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	Just three double-storey Sky Homes sit at the top of The Waterline, each with its own private marina berth and rooftop terrace.
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	Construction on The Waterline is complete, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.
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	Sky Homes range from 282 sqm to 367 sqm and are priced from $3.65 million.
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Lewis Land has opened the first completed sky home for inspection at Harbour Shores, giving buyers their first opportunity to step inside one of just three double-storey residences crowning The Waterline.

Each sky home comes with its own private marina berth, rooftop terrace and Broadwater views, combining the scale of a larger home with direct access to the boating lifestyle that underpins the wider <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/harbour-shores-biggera-waters-564-oxley-drive-biggera-waters-qld-4216">Harbour Shores</a> masterplan.

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Lewis Land Head of Development Michael Long said the inclusion of a berth with every Sky Home had become increasingly valuable as marina access across the Gold Coast tightened.

“Marina berths are becoming increasingly difficult to secure across the Gold Coast, so including one with every Sky Home makes this a genuinely rare offering,” Long said.

“The private 70-berth marina will accommodate boats up to 12 metres in length and is positioned just 2.5 kilometres from the Broadwater, placing the open ocean only 15 minutes away.

“Being able to step out of your home onto your boat is a rare luxury, and it’s something residents here can look forward to when it opens later this year.”

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The display opening comes as construction completes on The Waterline, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.

The three Sky Homes range from 282 sqm to 367 sqm and each feature three bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive kitchens with butler's pantries and large balconies taking in the Broadwater outlook.

Each residence also has three secure basement car spaces and additional storage.

“This is the first opportunity the Gold Coast has had to step into Harbour Shores and see, touch and feel what we’re bringing to life here,” Long said.

“There are only three Sky Homes within The Waterline, ranging in size from 282sqm to 367sqm, with each residence featuring three large bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive custom-built kitchens with butler’s pantry, and large balconies capturing Broadwater views.”

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Residents of The Waterline will have access to a private pool, along with Harbour Shores' wider collection of amenity including a lagoon pool, social clubhouse, tennis court, gym, yoga facilities and sauna.

Lewis Land partnered with Studio Collective to furnish the completed display, with the interiors designed to demonstrate how the residences could function as permanent homes rather than simply as show apartments.

Studio Collective Director Melissa Park said the surrounding waterways informed the interiors, but in a more restrained way than a traditional coastal scheme.

“We drew inspiration from the canals and coastal surrounds, but our approach was to interpret that subtly through layered materials and a grounded palette of earthy tones, rather than literal coastal references,” Park said.

“We introduced hero moments of green and teal to reference the surrounding waterways, while mirrored elements help reflect natural light.

“The result is a residence that feels elevated yet comfortable, somewhere buyers can genuinely imagine themselves living, entertaining and unwinding.”

Sky Homes are priced from $3.65 million.

Lewis Land is also offering private marina berths with The Residences, its limited collection of three and four-bedroom villas positioned directly along the Harbour Shores waterfront boardwalk.

Three-bedroom villas are priced from $2.99 million, while four-bedroom residences start from $3.19 million.

Harbour Shores is being marketed by Colliers International.

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Joel Robinson

Lewis Land opens sky home display as The Waterline completes at Harbour Shores

St Vincent de Paul Society Housing Australia has filed plans for a major mixed-use housing precinct on the southern edge of the North Sydney CBD, adding another significant proposal to a pocket around North Sydn​ey Station that is quickly becoming one of the LGA's busiest development zones.

The State Significant Development Application covers a 5,990 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/1-19-mackenzie-street-lavender-bay-nsw-2060">1-19 MacKenzie Street and 211 Blues Point Road in Lavender Bay</a>, immediately south of Nor​th Sydney Station and between the commercial core and the lower-rise Lavender Bay Heritage Conservation Area.

Designed by Wardle, the proposal would deliver a new residential tower comprising 88 build-to-sell apartments and 19 affordable apartments, alongside a separate co-living building with 57 rooms and a building manager's studio.

It would also see the significant restoration and upgrade of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, the adaptive reuse of the former school building, new parish facilities, retail, a new public square and around 1,000 sqm of publicly accessible open space.

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The project is seeking a concurrent rezoning of the site to R4 High Density Residential and an increase in the maximum building height to allow a tower reaching RL120, or up to 20 storeys. The proposal was progressed through the NSW Government's Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

The build-to-sell component will be weighted toward larger apartments, with just six one-bedroom apartments compared with 31 two-beds, 43 three-beds and eight four-bedroom residences.

The 19 affordable apartments will comprise two studios, 15 one-bedroom apartments and two two-bedroom apartments, taking the total apartment component to 107 residences before the 58 co-living rooms are included.

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Wardle's design for the Vinnies site has sought to negotiate that emerging high-rise context while retaining the lower-scale character of MacKenzie Street and the adjoining heritage conservation area.

The main building adopts a three-storey podium and tower arrangement, with the podium aligned to the ridgeline and front setback of St Francis Xavier Church.&nbsp;Wardle has designed the podium with colonnades, seating, recessed entries and active ground-floor frontages, with sandstone-toned precast concrete and face brick referencing the materiality of the existing church.

The tower then steps back eight metres to the south and six metres to the north before rising in a sculpted form comprising four interlocking quadrants. Wardle has also introduced rounded forms and chamfered corners to reduce the tower's perceived bulk and improve view sharing with neighbouring development sites.

Resident facilities and outdoor areas are planned at the separation between the podium and tower at Level 3, oriented toward Sydney Harbour and the CBD skyline.

The tower itself will feature a glass reinforced concrete facade, with recessed balconies and deep reveals used both to provide shading and privacy and frame views toward the harbour and city. The lower levels take a different architectural approach, using brick and sandstone-toned finishes intended to establish a stronger relationship with St Francis Xavier Church. The Church itself will be conserved and upgraded for its continued use, while the former school building will be adaptively reused as part of the co-living component.

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The proposal adds to an increasingly concentrated pipeline of residential development around Blue Street, MacKenzie Street and Lavender Bay.

Just west of the site, Central Element lodged plans earlier this year for one of the most significant residential developments proposed in Lavender Bay in recent years.

Central Element's SJB-designed scheme at 64-66 Lavender Street and 3-7 Middlemiss Street would deliver 163 apartments across two towers rising 23 and 32 storeys, replacing five existing apartment buildings containing 32 homes. The project also forms part of the Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-central-element-reveals-lavender-bay-apartment-plans?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">First look: Central Element reveals Lavender Bay apartment plans</a>

Immediately around North Sy​dney Station, another two significant proposals have emerged at 5 and 15 Blue Street.

Zurich Australian Insurance Properties is seeking to adaptively reuse its longstanding commercial building at 5 Blue Street, directly above North Sydney Station, rather than demolishing the structure.

Its SSDA proposes converting the building into a 14-storey mixed-use development with 62 apartments and 86 co-living rooms, together with ground-floor retail and a major refurbishment of Blue Street Plaza. The application is currently at the Response to Submissions stage.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-zurich-targets-north-sydney-office-conversion-with-148-unit-proposal-above-metro-station">First look: Zurich targets North Sydney office conversion with 148-unit proposal above Metro station</a>

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First look: Vinnies files for 20-storey Lavender Bay apartment tower as North Sydney housing pocket heats up

When the opportunity arose for South Australian developer Palumbo to return to Kent Town, where it had previously delivered East Park Apartments and the East 
Rundle Apartments, it wasn't one the longstanding developer-builder was going to pass up.

The decision was quickly vindicated, with more than 30 apartments sold within the first month of launching <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/royal-apartments-kent-town-2-8-north-terrace-kent-town-sa-5067">Royal Apartments</a> to the market.

The 206-apartment development, which will bring significant new supply to Adelaide's tightly held eastern city fringe, also gives <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/palumbo">Palumbo</a> the opportunity to bring new life to one of Kent Town's most recognisable watering holes.

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Royal Apartments incorporates the historic Royal Hotel, a venue Palumbo Managing Director Daniel Palumbo said has a longstanding connection with the local community.

"Everyone in the area has history with the Royal Hotel," Palumbo told Apartments.com.au.

"It was quite an active pub and social gathering place for locals. We want to bring it back to its former glory."

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The wider development will comprise two residential towers alongside the restored hotel, sitting on North Terrace opposite the Adelaide Park Lands.

For Palumbo, the project also marks a return to familiar territory.

The developer completed East Park Apartments next door more than a decade ago and jumped at the opportunity to develop in Kent Town again when the Royal Hotel site became available.

"The opportunity emerged, and we moved to secure the site," Palumbo said.

"We were approached by the previous landowner, who said they had extensive commitments in Sydney and weren't in a position to deliver the project.

"We took over the site and within six months recut the design scheme to be more in keeping with the type of development we want to bring to Adelaide.

"Now we're on the market and those changes have really resonated with local buyers."

That has translated into a strong start to sales, with 33 apartments transacting in the project's first 35 days.

Palumbo said the early purchaser profile had been consistent with the group's traditional focus on owner-occupiers rather than investor-led apartment stock.

"Local owner-occupiers have always been our market," he said.

"There are always some investors, but we've never developed what would be called traditional development stock. Owner-occupiers are very much our market."

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The buyer mix has been diverse so far, with downsizers and younger professionals both accounting for a significant portion of early sales.

South Australia's current stamp duty settings, which allow&nbsp;eligible homeowners in South Australia aged 60 savings of up to $103,830 on stamp duty when they downsize to a new property valued at up to $2 million,&nbsp;have helped encourage downsizer activity, while younger buyers in their late 20s and early 30s have been attracted to the opportunity to live immediately outside the CBD while still being able to walk into the city.



Location has been a major part of the proposition for both buyer cohorts.

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Royal Apartments sits on North Terrace directly opposite the Adelaide Park Lands, with residents able to walk through the parklands toward the East End, Rundle Street and Rundle Mall.

Apartments have been positioned to capture views across the parklands, Adelaide skyline, Botanic Gardens and Adelaide Hills.

Palumbo believes the scarcity of developable land along this section of the Park Lands makes the site particularly difficult to replicate.

"There's very few allotments on that side that can be developed," he said.

"If this location was in New York and you were sitting on Central Park, you'd be talking about a $60 million apartments."

Royal Apartments will offer a broad mix of residences, ranging from one-bedroom apartments through to four-bedroom sub-penthouses and penthouses.

Current listings include one-bedroom apartments from $680,000, while larger three and four-bedroom residences are priced around $2.5 million.

Residents will have access to a swimming pool, gym, barbecue and recreation areas, residents' lounge and dining space, and a communal deck.

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The apartments will feature generous balconies, while secure parking, bicycle storage and storage cages will also be provided.

A porte-cochère-style arrival and drop-off area has also resonated with buyers, particularly those attracted to being able to walk into the CBD during the day while retaining secure vehicle access at home.

Palumbo is acting as developer, architect and builder on Royal Apartments, continuing the vertically integrated model it has used across its South Australian portfolio.

The group was also behind the $150 million Sofitel Adelaide, the 251-room five-star hotel and residential tower which opened in 2021.

Palumbo said Royal's launch had come at an interesting time for the broader Adelaide apartment market.

Buyer confidence had initially been impacted by uncertainty surrounding the Federal Budget and broader economic conditions, but Palumbo believes sentiment is beginning to improve against a backdrop of significant investment flowing into South Australia.

He pointed to increased activity across defence and resources, including Olympic Dam, as potential long-term drivers of the state's economy and housing market.

"Money is starting to flow into Adeliade, significant amounts as Adelaide bucks the trend of the rest of the country.," Palumbo said.

"There's a lot of activity in the economy over the next decade. I think more investment will come into this market."

Early works on Royal Apartments are expected to commence this year, with major construction activity and cranes anticipated on site from early next year.

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Palumbo's return to Kent Town strikes early chord with buyers

Go-to builder-developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/graya">GRAYA</a> is continuing to bulk out its already impressive and diverse apartment portfolio across South East Queensland. Their latest milestone is securing development approval for Silk, its boutique riverfront apartment development in St Lucia.

The approval clears&nbsp;the way for the team to begin construction planning for the 22-residence project.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/silk-st-lucia-16-18-sandford-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">Silk</a> will rise 15 levels from an 810 sqm site at 16-18 Sandford Street, occupying a prominent bend of the Brisbane River with a prized northern aspect across Orleigh Park toward the Brisbane CBD.

The approved scheme will comprise 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences, continuing GRAYA's move into larger-format apartment developments targeting Brisbane's prestige owner-occupier market.

The project has been designed around the site's broad river frontage and dual-direction views, with GRAYA prioritising larger residences, privacy and outlook over apartment yield.

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GRAYA Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob Gray said the project had been shaped around local homeowners wanting to remain in St Lucia without maintaining a traditional family home.

"St Lucia is one of those suburbs people do not want to leave," Gray said.

"They know the river, the trees, UQ, the golf course, Toowong and Indooroopilly, and that familiarity is hard to replace.

"True riverfront opportunities here are exceptionally scarce. What we have designed at Silk is a way to stay in the suburb people love, with the scale and privacy of a private home and far less to maintain.

"This is not typical apartment product. It is a proper home on the river, and that is exactly what this market has been missing."

The approval comes as new apartment development continues to increase across the St Lucia and neighbouring Toowong corridor, although direct riverfront sites remain considerably more tightly held.

GRAYA Co-founder and Managing Director Andrew Gray said securing the approval had removed a significant element of development risk from Silk.

"Genuine riverfront sites of this quality in St Lucia are not something that comes up regularly," Gray said.

"The approval removes a substantial layer of execution risk, and the location underwrites demand in a way very few inner-city sites can.

"The fundamentals here are as strong as anything we have assessed in Brisbane."

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Silk will see GRAYA return to a stretch of the Brisbane River where it already has recent construction experience. The vertically integrated group recently completed ARC in neighbouring Toowong as builder for developer Spyre, delivering the riverfront project on a constrained site.

GRAYA will take a different role at Silk, controlling the project from design and development through construction and aftercare under its vertically integrated model.

The development will include a gym and resident leisure areas at ground level, integrated with the river's edge.

Silk joins a growing pipeline for GRAYA across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, which includes Enclave, The Gallery, Coral and Ripple.

The developer-builder has also recently lodged plans for its largest project to date, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-silo-19-chester-street-newstead-qld-4006">The Silo</a>, a proposed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/qld/graya-buys-frasers-newstead-site-plans-the-silo-between-james-street-and-gasworks-precincts">$700 million mixed-use development</a> in Brisbane's James Street precinct.

Silk is expected to predominantly target local owner-occupiers and prestige buyers seeking a permanent riverfront home in Brisbane's inner west.

Registrations of interest are now open, with further details on the project and construction program to be released as it progresses.

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<h2>SILK PROJECT FACTS</h2>

Developer-builder: GRAYA

Project: Silk

Location: 16-18 Sandford Street, St Lucia

Apartments: 22

Built form: 15 levels

Site: 810 sqm riverfront holding

Mix: 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences

Status: Development approved

Next step: Construction planning underway

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GRAYA greenlit for riverfront St Lucia apartment development, Silk

Abadeen has released the whole-floor penthouse crowning its recently completed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/buildings/park-residences-cremorne-2-sutherland-street-cremorne-nsw-2090">Park Residences</a> development in Cremorne, bringing the near-300 sqm residence to market for the first time.

Occupying the entire top floor of the boutique Lower North Shore development, the penthouse includes 221 sqm of internal living and a 74 sqm wraparound terrace, with a prized north-facing aspect taking in views across Middle Harbour.

The residence has been completed and fully furnished following a collaboration between Abadeen Executive Chairman Justin Brown and internationally recognised interior designer Jack Freeman, Founder and Managing Director of FREEMAN &amp; CO.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/abadeen">Abadeen</a> and Freeman approached the penthouse as a finished home, sourcing furniture, artwork, lighting and objects from Australia and overseas.

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Pieces from Parisian design house Pierre Augustin Rose sit alongside contemporary artworks and bespoke lighting, with Freeman drawing on recent visits to PAD Paris and Salone del Mobile Milano for the final collection.

Brown said the aim was to create a penthouse that felt more like a large-scale private home than a traditional apartment.

"The experience begins the moment the lift doors open. You're welcomed into an elegant dining room before the home opens into an extraordinary living space framed by sun-drenched harbour views.

"Every time someone walks through the front door they pause. It's not just the view, it's the incredible sense of space, the warmth created by the northern sunlight that fills the interiors, and the way every room connects so effortlessly.

"It has all the proportions of a luxury home, while delivering the effortless lifestyle and personalised experience of living in a world-class six-star hotel, combined with the simplicity and convenience of apartment living."

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A secure lift provides exclusive access to the penthouse level, opening to a dedicated arrival foyer and dining area before the residence expands into its main living and entertaining spaces.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing runs across the northern side of the home, connecting the interiors with the terrace and Middle Harbour outlook.

The penthouse also features a fireplace and substantial chef's kitchen, while the wraparound terrace has been designed to accommodate both everyday outdoor living and larger-scale entertaining.

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Freeman said the interiors had been deliberately kept restrained to complement the scale, natural light and outlook already established by the architecture.

"The penthouse is a serene study in quiet luxury," Freeman said.

"The interior pairs soft, sculptural forms with warm timber, pale stone and a restrained neutral palette. Curated artwork and metallic accents add depth, while abundant natural light creates a calm, effortlessly refined atmosphere. In my world, less is always more."

Freeman said the approach was centred around collecting individual pieces rather than simply decorating the apartment.

"Every material, every object and every piece of furniture has been curated with intention. I am a true believer in collecting versus decorating.

"The architecture already provided extraordinary natural light, remarkable volume and an uninterrupted connection to Middle Harbour. Our role was to complement those qualities with unique one-of-a-kind pieces of fine art and collectible design sourced from recent travels around the world."

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Among the collection are solid bronze sculptures by Lorenzo Quinn, alongside a curated crystalware collection and pieces sourced from international design fairs.

Park Residences sits opposite Cammeray Golf Club, Cammeray Croquet Club and Grand Slam Tennis Cammeray, around 300 metres from Neutral Bay Village and its established collection of restaurants, cafés and retail.

Brown said the combination of a whole-floor floorplan, northern aspect and proximity to Neutral Bay was becoming increasingly difficult to find on the Lower North Shore.

"Completed whole-floor penthouses with a sun-drenched north-facing aspect and sweeping Middle Harbour views are exceptionally rare," Brown said.

"Add a quiet position opposite golf, croquet and tennis facilities, a level walk to Neutral Bay Village and only minutes to the CBD, and you have a lifestyle that's incredibly difficult to replicate.

"This is a home that offers the privacy and generosity of a luxury residence together with the convenience of one of Sydney's best-connected harbourside locations."

The penthouse will be exclusively marketed by SRM Residential.

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Abadeen unveils penthouse at Park Residences in Cremorne

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A Mosman Park home designed by Perth architect Ariane Prevost has been listed for sale.
The property, known as Marimekko House, was designed with connections between interior and exterior spaces.
There has been extensive use of recycled materials –including steel, timber, brick, rammed earth and concrete which gives the home a sustainable edge.
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The four-bedroom, three-bathroom residence captures the outdoor landscape with large windows.
There are high ceilings, an abundance of natural light and open-plan living with bi-fold doors.
It has been listed by Ruth Litis, who paid $2.63 million in 2014.
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Ariane Prevost's Marimekko House listed

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Universities across Australia are seeing a <a href="/news/monash-university-refreshes-its-20-year-campus-master-plans">rapid increase in student enrolments</a>, with <a href="https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/International-Student-Data/Documents/MONTHLY%20SUMMARIES/2019/Nov%202019%20MonthlyInfographic.pdf">754,656 International student enrollments</a> documented since 2018. Such abundant growth has universities considering expanding and further developing their campus to accommodate demand. 

<a href="/">Apartments.com.au</a> has compiled a list of the top three Australian universities with the most future-focused building designs. 

<h2>$564m Victorian Heart Hospital at Monash University </h2>

Monash University has proposed to build a $564 million Victorian Heart Hospital on their Clayton campus adjacent to the Australian Synchrotron.

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<figcaption>Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: <a href="https://architectureau.com/articles/new-vision-of-564m-victorian-heart-hospital/">ArchitectureAU</a></figcaption></figure>The hospital will be the <a href="https://www.vhhsba.vic.gov.au/health-infrastructure/victorian-heart-hospital">first Australian specialist cardiac hospital</a> providing holistic, patient-centred care, as well as research and education. The new Victorian Heart Hospital will also incorporate clinical cardiology services and research facilities to raise the profile of cardiovascular discovery, treatment and training.

Designed by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects, the proposed development aims to reduce its carbon footprint, with the building being constructed using 90% of locally sourced materials. 

Inspired by the tree-lined university, the architectural design of the new building emphasizes the surrounding external native landscape of the campus, through light-filled interiors, internal gardens and energy-efficient heating and cooling systems. 

 

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/photo_2_-_victorian_heart_hospital_by_conrad_gargett_and_john_wardle_architects_in_joint_venture.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Photo 2: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: ArchitectureAU"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/photo_2_-_victorian_heart_hospital_by_conrad_gargett_and_john_wardle_architects_in_joint_venture.png?itok=o2ZkB6sD" title="Photo 2: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: ArchitectureAU" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Photo 2: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: <a href="https://architectureau.com/articles/new-vision-of-564m-victorian-heart-hospital/">ArchitectureAU</a> </figcaption></figure>The design will also integrate principles of biophilic design in an effort to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of patients. 

Once completed, the hospital will have the capacity to provide 2,150 cardiac surgeries per year, 108,000 consultations and outpatient appointments; and 13,500 cardiac laboratory procedures. The development will also include:

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<li>206 beds</li>
	<li>An emergency department</li>
	<li>Cardiac catheterization labs</li>
	<li>Specialist surgical and imaging facilities</li>
	<li>Telemedicine services for Victorian, interstate and international patients</li>
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<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/photo_3_-_victorian_heart_hospital_by_conrad_gargett_and_john_wardle_architects_in_joint_venture.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Photo 3: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: ArchitectureAU"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="436" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/photo_3_-_victorian_heart_hospital_by_conrad_gargett_and_john_wardle_architects_in_joint_venture.png?itok=-srB7eV1" title="Photo 3: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: ArchitectureAU" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Photo 3: Victorian Heart Hospital by Conrad Gargett and John Wardle Architects in a joint venture. Credit: <a href="https://architectureau.com/articles/new-vision-of-564m-victorian-heart-hospital/">ArchitectureAU</a>  </figcaption></figure>Excavation of the site began in 2019, with the hospital scheduled for completion in 2022

First large-scale timber building at Murdoch University 

Murdoch University in Perth has proposed to build the first large-scale timber building in Western Australia. 

Designed by Lyons Architecture in collaboration with Officer Woods, The Fulcrum Agency, Silver Thomas Hanley and Aspect Studios, the $105 million academia building will be constructed using locally sourced timber. 

The proposed building design follows a creative warehouse model which includes partitions for a flexible internal form, and, "will serve as an important entrance statement and further activate this key arrival point to the university campus", according to the <a href="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/CityOfMelville/media/melville-talks/documents/Murdoch-University-Development-Application-Planning-report.pdf">planning report</a> advertised by Melville Council. 

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/subject_building_-_murdoch_university_.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Subject Building - Murdoch University. Credit: Melville City"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="363" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/subject_building_-_murdoch_university_.png?itok=noa2lZmp" title="Subject Building - Murdoch University. Credit: Melville City" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Subject Building - Murdoch University. Credit: <a href="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/CityOfMelville/media/melville-talks/documents/Murdoch-University-Development-Application-Planning-report.pdf">Melville City</a></figcaption></figure>The existing modernist architecture <a href="https://edsc.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-research/student-life/oculus/2016/ronald-jack-gus-ferguson-a-concrete-regionalism">designed by Gus Ferguson</a> consists of five campus buildings which will be demolished to free up the site for new development. 

The proposed design aims to develop a building identity that enhances the campus's low rise and landscaped environment. 

The four-story building will provide 15,000 square metres of learning space, informal study areas and academic workspaces to facilitate the university's anticipated increase student load. 

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/photo_-_lyons_.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Lyons. Credit: Lyons Architecture"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="821" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/photo_-_lyons_.png?itok=8FMs6a6C" title="Lyons. Credit: Lyons Architecture" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Lyons. Credit: <a href="http://www.lyonsarch.com.au/">Lyons Architecture</a></figcaption></figure>The building will also house the university's School of Business and Governance, as well as accommodate the latest contemporary teaching and learning spaces that are equivalent to the industry-leading standards and student expectations. 

Murdoch University also announced a design competition for its new environmental education centre in early January 2020. 

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/promenade_banksia_court_-_murdoch_university_.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Promenade &amp; Banksia Court. Credit: Melville City"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="327" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/promenade_banksia_court_-_murdoch_university_.png?itok=ERo9c_oU" title="Promenade &amp; Banksia Court. Credit: Melville City" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Promenade &amp; Banksia Court. Credit: <a href="https://www.melvillecity.com.au/CityOfMelville/media/melville-talks/documents/Murdoch-University-Development-Application-Planning-report.pdf">Melville City</a></figcaption></figure>In early January 2020, Murdoch University announced that they were seeking expressions of interest for a design competition which would see a new environmental education centre take shape at its campus in Perth's south.

The centre will be built in memory of Harry Butler, the Australian environmental consultant and lecturer of biology and natural science, and will also receive $25 million in federal funding. 

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/harry_butler_with_five_million_year_old_mammal_fossils_in_the_cliff_face_on_barrow_island_.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Harry Butler with five million-year-old mammal fossils in the cliff face on Barrow Island. Credit: The West Australian"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="327" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/harry_butler_with_five_million_year_old_mammal_fossils_in_the_cliff_face_on_barrow_island_.png?itok=d87VcHYZ" title="Harry Butler with five million-year-old mammal fossils in the cliff face on Barrow Island. Credit: The West Australian" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Harry Butler with five million-year-old mammal fossils in the cliff face on Barrow Island. Credit: <a href="https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/butler-opened-eyes-to-outback-ng-ya-133933">The West Australian</a></figcaption></figure>To be known as 'The Harry Butler Environmental Education Centre', Murdoch University proposes the building will unite design excellence, sustainability and innovative technological outcomes, as well as the 50,000-year historical, social and cultural importance of the area.

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“We support high-quality research in the co-existence of business (human endeavour) and biodiversity and are shaping the next generation of leaders in conservation and environmental management. Our research programs ensure the continuation of Harry Butler’s outstanding environmental outcomes, based on excellence in both scientific research and industry practice.” 
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Murdoch University

Entries into the competition are open to multidisciplinary teams that are led by an Australian architect. However, they must contain at least one architect registered in Western Australia.

The expressions of interest for the design competition can be lodged <a href="https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2a8ca79f69744af0a42d74fc9adbaf4e">here</a>. 

The winning design will be announced by mid-2020. 

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/indicative_scheme_for_the_harry_butler_environmental_education_centre_at_murdoch_university.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Indicative scheme for the Harry Butler Environmental Education Centre at Murdoch University. Credit: Murdoch University"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="321" src="/s3/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/indicative_scheme_for_the_harry_butler_environmental_education_centre_at_murdoch_university.png?itok=exdEt-TA" title="Indicative scheme for the Harry Butler Environmental Education Centre at Murdoch University. Credit: Murdoch University" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Indicative scheme for the Harry Butler Environmental Education Centre at Murdoch University. Credit: <a href="https://www.murdoch.edu.au/research/institutes-centres/harry-butler-institute">Murdoch University</a> </figcaption></figure>You can also read about more university developments in <a href="/news/victoria-university-announces-innovative-new-vocational-training-facility-targeting-melbourne-s-skill-shortages">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/news/mab-attracts-medical-professionals-to-its-university-hill-development">Epping</a> and <a href="/news/university-of-sydneys-highly-anticipated-social-sciences-building-by-architectus-opens-today">Sydney</a> and many others on the <a href="/news">Urban News</a>.
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Olivia Round

Three Australian universities with the most future-focused building designs

Environmental stewardship deserves commendation as advocates push eco-accreditation 

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Dangrove, the Alexandria warehouse designed by architect Alec Tzannes, has won the Harry Seidler Award for Commercial Architecture at the National Architecture Awards.
It was designed specifically for art collector Judith Neilson's collection, one of the largest Chinese private art collections in Australia.
The state of the art facility with 10,000 square metres of space has the functionality and flexibility to not only store and display artwork, but also host private events.
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At the centre of Dangrove is the Great Hall. 
The grand room, around 90 metres long and 18 metres wide, is used for art to be temporarily displayed, evaluated and curated.
"The plan is formed by regular bays across the length and in cross section by a ceiling that steps in height from 6m to 28 metres at each bay," Tzannes describes the space.
"A soft even light floods this space through a double skin of UV reducing polycarbonate material above a wall datum of polished concrete.
"Sculptural concrete skylights terminate the Great Hall at each end to heighten the sensory experience of natural light within."
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Dangrove is designed with a minimum 100 year life, delivering low net energy use and a low carbon footprint.
The upper level of the two storey facility is split in to two parts, with an adjoining sculpture garden.
The first art evaluation space is the long room which runs along the street with a scalloped concrete ceiling. 
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Tzannes-designed Dangrove wins Harry Seidler Award

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The Longhouse in Daylesford, north of Melbourne, has taken out the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture at the National Architecture Awards.
The 110 metre long functional farm and residence in country Victoria was honoured at the gala ceremony in Brisbane earlier in the week.
Timothy Hill was the design architect, who worked in collaboration with Jonathan Chamberlain, a Graduate of Architecture, Domenic Mesiti, Michael Hogg and Andrew D'Occhio.
"Daylesford Longhouse is utterly extraordinary, challenging in its questioning, enchanted in its outcome," the panel noted.
One of the Longhouse's most striking features is its roof, around 12 metres by 130 metres, that marks out a linear territory that, combined with walls of sheet metal, translucent polycarbonate and agricultural mesh, preserve the interior.
Inside is a verdant garden with a climatic zone.
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The translucent skin, punctuated only by carefully curated picture windows, protects the garden from predators and exposure.
Akin to a long shed or conservatory, the structure includes an operational barn at one end and an intimate residence at the other.
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Internally, aedicules, arbours and eyries accommodate the domestic functions of kitchen, dining, sleeping and bathing.
"The sense of living within the garden is profoundly delivered," the panel said.
"These spatial “follies” reference other times and places, and form the settings for continuously unfolding theatre."
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"Partners Hill has scaled up this design to the rural landscape to avoid being diminished by it.
"The site is a microcosm of the broader setting; “wild” grass mounds that reflect the mounded landforms in the distance are used to signify the building entry and the cultivated production garden extends into the house."  
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Daylesford's Longhouse wins Robin Boyd Award

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Hazelwood House in Mittagong has been listed for sale by architects Allan Stevens and Naomi Fry, founding partners of Esquisse Design Studio.
Over their decade ownership they've reinterpreted Hazelwood House, built in the 1940s with influences from Cape Cod architecture.
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The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-mittagong-131991038" target="_blank">two storey home</a> is made out of local granite.
Under the timber shingles and slate roof is four bedrooms, five bathrooms an a grand living room with open sandstone fireplace.
The stone outbuilding which was a garage and workshop is now a self-contained pool house with a loft-suite, state of the art gym with limestone bathroom, double steam room, hydro-therapy shower and Technogym Kinesis machine.
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It adjoins the heated stone-lined swimming pool, eight person spa and tennis court with stone gazebo in the 1.75 hectare landscaped grounds.
Separated from Hazelwood House is Baynton Cottage, a two storey sandstone cottage with two bedrooms and a self-contained third bedroom.
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A stone stairway leads to the expansive lower garden that features a heated plunge pool, parterre rose garden, greenhouse and boules court.
It is currently run as short-term accomodation earning around $100,000 per annum.
Drew Lindsay Bowral agent Sam Lindsay is asking for $6.5 million. Stevens and Fry paid $1.8 million in 2009.
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Hazelwood House in Mittagong listed by architects Allan Stevens and Naomi Fry

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Australia has come a long way in terms of planning and development, but times are changing fast. 
With <a href="/architects">architects</a> recognising the impact on climate change and urban sprawl more so than our government, we are seeing projects that challenge the status quo and influence social change through thoughtful design. 
Design can be used to address social equity and diversity in urban environments by providing affordable housing, green space, sustainable living, appropriate density and a green lean towards public transport and cycling facilities. 

Collaborating with other architects and the community to leverage projects that deliver a deep and sustained social benefit is at the forefront of this movement.  
This allows architects to call out social and environmental inequality by simply providing alternative living and civic spaces with the idea of working with communities instead of working for them. 
With erosion threatening beachfront properties along the coast of Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, and the threat of rising sea levels impacting where almost 40% of all Australians livelihood, smart design and planning is most important to influencing and adapting the way we live to retain our lifestyles. 

There are a few projects that unknowingly push the boundaries in opening up discussions between communities on sustainable living and the impact of urban sprawl such as <a href="/architects/breathe-architecture">Breathe Architecture’s </a>Nightingale proposal for Ballarat.

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<figcaption>Rendering of the Nightingale Ballarat project by <a href="/architects/breathe-architecture">Breathe Architecture</a></figcaption></figure> 
The architectural form of the project is driven to respond to its surrounding heritage brick industrial buildings along Davey Street and the city centre of Ballarat.  
Breathe’s design strategy is to provide more with less, with untreated, tactile and durable materials recycled where possible.

The landscaped courtyard and gardens offer the ability for deep root planting, which encourages residents to grow and sustain vegetables and plants. The facade is also immersed in native plants giving a deep sense of community pride. Through careful material usage and recycled content where possible, Nightingale Ballarat is to be a carbon zero emissions building. Recycled water, renewable energy sources and high quality waste management attribute to the future residents low cost living.

“Nightingale Ballarat has been designed to make sustainable living simple. Common elements like the roof garden and deck, laundry and clotheslines, bicycle parking and shared building services offer a collectively better outcome. By providing meaningful social and utility-based spaces, we look to encourage interaction and activity with friends and neighbours.” - <a href="/developers/nightingale-housing">Nightingale Ballarat </a>Resident Package.

Open walkways with vertical greenery connect the apartment levels, creating spaces for residents to stop and converse. All apartments have an east or west facing living areas with a private balcony providing planter boxes to allow greenery to grow along the facade as well as natural ventilation and daylight adding additional amenity for the residents.

The development has opened up a major discussion for Ballarat residents about the negative impact of urban sprawl, with the population set to grow by 40,000 people in the next two decades. Nightingale offers the first socially beneficial solution that the residents of Ballarat recognise more as a typical Melbourne development and thus are not yet accustomed to within their own city. 
Victoria’s satellite cities are growing at a fast rate as well as Melbourne’s outer suburbs and in Ballarat alone, there are undeveloped, empty lots within the existing city structure that could be developed respectfully to accommodate for this population growth. 
 

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<figcaption>Rendering of the Ivanhoe Housing Estate in Macquarie Park, Sydney</figcaption></figure> 
A project unfolding in the Sydney suburb of <a href="/new-apartments/macquarie-park-nsw-2113">Macquarie Park</a> is the Ivanhoe public-private housing estate. 
The development is an integrated social housing precinct that offers community facilities, a school, retail, green space and ‘tenure blindness’ for residential properties. 
This is a social leap into disbanding the stigma between private, social housing and rental properties as tenure blindness offers a connectivity of all diversities and demographics.

The existing <a href="https://ivanhoeestate.com.au/">Ivanhoe Housing Estate</a> is set to be demolished to provide an updated private-public mixed community precinct to which benefits social and environmental strains. 
The architecture practices involved with the project are <a href="/architects/bates-smart">Bates Smart</a>, which produced the masterplan, <a href="/architects/candalepas-associates">Candalepas Associates</a>, <a href="/architects/turner-studio">Turner</a>, <a href="/architects/cox-architecture">Cox Architecture</a> delivering residential and community facilities and <a href="/architects/hassell-studio">Hassell</a> whom are responsible for the project’s urban design and landscape architecture. 

The development will include 3000 apartment units replacing the 259 current social housing units on site with a private vertical high school for 1000 students, a 120-bed residential aged care, two childcare centres, a supermarket, cafe’s, specialty retail shops, a multi-functional centre with a hall, gymnasium, pool and outdoor play areas and exercise stations. 
Local infrastructure will be improved for easy accessibility and connectivity and sustainable measures such as solar panels, green roofs, water capture and reuse as well as incorporating car-share facilities and a bicycle space for each dwelling keeps the precinct at a six Star Energy Rating.

The Ivanhoe Housing Estate opens Australian’s eyes to how we perceive each other and help to break down social barriers of classism and elitism that we may hold against each other. 
As communities integrate and Australia becomes one of the most multicultural countries globally, we must progress in our thinking and feelings towards each other to which density can provide that close kinship. 
The proposal has been massively influenced by community engagement and have opened up to existing residents and locals to participate in the discussion. Having social or privately owned apartments not perceivable by the public domain encourages social equality and a deconstruction of stigmatic and biased views once shared between community.

 
The architecture and urban planning industry can progress forward and benefit from a sense of personal accountability and understanding on the issues that face us in Australia. 
The outcome of these projects can no longer be just a building, but a living entity that impacts social life, so instead of thinking about providing shelter, we need to think about providing a higher quality of life.

 

 

 

 
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Nick Dante

Architecture as a tool for social change

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Architect Harold Desbrowe-Annear was the pioneer of the medieval movement in Australian home design, especially in Melbourne's north-east.
Born into a Bendigo mining family in the 1860s, raised in Richmond, and matriculating from Hawthorn Grammar, Annear was articled in the office of architect William Salway. The office was designing trophy homes - Raheen for Edward Latham in Kew, Moondah for James Grice at Mt Eliza and Millswyn Court for James Gatehouse in South Yarra.
Desbrowe-Annear, who was following the English Arts and Crafts movement closely, was responsible for much of the medieval-inspired work in Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Greensborough and Alphington. His Macgeorge house at the confluence of the Yarra River and Darebin Creek is still seen as a stunner.
In the early 1900s, the then Ascot Vale-based Desbrowe-Annear and his wife Florence went to live at Eaglemont, near Heidelberg, where his father-in-law, James Chadwick, had bought three building blocks high on Mount Eagle for £170.
The couple built a home for themselves that differed from the other two as it initially had a corrugated iron roof, painted red to replicate expensive Marseilles-pattern metal tiles. The tiles were added at a later date.
The father-in-law's neighbouring residence, which became known as Chadwick House, has recently had a suitable offer after having a price revision to $3 million. Miles Real Estate Ivanhoe agents Stewart Oldmeadow and Elisse Farquhar initially gave a $3.15 million to $3.35 million guide.
A medieval-inspired Arts and Crafts-style home, it has half-timbered roughcast walls, a hipped and gabled Marseilles-patterned tile roof, arcaded chimney stacks and cantilevered gables.
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The house, which was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 1996, sits in 1460 square metres of established gardens on The Eyrie. Its views were captured by artists of the Heidelberg School, including Arthur Street and Walter Withers, who mixed socially with the Desbrowe-Annears.
The home was first sold in 1922. It last traded in 1988 for $715,000 when sold by university professor Robert Reid to the architect Peter Crone and his wife Jane, who undertook an award-winning restoration. The property has been returned to its original condition, winning Crone the national award for heritage from the Australian Institute of Architects in 2008.
Crone first became aware of DesbroweAnnear in the 1960s, when he was a student of architecture at RMIT on a class visit to Eaglemont to view homes designed by Desbrowe-Annear and Walter Burley Griffin. The class text, Robin Boyd's Australia's Home (1952), referred to Annear's inventive approach. "Every new commission for a house was an invitation to experiment with a new device for a window or a cupboard or a detail of construction," Boyd wrote.
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In 1902, Desbrowe-Annear gave a lecture at his local library in which he quoted the emerging designer William Morris's 1880 lecture The Beauty of Life: "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."
Embracing open planning, Chadwick House is a four-bedroom, two-level home with a stately dining room, a library and a living area with adjoining sitting room, opening to a veranda with views. Inside it has extensive timber panelling, with Charles Voysey-style built-in furniture and storage space.
Guided by notions of ventilation, aspect, sunshine and views, along with a healthy atmosphere, the home comes without the then very dominant long passageway.
Its swagged and ogee-arch slatted balcony balustrading was borrowed from northern European 14th and 15th century domestic styles.
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These are exemplified in the white roughcast and black-stained timbering - an early example of medieval revival style unique to Heidelberg.
Harriet Edquist's Harold Desbrowe-Annear 1865-1933: A Life in Architecture suggests the architect was an iconoclast and maverick, having been trained in the academic classicism of the 1880s. She describes the three Eaglemont homes as representing a "remarkable episode in Australian domestic architecture".
By 1914, Desbrowe-Annear was living in South Yarra, with his upmarket clients commissioning Glynt at Mt Martha for the Henty family, descendants of Victoria's first European settlers. It bears a similarity to another of his designs, Delgany at Portsea.
After his death in 1933, Edquist notes, Desbrowe-Annear's work was soon eclipsed by the modern movement, which was not interested in history or acknowledging its debt to pioneers.
This article was first published in The Weekend Australian.
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Harold Desbrowe-Annear's Chadwick House, Eaglemont sold

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Architect Harold Desbrowe-Annear was the pioneer of the medieval movement in Australian home design, especially in Melbourne's north-east.
Born into a Bendigo mining family in the 1860s, raised on Westbank Terrace, Richmond and matriculating from Hawthorn Grammar, Anneal was articled in the office of the architect William Salway.
Salway's office was designing trophy homes, Raheen for Edward Latham in Kew, Moondah for James Grice at Mount Eliza and Millswyn Court for James Gatehouse in South Yarra.
Desbrowe-Annear was especially following the English Arts and Crafts movement closely.
He became responsible for much of the medieval inspired work in Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Greensborough and Alphington.
His Macgeorge house at the confluence of the Yarra River and Darebin Creeks is still viewed as a stunner.
In the early 1900s the then Ascot Vale-based Desbrowe-Annear and his wife Florence headed to live at Eaglemont near Heidelberg.
His father-in-law James Chadwick had paid £170 for three building blocks high on Mount Eagle.
The couple built a home for themselves. Their home differed to the other two as it initially had a corrugated iron roof, painted red to replicate the expensive Marseilles-pattern metal tiles. The tiles were added at a later date.
The neighbouring father-in-law's home, that became known as Chadwick House, has been recently listed for sale at $3 million.
It is a medieval-inspired Arts and Crafts style home with half-timbered roughcast walls, a hipped and gabled Marseilles-patterned tile roof, arcaded chimney stacks and cantilevered gables. 
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-eaglemont-130693858" target="_blank">Chadwick House</a> sits in 1,460 square metres of established gardens on The Eyrie with views capture by the Heidelberg School artists including Arthur Street and Walter Withers who had mixed socially with the Desbrowe-Annears.
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The home was first sold in 1922. It last traded in 1988 at $715,000 when sold by university professor Robert Reid to the architect Peter Crone and wife Jane, who undertook an award-winning restoration.
The home has been returned to its original condition, winning the national award for heritage from the Australian Institute of Architects in 2008 for Crone, who first became aware of Desbrowe-Annear in the 1960s. 
He was a student of architecture at RMIT on a class visit to Eaglemont to walk around the homes designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Desbrowe-Annear.
The class text, Robin Boyd’s Australia’s Home, published in 1952, referred to Annear’s inventive approach.
"Every new commission for a house was an invitation to experiment with a new device for a window or a cupboard or a detail of construction,” Boyd noted.
In 1902 Desbrowe-Annear gave a lecture at his local library where he quoted the emerging influential designer William Morris's 1880 lecture, The Beauty of Life.
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
Embracing open planning, Chadwick House (pictured throughout), added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 1996, is a four bedroom, two level home with a stately dining room, a library and a living area with adjoining sitting room, opening to a verandah with views. 
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Internally the house has extensive timber panelling with Charles Voysey-style built-in furniture and storage space.
Guided by the notions of ventilation, aspect, sunshine, views, along with a healthy atmosphere, the home comes without the then very dominant, long passageway technique.
The swagged and ogee-arch slatted balcony balustrading have been borrowed from northern European 14th and 15th century domestic styles.
<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/c_scale,w_580,q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/po.images/2019/6/28/eaglemount%204.jpg" alt="">
These are exemplified in the white rough cast and black stained timbering both internally and externally, an early example of medieval revival style unique to Heidelberg.
Miles Real Estate Ivanhoe agents Stewart Oldmeadow and Elisse Farquhar, who initially gave a guide of $3.15 million to $3.35 million, have had an offer that seems likely to result in a sale.
Harriet Edquist's biography, Harold Desbrowe-Annear 1865-1933 : a life in architecture suggests he was an iconoclast and maverick, having been trained in the academic classicism of the 1880s.
She described the three Eaglemont homes as a "remarkable episode in Australian domestic architecture".
By 1914 Desbrowe-Annear was living in South Yarra with his upmarket clients commissioning Glynt at Mount Martha for the Henty family, descendants of Victoria's first European settlers. It bears a similarity to another of his designs, Delgany at Portsea.
After his 1933 death, Edquist noted his work was soon to be eclipsed by the modern movement, which was not interested in history or acknowledging its debt to pioneers.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian. 
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How architect Harold Desbrowe-Annear left his medieval touch on Melbourne's north-east 

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Technē Architecture + Interior Design has been appointed to undertake its first commercial tower project.
The project, situated at 484 Swan Street, Richmond, is a 13 level office building in Melbourne.
Directly connected to Burnley Station, the building will feature a total net lettable area of over 17,000 square metres as well as bookable co-working spaces.
The project is being developed by Riverlee in partnership with Bamfa Properties.
Along with the exterior architecture, Technē will design the interiors of each of the 13 levels as 'fully flexible, clear span, open-plan spaces allowing fully customisable workspace design'.
Technē is behind other Richmond designs such as the Bridge Hotel, Veneziano Coffee Roasters and Botherambo.
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