Innovation

The durability and warmth of timber supports the University of Melbourne’s model, providing a new learning landscape at the Eastern Precinct Student Centre.

For the fashion house Hermes’ 334th store worldwide, but the first on the Left Bank of Paris it chose timber and an elegant 1930s apartment building on Rue de Sevre.

Cabin 2 intimately engages with the landscape but remains camouflaged from the surrounding streets with new fence lines and indigenous planting to expand the feeling of the site beyond its immediate confines.

An adaptable dwelling that solves a major inner-city liveability problem: lack of outdoor space.

The chapel’s hard, rectilinear stone and cool glass finishes are relieved and softened by ribbons of big-leaf maple veneer – visible from inside and out.

Expressing the traditional craftsmanship associated with bespoke furniture design, with a modern architectural twist, this new educational structure employs timber in unusual and unexpected ways.

An island home designed for a semi-retired couple, ease of movement and single-level accessibility – all on a significant natural slope.

Set right on the edge of Auckland’s famous Waitemata Harbour to the north of the city, this widely acclaimed private residence changes character as it rises through a difficult, tree-covered site.

Narrabeen House – an innovative use of timber and timber products creates a private paradise in the suburbs.

A bridged walkway whose main features are curved timber glulam ribs, geometrically arranged to create a sinuous undulating, unfolding form, by Beca Architects on Auckland’s North Shore.

A house celebrating the warmth, robustness and diversity of timber – including a striking grey ironbark stair, which unifies and traces the path of circulation.

If sustainable building implies a combination of sustainable materials and low energy, Glenn Howells Architects got it right with the Savill Visitor Centre.