Features & Finishes

The Mary Rose Museum is a unique timber-clad building protecting the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world.

In Roseville College's Joy Yeo Performing Arts Centre, the use of Jarrah and Rose Gum pleases the ear as well as the eye.

This unique village library building with its firewood stick facade was awarded the inaugural A$100,000 Moriyama Royal Institute of Canada prize in 2014 for transformative and emblematic architecture.

In the fast changing inner city suburb of Brunswick East, this Victorian cottage named ‘Ethel’ demonstrates that she can change with the times whilst retaining her personality, warmth and charm.

The NZGBC’s 5 Green Star rated new office fit-out in Auckland shows that a modest budget is no barrier to sustainability.

Clever use of laminated and untreated pine, combined with well-crafted copper and glass components provide an ever-changing space for healing and worship

The design by Robert Simeoni Architects is a collection of buildings with residual outdoor spaces that can be manipulated by using folding screens to control accessibility, allowing the zones to be adaptable to the time of year or day.

A “home among the gum trees”, this 1000 m2 residence sits 140m above a valley and on a 30 to 60 degree slope - the concept was to ‘float’ amongst the trees.

The development objectives were to create a beach community based on sustainable design principles, where each home visually engages with the ocean, has generous outdoor living room, and a sense of community through density, building relationships.

Vibe Design Group’s, renovation project, Mercer, uses a bold timber shape to transform the existing house, giving it an undeniable street presence and privacy for the occupants.

When Outcrop House was judged overall winner of the 2008 Australian Timber Design Awards, architect Peter Stutchbury modestly described the work as “one of restraint” – an enclave offering comfort, ease, place and dreaming, and promoting contemplation.

Cottage Point House is located in an isolated settlement within Ku-ring-gai National Park on the waterfront of Coal and Candle Creek. The site is oriented east over the shallow bay, facing the weathered horizontal sandstone escarpments.