major transformations. Inner city single dwellings and medium rise structures have, and are being sold, demolished and cleared, to make way for apartments, lots of apartments, lots and...
Travel, who doesn’t love a good holiday? Unfortunately I’m not talking about a getaway to Indonesia or two weeks in Paris; I’m talking product miles. The travel some construction materials undertake before they arrive on site....
Student accommodation is an ever expanding niche market in Australia. From large CBD towers to more boutique suburban villages, every university is surrounded with multiple living options for current and future students. Mannix College, located in Clayton, Victoria, provides living services for Monash University students. Earlier this...
Everyone wants a room with a view and Panorama apartments in Doncaster will offer just that. While still in the early stages of construction, when complete, Panorama apartments is sure to impress. Designed by Peddle Thorp Architects, the building's envelope makes use of the site's elevated...
Video Tuesday at EDGE: we share what's caught our attention Paul Davy from dsquared recently shared his insights on the Green Star - Design & As Built with the industry in this video produced by Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Benefits he's found include it being simpler,...
There is nothing more impressive than elevator doors opening into bright, double height, amenity levels within luxury apartment developments. With apartment living becoming more and more popular, and undoubtedly the way of the future, amenity levels have become essential to apartment design; and key in...
I confess, I’m captivated. Ever since my post on the growing design and build practice of healthy building (I mean, seriously, who wouldn’t want to work in a building with circadian lighting?), I can’t stop thinking about commercial buildings that dedicate attention and resources to...
"Impressive on arrival." "A unique laneway experience." "Melbourne CBD's largest vertically connected workspace." This is 570 Bourke Street, an example of Melbourne's new generation of office buildings. Located on Bourke Street, between William and King, the architecture, promised lifestyle and integrated interior floor plan, is a unique addition to...
