Adding space and amenity to a single-fronted victorian on small block with heritage guidelines, presented a number of challenges for Dan Webster Architecture. To stay within council confines, Dan Webster says he started with the basic form of the addition to ensure there was no shadowing to the southern neighbour. “Being in an area where […]
The winning design for a new History and Interpretation Centre has been unveiled by the Hon. Elise Archer MP at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart. The architectural design competition launched in March last year called for a design that would celebrate the significance and heritage values of the World Heritage-listed Cascades […]
Being true to the authenticity of place is the driving force behind . Located on a street of lovely workers’ cottages in Wilston, Brisbane, Wrightson Stewart’s Wilston project is very much at home and a continuation of the neighbouring aesthetic. To some extent, this sentence is at odds with the radical nature of the expansion, but […]
When Westfield commissioned Australian artist Jade Oakley to produce ambient art pieces for their central escalator cladding and a multi-storey lift well at Westfield Parramatta she was instantly inspired by the indigenous plants of the area. “I was amazed to find Lake Parramatta, tucked in behind a busy road, with some really beautiful original forest around it, […]