City apartment nears completion

Completely stripped back to the bare shell, this penthouse apartment renovation received the full complement of N & J Joinery bespoke joinery and a whole raft of JSB & Iguzzini lights. Come back soon to see the full photo gallery once the project is complete

high street bowral in full bloom

We have recently made some small additions to our High Street Bowral project.  These include a range of landscape installations designed with Melissa Wilson landscape architects as well as new signage, awnings and a modular pop up shop system.  The instant colour in the planters and brass bowls adds a further layer of detail to the existing street and piazza spaces.  We hope to have this project re photographed this year as the project has matured into a densely populated, well used street.

Brickwork, pool and outdoor room

Stage 1 of the Rosebery House is nearing completion. This project has been an enjoyable journey. The clients engaged with the detail and believed in the concept despite some resistance from the trades.   Stage 1 includes a pool and outdoor room. Stage 2 will be a transformation of the existing residence with some interesting materials and details.

Bricks are La Paloma Miro from Austral Brick and the paving is Cobb & Co from Eco Outdoors.  The spouts are custom metal fabricated by Wett Solutions.

WASTE NOT FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION NOW OPEN

Design Collab is hosting a furniture design competition. They are inviting designers to participate in a furniture design competition that makes use of materials which otherwise would be wasted.  Full details can be found at wastenot.design.  Entries close 28 July 2015. A separate student prize is offered to encourage the next generation of designers to engage with the idea of producing useful objects from otherwise wasted materials.

NICCO JOINERY SHOWROOM OPENS

We had the great pleasure of being asked to design the new Northern Beaches showroom for Nicco Joinery.  The main challenge was to fit a wide range of their beautiful timber windows and doors into a relatively small space.

The photos by Ela Glogowska [our multi-talented staff member] are located in our Public & Commercial gallery

KILLARA HOUSE No.3 PHOTOS READY TO VIEW

We have managed to finalise the always difficult task of shortlisting the photos that will make it onto the website.

Click here to view the gallery. Come into the studio if you would like to see the remaining photos that did not make it onto our site as they are great as well.

Thanks again to Tom Fergurson for the great shots

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the team at STUDIO [R] The studio will be closed from the 19th December to 12th January.

KILLARA HOUSE No.3 IS COMPLETE!

Our latest residential project is now complete.  Killara House No.3 explores two key ideas.  The first is an attempt interlock the old and new fabric rather then make a distinct separation.  The second key idea is a focus on carving out an interior space from a simple external form with an emphasis on bringing light deep into the centre of the plan. We will update our residential gallery soon with a set of beautiful photos by Tom Ferguson. Note the lack of a column at the internal corner.  This was the clients major brief requirements.  Thanks to Cosmo Farinola from Cardno for the exceptional structural design.  Also a big thanks to Mark Szczerbicki for seeing the project through to completion.

NEAT COMPETITION SHORTLIST

In collaboration with Studio Zanardo, Studio R were selected for the shortlist of the NEAT housing competition in Canberra. A total of 61 entries were submitted from around Australia showcasing ideas for innovation in the affordable housing sector. Our approach hinged on the creation of well defined public spaces and the design of a diversity of housing types suited specifically to the size, shape and orientation of new subdivisions. The flexibility of the strategy allows it to be applied to any site in Canberra, enabling the design of efficient new housing types capable of achieving excellent amenity whilst promoting a responsible and sustainable increase in density. 

AoS Talk a sell out

The third and final talk in the Architecture on Show talk curated with Michael Zanardo filled the Herb Greedy Hall. The great speakers (pictured) made it an informative and provactive night. They each presented a postcard idea (or two) for small public domain projects in the Marrickville LGA.  A big thanks to Katy Svalbe, Sonia Van De Haar, Sam Crawford and Hugo Moline.