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Why do you need architects to build better cities?

Both designing and building require in-depth expertise and experience. The best architects design in rajarhat serves as examples of architects' abilities.

It is incumbent upon you as an architect, urban planner, designer, or producer of AEC building materials to protect the environment. Particularly as building architects in Newtown, you should think about how every choice you make affects the environment, both physically and socially.

Improved familiarity with building materials

Prior knowledge about materials

It's critical for architects to be open about the materials they've selected for construction, just as how someone might want to know the components of a recipe. Fortunately, by using CAD details, you may not only understand what the building materials are made of from the manufacturers listed on our website, but you can also get more information about the products if you need to satisfy particular needs.

Being aware of energy and carbon usage

The goal of LEED certifications is to lower carbon emissions and improve the environmental friendliness of construction projects. Although there are strict requirements to meet in order to earn a LEED certification, about 111,000 projects have succeeded in doing so.

Understanding sustainable building and health

Our living, working, and recreational environments have an impact on both our physical and emotional health. For this reason, architects and urban planners have thought about how to create structures and communities that are centred on holistic wellness. We looked at how city planning affects mental health and how it can assist solve problems last year.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion

No matter what industry you are in, you should always use an inclusive decision-making process that takes other people's comfort levels into account. The key lesson from inclusion is that before catering to one audience, you must take into account each design element. It's the only risk-free technique to make sure that your design isn't alienating any particular groups.

Creating resilient structures

The numerous natural and man-made calamities that have occurred over the past ten years have put the designs of buildings to the test and highlighted the need for new design strategies. When we reflect on the hurricanes that wreaked havoc this year, we can see how they served as a warning about the importance of strengthening resilience.

Final Words

Better city planning is not expected to happen immediately. Urban planners, architects, and designers are all aware that progress and adaptation to make our world a better place will require ongoing work.

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Killingworth Township, also called Killingworth Towers, was part of an ambitious plan for a semi-independent "Newtown" project north of Newcastle. It originally incorporated a very ambitious and large central complex of office, commercial and residential facilities, including tower blocks, as well as a lofty idea for a shuttle monorail (it was, after all, the 1960's). The principal designer was the architect Roy Gazzard, who had previously worked on town planning projects in then Colonial Uganda. The built estate compromised an initial area of the central zone, let as contract B19. The second phase was drawn out and ready when, just as the first was completed, the project was cancelled.

It compromised 27 blocks between 6 and 10 storeys on a sloping site, built by the primarily Scottish contractor Crudens, using the Swedish panel system "Skarne", popularised after its use at the development of Orminge, Värmdö, east of Stockholm, starting in 1961. A rough, brutalist finish was chosen, to evoke a sense of stone and fortress, a "modern castle town", it was called--the individual buildings were referred to as "towers", in the sense of fortress towers. The plan encompassed 1,528 dwellings; in the end, only half, 740, were actually built, and the opposite site that left vacant until developed with conventional sprawl much later.

The estate was initially fairly well received, even media not being too harsh on it (!), but during 1973, Newcastle council -- much as Manchester later would do -- prohibited families from dwelling in council flats that were not at ground level. The vast majority of Killingworth compromised 5 apartment maisonettes, and the dwellings were thus left for singles and childless couples who-unsurprisingly-found them too expensive. The result was a predicable high level of vacancy, and a rapid decline in its status. The shopping centre was never fully developed and local service provision was lackluster, further compounding the issues. Although structurally sound and with little physical problems, the cost of maintaining so many vacant flats made the council take the decision to demolish the estate in 1987. It was quickly razed.

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Sydney Houses: NSW Properties, Residences

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New South Wales Properties – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

17 Jul 2021 Stealth House, Hunters Hill

22 Jun 2021 Kingsford House

22 Apr 2021 Coast House Design: Luke Moloney Architecture photograph © Tom Ferguson Coast House A single-storey cottage overlooking the ocean received a new first floor to take advantage of spectacular coastal views. An economical design tailors simple materials to make a comfortable home for a busy couple with young children.

16 Feb 2021 McLeod House Design: Ian Moore Architects photograph © Daniel Mayne McLeod House The four-bedroom McLeod House is located on a ridge above Sydney’s Middle Harbour, with significant district views as well as a distant view to Chatswood in the west. Officially it is alterations and additions to a 1970’s house, as 30% of the original house had to be retained to allow the house to retain it’s floor area, height and location on the site, all of which exceeded new planning controls for the area.

8 Feb 2021 Dodds House Design: Ian Moore Architects photograph © Daniel Mayne Dodds House This restoration of a one-bedroom house designed by Ian Moore in 1998 and completed in 2001, which had been unsympathetically altered by a previous owner.

17 Feb 2021 Hastings van Nunen House

3 Dec 2020 Escu House

23 Nov 2020 Chimney House

16 Nov 2020 Mosman White House

5 Nov 2020 House Anand

19 Oct 2020 Eagle’s Nest, Collaroy Plateau, New South Wales Architects: Ian Bennett Design Studio photo : Clinton Weaver Eagle’s Nest, Collaroy Plateau Perched high on a prominent escarpment in the highest level of bushfire attack; Flame Zone, Eagle’s Nest aspires to balance and curate the experience of outlook and expansiveness of site, with privacy and seclusion. The restrained material palette heightens this experience of site, landscape and built form along with the changing dynamic of light and shade.

20 Sep 2020 Pindimar Lake House, NSW

4 Sep 2020 Next Generation House in Pittwater, NSW

28 Aug 2020 Oye Mi Canto House, Carriageworks cultural precinct, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Design: CplusC Architectural Workshop photo : Murray Fredericks Oye Mi Canto House An alterations and additions project on a terrace-house located in the leafy suburban streets of Sydney’s Newtown, nestled into a narrow site backing onto the Carriageworks cultural precinct.

14 July 2020 A+C Residence in Seaforth

29 June 2020 The Waterfront Retreat, Newport, New South Wales, Australia Architecture: Koichi Takada Architects photo : Tom Ferguson Photography The Waterfront Retreat Newport, NSW The Waterfront Retreat is the epitome of an Australian dream home, adorned with a private beach, garden and open-plan living. Responding the clients’ brief – a house offering sanctuary and entertainment, the Waterfront Retreat is designed to allow nature to lead, offering maximum seclusion and connection to its surrounds and outlook.

23 June 2020 Hart House, Great Mackerel Beach, New South Wales Design: Casey Brown Architecture photo : Rhys Holland House on Great Mackerel Beach, NSW This new property is located on the idyllic shoreline of Great Mackerel Beach, and was conceived as a contemporary interpretation of the quintessential one-room Australian beach shack. The form was derived from a wrapped ‘box’ open to one side.

17 June 2020 Blackwood Residence, Clovelly, eastern Sydney Architects: McGregor Westlake Architecture photo : Brett Boardman Blackwood Residence in Clovelly This NSW residence is a recently finished alteration and addition to a house in Boundary Street, Clovelly.

8 June 2020 St Peters House II Architects: Kreis Grennan Architecture photo : Douglas Frost St Peters House II in Suburbian West Sydney The St Peters House II is built at the rear of a narrow lot in the Sydney suburb of St Peters. The client’s backyard provided a new site for his freestanding home. The original dwelling remained, creating additional accommodation and a sensible approach to increased urban residential density.

19 May 2020 YrdPods Architects: Kreis Grennan Architecture photo : Douglas Frost YrdPod Garden House YrdPods are a type of tiny homes that makes architecture accessible for everyone. They are not the type of tiny houses on wheels, but a permanent structure located in backyards.

19 May 2020 New House in Clovelly Architects: Modscape photo : John Madden New House in Clovelly, Sydney

9 Mar 2020 Infinity House, Curl Curl Architect: CplusC Architectural Workshop photographers : Murray Fredericks and Simon Whitbread Infinity House in Curl Curl This new NSW property is an exercise in material, time, and cost efficiency. A specific project brief included two bedrooms with built-in robes, bathroom/laundry, an open plan dining, kitchen, living space, and a deck.

5 Mar 2020 Tennyson Point House Architects: CplusC Architectural Workshop photograph : Murray Fredericks Tennyson Point House Working within the bones of a solid, well-constructed water front home built in the 1960s on Parramatta River, the adaptive reuse of this multi-level dwelling involved various changes. All the internal workings of the existing structure were removed, the central circulation core was re-invigorated, light and cross ventilation was developed, and the waterfront outlook reinforced.

2 Mar 2020 Porter St Ryde Apartments, Shepherds Bay, Meadowbank Precinct, Ryde, New South Wales Architects: Glyde_Bautovich photograph : Atelier Illume Porter St Ryde Apartments in Sydney, NSW Planning approval obtained for this new residential project within City of Ryde’s Shepherds Bay, Meadowbank Precinct.

4 Feb 2020 Townhouses on Tamarama, Upper North Shore, NSW Architects: David Mitchell Architects and Chapman Architecture photograph : Michael Nicholson Tamarama Townhouses NSW, Upper North Shore Three luxury properties on Tamarama’s waterfront have been designed to cut into the slope of the site’s natural landform allowing the building to open generously to the view as it simultaneously bunkers down to the landform.

29 Jan 2020 The Balcony House in Newtown

29 Jan 2020 Copper Top House in Mosman

17 Jan 2020 Iron Maiden House in Longueville, New South Wales

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Sydney Houses in 2019

5 Dec 2019 Balmoral House in Mosman

17 Nov 2019 Beachside Sanctuary House in Mona Vale

9 Jul 2019 Fundamental House in Annangrove

30 May 2019 Clovelly house, eastern suburbs of Sydney Architects: Rolf Ockert Design photograph from architects Clovelly house Having seen some of our earlier work the owners of this extraordinary oceanfront site invited us to submit ideas about what a new house there could look like.

14 Apr 2019 Taylors Bay House in Mosman, NSWW

4 Apr 2019 Avoca Beach Beach House, Avoca Beach, Central Coast, NSW Architects: Architecture Saville Isaacs photograph : Kata Bayer Beach House in NSW The core idea of people living and engaging with place is an underlying principle of this architecture practice, given expression in the manner in which this home engages with the exterior, not in a general expansive nod to view, but in a varied and intimate manner.

2 Apr 2019 Twin Houses Architects: Architecture Saville Isaacs photograph : Kata Bayer Twin Houses in Sydney Responding to the irregular site boundary and contextual differences, the houses take on different yet complementary forms. No.2 presents a street façade of sensually curved brick mass with window penetrations.

27 Mar 2019 Garden House Architects: James Design Studio photograph : Simon Whitbread Garden House in New South Wales A new home in the upper north shore using vernacular forms and gables defined by differing materials with a link in the middle giving a glimpse of what lies beyond while providing a framework for privacy.

3 Mar 2019 Wentworth House, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia Architects: MHN. Design Union photo : Brett Boardman Wentworth House in Vaucluse, NSW Wentworth House is located on the southern ridges of Sydney Harbour at the crest of a gully which feeds into Vaucluse Bay.

13 Feb 2019 International Lodge Apartment Design: Ian Moore Architects photo : Iain D. Mackenzie International Lodge Apartment, NSW International Lodge is a Harry Seidler designed apartment building in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, completed in 1962. The building was designed as compact 40 square metre 1 bedroom and 29 square metre studio apartments.

2 Feb 2019 Tamarama House, Upper North Shore Architects: Modscape photo courtesy of architects Tamarama House in NSW Located just a few minutes’ walk from the beach, this elegant home in Tamarama, NSW is beautifully detailed to create a sophisticated, functional, light-filled family home.

31 Jan 2019 Earth Wind and Fire – The Village House, Upper North Shore Architects: Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd photo © Justin Alexander New House in Upper North Shore Earth is one of the oldest construction materials known to man; it can be fired, as with bricks and tiles, or used in its raw state as with adobe or rammed earth.

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Sydney Houses in 2018

1 Nov 2018 Sunrise House, South Coast, NSW Architects: MCK Architecture & Interiors photograph : Michael Nicholson Photography South Coast NSW Home A robust yet finely articulated home arranged as a collection of positive and negative spaces, opens up completely to its immediate landscape, or shuts down as the coastal weather turns.

7 Oct 2018 Hidden Studio, Byron Bay, northeastern New South Wales Design: Harley Graham Architects photo : Andy MacPherson Byron Bay House Nestled into rainforest on a 20acre property in Coopers Shoot Byron Bay, ‘Hidden Studio’ by Harley Graham Architects is a private sanctuary with views over the hinterland and Pacific Ocean beyond.

16 May 2018 North Curl Curl House Architect: Rolf Ockert photo © Luke Butterly North Curl Curl House The clients fulfilled their dream to live by the beach when they bought one half of a new subdivision of a double size block on a quiet street with great views across the road to the lagoon and beach of North Curl Curl.

25 Apr 2018 Escarpment House, Gerringong, Illawarra region, New South Wales, Australia Architects: ATELIER ANDY CARSON photograph : Michael Nicholson New House in Gerringong This modest two bed guest house explores the vernacular farm shed, with a plan that’s charmingly simple yet highly considered in its detail. Located on a quintessentially NSW South Coast dairy farm. The design explores the vernacular steel portal frame typology in a highly refined and detailed way.

23 Apr 2018 Headland House, Gerringong, Illawarra region, New South Wales Design: ATELIER ANDY CARSON photo : Michael Nicholson New House in Gerringong This new home designed by Atelier Andy Carson is a sanctuary from its harsh surrounds, perched on a sprawling coastal site overlooking Werri Beach, New South Wales. Green pastures and paddocks running dairy cows line this 150-acre property on one side, rugged coastal cliffs and ocean on the other.

18 Apr 2018 The Books House, Mosman Design: Luigi Rosselli Architects photo © Justin Alexander New House in Mosman Subtle and thoughtful new property that focuses on the startification of the rock found – and exposed – on the site of the residence. The concrete structure of each floor is oriented differently to suit the views, and also maximise the distances from the neighbours on each side.

10 Apr 2018 Double Bay House Architects: SAOTA photograph : Adam Letch Contemporary House on Sydney Harbour Shore An oversailing timber roof canopy connects the street side to the garden and the beach. It permeates the interior, presenting itself at odd moments, it protects and defines the collection of internal and external spaces composed beneath.

2 Feb 2018 Mt Duneed House, Geelong, Victoria Architects: Lachlan Shepherd Architects photo : Ben Hosking New House in Victoria An honest, low-slung building in a suburb of Geelong, Victoria. the property sits sympathetically with its surroundings. Simply clad with corten steel and recycled timber, the home is positioned on the crest of a gentle hill and surrounded by paddocks with scattered trees.

5 Feb 2018 Glebe House Design: Nobbs Radford Architects photo : Murray Fredericks Glebe House The project is primarily focused on the interconnections of cloistered spaces, created and selected framed openings. The outer concrete elements contrast with the timber elements that further define the various internal zones and functions within the house.

1 Feb 2018 Small Living Spaces Apartment, Surry Hills Design: Catseye Bay photo : Katherine Lu Small Living Spaces Apartment A New South Wales studio apartment structured by colour.

29 Jan 2018 House Pranayama, Bellevue Hill Design: Architect Prineas photo : Ben Hosking Home Pranayama in Bellevue Hill This residential project involved a narrow three-story side addition to a 1920s two storey brick house. The clients desirted space for a study, library and rumpus area that also provided an opportunity for internal connection/lift access from the previously separate garage.

13 Jan 2018 Maybanke House Architects: AJ+C photo © Michael Nicholson Maybanke House Design ingenuity and a dose of respect for its original Gothic Revival bones deliver a blighted 1870s harbourside home in Sydney into the 21st century.

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Tromp describes the Westbury Clinic as a “pure Corobrik building which has now been recognised locally and internationally“.

It is located in the community of Westbury, along the vibrant Empire – Perth Development Corridor in Johannesburg. It offers comprehensive healthcare services, including tuberculosis (TB) treatment, chronic care, antenatal and post-natal care, child healthcare services, HIV care and cancer and prostate screening.

“The biggest challenge for us is creating buildings and spaces that are robust, while promoting health and human dignity. This can be difficult in marginalised communities which are often plagued by social ills and the lack of public space,” she explains.

English bond face brick was chosen not only for its aesthetic appeal but also because it promotes health and well-being and perfectly fitted the overall brief for the project..

The clinic was specifically designed to mitigate and reduce the transmission of airborne diseases (like TB) through various innovative systems whilst also eliminating stigmas attached to being ill which have become synonymous with public healthcare facilities in South Africa.

As Ntsika Architects explained in its brief for the World Architecture Award that one of the legacies of apartheid was that the many marginalized communities in and around South African cities had few public amenities. These landscapes were sparsely dotted with public buildings which were often behind a fence and had no response to place or civic presence.

On a purely practical note, the Westbury Clinic was designed to mitigate and reduce the transmission of airborne disease through various innovative systems, including overall layout, patient and staff flow and natural cross-ventilation.

In response to the limitations of the land, the clinic occupies the smallest possible area and opens up outdoor areas which serve as external waiting rooms.

The spatial layout of the clinic clearly separates functions preventing cross infection. A central reception area is filled with light in a double-volumed space. This waiting room serves the ground floor consultation rooms. A courtyard just off this space provides a welcome relief as a second waiting area on ground floor. The consultation wings are split over two levels. These are connected by a ramp which wraps the corner of the building. A mezzanine area is provided as a waiting area for the first floor consulting rooms. This opens onto a roof terrace which is used as a secondary waiting area.

“Well-planned exterior environments provide a greater sense of privacy and the circulation of cool air through the consultation rooms. The courtyard becomes the green lung of the facility. Planted trees creating shaded seating areas encourages patients to wait outside, where the chance of transmission of airborne disease is greatly reduced,” according to the architects.

The building itself is set back from the street edge, creating a generous public space. The double-storey street façade is designed with minimal high-level openings, creating a backdrop for life unfolding, while creating a safe, unsurveilled space. Landscaping softens the edge, providing shade.

With longevity and future maintenance in mind, the building was designed in face brick. The English bond face brick is reminiscent of the traditional face brick buildings in Joburg CBD and Newtown areas. Its aesthetics speaks to its surrounds, while simultaneously differentiating itself through its height and ‘monolithic’ aesthetic.

“When specifying materials for these specialised, public environments, we need to ensure that the materials are good quality, long-lasting and robust. This is why, for the Westbury Clinic, we specified Corobrik bricks. The Corobrik Montana brick specified was the perfect material in this harsh environment. It is a robust finish which is low maintenance and reminiscent of the old brick buildings of Johannesburg,” Tromp says.

She adds that the brick used was not a typical face brick finish. “Its colour is inconsistent, with some darker parts and some lighter bits. This inconsistent colour leads to very interesting shades on the facade. Depending on the time of day or how the light falls on the building and shadows are created, the building can sometimes look silvery grey and, at other times, appear more deep red. This is very beautiful. The English bond pattern is reminiscent of many of the historic brick buildings in Johannesburg. This relates the building back to the history of the city, whilst boasting state of the art finishes and innovation in other parts of the design.”

Ntsika Architects has used the same details on the Noordgesig Clinic in Soweto.

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Best place for office in DLF IPark Kolkata

DLF IPark, Kolkata is one of the best place in Newtown, which provide office spaces in Kolkata for work also looking at the covid scenarios they fully sanitize the whole office to ensure workplace safety, wellness and sustainability across all offices in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with huge infrastructure it has architected in a very unique way makes people feel the vibe of the complete corporate world. Whole areas of the office place have covered 35 acres of land out of which 9 acres of land are used for landscaping and rest 26 acres are in the open office spaces. They have three levels of security for safety purpose and proper amenities and multilevel car -parkings. Also, they have a proper building overlooks like rainwater harvesting, solar power initiatives, 100% water recycling and waste water management have been implemented to minimize energy dependence and reduction in carbon print provides the best place for office rent in Kolkata for the Business environment.

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jeremystrele · 3 years

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A Teeny Tiny Sydney Terrace Under 70m2!

Architecture

by Amelia Barnes

House in Newtown explores how a small footprint and floor area can create a high level of amenity, and how we can live more sustainably. Photo – Clinton Weaver

Despite the site being just 68 square metres, the design by Architect George still affords outdoor space. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The new timber first floor structure is exposed in the dining room ceiling below, and detailed in a way to provide shelves for books and household belongings. Photo – Clinton Weaver

Cleverly utilising every millimetre of available space, Architect George transformed the existing terrace on site into a two-bedroom, two-bedroom, two-storey home. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The kitchen occupies the space under the stair to maximise the use of available space and reduce unnecessary circulation space. Laminex DesignEdge cabinetry in Oyster Grey. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The clients wanted an architecturally designed home that represented their own personality on a tight budget. Laminex DesignEdge cabinetry in Oyster Grey. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The interiors were also developed in response to the home’s urban environment and the existing structure, resulting in a predominately white, calming palette. Laminex DesignEdge cabinetry in Oyster Grey. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The ground floor footprint is 35 square metres to allow for more outdoor space, with a single storey added above. Laminex DesignEdge cabinetry in Oyster Grey. Photo – Clinton Weaver

Original features such as the fireplace, windows and rendered brickwork were all retained. Artwork above fireplace by Zak Tilley. Laminex DesignEdge cabinetry in Oyster Grey.Photo – Clinton Weaver

The 3.6 metre wide site also has 13 different property boundaries which added to the project’s complexity. Photo – Clinton Weaver

Finely framed apertures of a rear community park add to the home’s sense of space. Artwork by Lucienne Rickard. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The removal of unwanted walls resulted in a dramatic improvement to the site. Photo – Clinton Weaver

Artwork by Lucienne Rickard. Photo – Clinton Weaver

A somewhat sculptural element sitting in the garden, the bathroom provides a curved shower with skylight above. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The outdoor courtyard as seen from the bedroom above. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The project is a successful exploration of how to dwell in small and dense environments, while remaining connected to sunlight, greenery and the outdoors. Photo – Clinton Weaver

The house is located on one of the small blocks in Newtown! Photo – Clinton Weaver

The clients of this Newtown project were willing to sacrifice on space in order to achieve an architect-designed home representative of their personalities.

At just 68 square metres, their chosen site indeed offered little room to spare. Not only was the block a mere 3.6 metres wide, the site had 13 angled boundaries as opposed to the typical four. Yet another challenge was the lack of visual connection between indoors and out, due to the living room’s position at the front of the home, with the bathroom at the back.

‘There was a sun-drenched north facing rear courtyard with access to a community park, however, it was completely disconnected from the original house,’ says Dean Williams, director of Architect George.

In reconfiguring and extending the original home on site, Architect George created a highly efficient two-bedroom, two-bathroom home. The resulting ground floor footprint is 35 square metres to allow for more outdoor space, with a single storey above.

Embracing the larger outdoor courtyard and rear community park are carefully placed doors and windows. A small but accessible green roof off the main bedroom provides an additional outlook, in contrast to the surrounding harder built structures, for both the owners and passersby to appreciate.

Facilitating this enhanced connection to the community was another of Dean’s inspirations for the project.

‘I do feel in Australia that architecture suffers from being a little too private. In dense urban environments and on very small sites, it’s important for our buildings to be able to breathe and open up to their surroundings,’ he says.

‘With this project, I love the rear Juliet-style balcony and small green roof that provide these semi-private/public thresholds, I guess like you’d see in an active laneway of a dense part of Barcelona or Paris.’

The interiors were also developed in response to the home’s urban environment and the existing structure, resulting in a predominately white, calming palette.

‘The house is adjacent to a train line, underneath a flight path, and in the middle of a varied and active context. There is a lot going in a very dense and grungy inner-city environment,’ Dean explains. ‘Our design response for the new addition was deliberately singular in colour and simple in form so as to not further overwhelm the varied surroundings. The lightweight addition sits quietly with restraint.’

As the debut project of Architect George, what’s been achieved is this project is most impressive, but Dean attributes its success to the owners.

‘The house works so well because of the brief from the clients. Choosing high quality spaces over the quantity or size of spaces has afforded the clients with much more amenity and a greater love for their home,’ he says.

The home is a stellar example of how a small footprint and floor area can still offer a high level of amenity, while supporting a more sustainable way of life.

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Forging a unique and maverick path in the ebullient British art scene, Paul Noble received widespread international recognition for his vast and monumental drawing project Nobson Newtown. Drawing image after image, story after story—at once architect and town planner, archeologist and cartographer, social historian and activist, creator and destroyer—over the course of a decade Noble invented and described a melancholy urban vision somewhere between Claude-Nicolas Ledoux’s revolutionary utopias, SimCity, and the postapocalyptic wastelands pictured in the daily media. Nobson Newtown was Noble’s own fantasist master plan of a symbolic city, isometrically rendered and replete with all manner of nightmares, perversions, and scatological and libidinous excesses. A blocky, geometric font (also invented by the artist) structured many of the buildings themselves, providing yet another layer of meaning in this fascinating parody of contemporary society and the dreams of social engineers.

A meticulous and dedicated draftsman, Noble creates dizzyingly elaborate encrypted schemes, drawing from inspirations as diverse as ancient Chinese scrolls and Japanese sculptures, Fabergé eggs and brick walls, eighteenth-century pornography and animal rights literature, Hieronymous Bosch and Öyvind Fahlström. The sheer level of detail in his drawings defies the capacity of the eye to see and the mind to fully grasp them. https://gagosian.com/artists/paul-noble/

- LidoNob is a large pencil drawing on paper, measuring more than four metres across. It consists of four panels which abut or overlap one another to present a continuous image. It presents a view of the swimming pool of the fictitious town of Nobson Newtown. Built between the city slums and the Chemical and Light Industry Plant (C.L.I.P.O.N.), the lido is framed by a zigzagging wall of geometric protrusions resembling rock formations. In the centre of the image, a diving platform located above the swimming pool spells out the title of the work. To its left, another diving platform of differing heights resembles a thin scaffold construction with an impossible staircase of ascending and descending loops. On the right hand side, there is a series of modular rounded forms, and further to the right there is an underground station with the logo of Nobson’s transport company (Nobgo Travel) on each side. In LidoNob, the objects are arranged on a spatial plane using ‘cavalier’ or oblique projection, wherein the distance between fore, mid and background is abolished, and everything depicted is equally close to the viewer, cancelling out any sense of hierarchy between the different parts of the composition. The origins of this lie in military cartography, and it has the effect of inviting the viewer to take in the entire design at once. Noble’s use of cavalier projection flaunts the fictional reality of the town he depicts, which is further undermined by the conspicuous lack of any human presence.

- LidoNob is one of nearly thirty drawings that form the series Nobson Newtown, begun in 1996. These intricate graphite drawings depict the buildings and locations that make up the geography, history and mythology of Noble’s imaginary city Nobson Newtown. The creation of this metropolis started with a hand-drawn map and a computer design font, Nobfont, based on the forms of modernist architecture. Noble has represented each section of the town in a separate drawing, reflecting its disjointed geography. Most of the buildings are black, white or grey block-like constructions formed from Nobfont letters that spell out their names or functions. In Nobson Newton, language becomes a material out of which a world can be made. Noble has explained, ‘the whole piece is a work made up of drawn words and words that you don’t read’ (quoted in Flash Art 2001, p.84).

- Protected by the Nobhill Downs on three sides and by the sea on its fourth side, Nobson Newtown has more than twenty-five locations to date, including individual buildings and civic spaces such as the town centre (Nobson Centre), the Quarry, the hospital (Nobhospital), the cemetery (Nobsend), the Chemical and Light Industry Plant (C.L.I.P.O.N), the public toilet, the sewage system (Nobwaste), the underground system (Nobgo Travel), a slum area (Nobslum) and the job centre (nojobclub). Just out of town, are found Nobpark and Nobcamp, the archaeological site, the architect’s house (Paul’s Place, a print of which is in Tate’s collection, P78667), and various commemorative villas that recall diverse utopian follies such as the Apollo Pavilion in Peterlee, completed by Victor Pasmore in 1970.

- The peculiar urban environment of Nobson Newtown and its unusual history are described in Noble’s book Introduction to Nobson (1998), a parody of various genres of tourist, museum and heritage guides. The book narrates how the entire city was rebuilt to its current form to reflect the unanimous desires of its citizens. As a result, the Nobson Newtown project stands as a witty comment on the utopian ideas behind functional design and the New Towns built in post-war England, with their emphasis on social reform and improvement of aesthetic appearance. Mocking structures of local level democracy, and its municipal processes involving planners, politicians, bureaucrats and apathetic citizens, the artist devised a way of reflecting on how developers and financers mould cities by, in his opinion, ignoring the needs of those who already live there. ‘In Nobson’, Noble has explained, ‘I am making a secure place that I can control in my studio to set against the madness of development. The market determines what kind of building and use will take place and if you are not part of that sanctioned economy, then you don’t get access to those spaces’ (Quoted in Flash Art 2001, p.84). However, the extreme democratic principles behind the designs that make up Nobson are precisely the cause of all the disfunctional aspects of the city. The artist has observed that this bleak, desolated and impoverished town ‘could be taken to suggest that despite youthful optimism in the goodness of mankind and that all change is for the better, the truth is that wherever man goes, destruction and sadness aren’t too far behind’ (Noble 1998, pp.29–30). https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/noble-lidonob-t13325

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rrcstudio · 8 years

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lunasspatial · 5 years

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Wellington Govt House

the principal residence and workplace of the Governor-General, currently Dame Patsy Reddy (since 2016) who lives there with her husband.

main venue where the governor-general entertains members of the public, and receives visiting heads of state and other dignitaries and the credentials of ambassadors to New Zealand.

is likewise the location of many award presentations and investitures, and where prime ministers and other ministers of the Crown are sworn in, among other ceremonial and constitutional functions.

bit of histooooraaaay:

when auckland was capital from 1840-65, an official residence for the govt-general wasn’ta priority. it was only during the period of nz’s fourth governor, george grey, that an offical property was provided.the first government house was colonel william wakefield’s villa, located where the beehive now stands. wakefield was the agent for the New Zealand Company; he built the house in 1840 but died in 1848. the residence was then used as a hospital after the 1848 marlborough earthquake. the house was a very plain regency styled building with verandahs on a hill overlooking the harbour. there’s a record of the first Government House Ball being held in it (10 February 1849) during George Grey’s first period.

grey was succeed by robert wynyard, then by thomas gore browne but it’s possible that neither of these men ever visited or resided in wellington thus the official status of the wakefield villa is uncertain. when grey became governor general again in 1861 he certainly used the wakefield house as his official wellington residence.

in 1865 the capital was made wellington. the need to provide accomodation for all the various branches of government prompted a more appropriate building rather than the plain one. in 1968 a new house began to be built, in an italianate style, probably because it was the cheaper option as opposed to a neo-Gothic style similar to the parliament buildings.

even though built of wood, the second government house was imposing, distinguished by a tower,it was one of the several mid-century houses influenced by Queen Victoria’s Osbourne House. designed by william henry clayton it was completed in 1871 and had extensive views over the city and harbour and provided a picturesque contrast with the gothic styled parliament building complex. it’s first occupant was sir george ferguson bowen in 1873.

all the succeeding governors resided in the clayton building, from sir james fergusson to lord plunkett from 1904. social climate of the late 19th century required the governor to spend parts in other parts of the country predominantly auckland, although for awhile a third govt house was maintained in christchurch. relatively little furniture and other items were provided by the government - each successive governor had to provide the household with furniture, linen, china etc. from his own pocket. today it is quite different and each new governor only provides personal items. during its 34-year career as Government House the Clayton building was redecorated and added to but it entered the 20th century largely unaltered.

following the fire in the wooden parliament buildings in 1907, the then governor general lord plunket offered the use of government house to house both houses of parliament until a replacement building could be built. in the interem the plunketts resided in palmerston north in a house now called caccia-birch. plunkett had been lobbying for a larger more up-to-date residence to be provided by the government, hopefully more distant from parliament with more private grounds. the parliament building fire nudged the government into commissioning the existing government house to be built.

Current govt house:

The current residence, in Newtown, was designed in an eclectic style in the manner of a half-timbered Tudormansion. As it was intended to evoke a large English country house, the house's rooms were designed in a range of styles—from Elizabethan to Tudor, to Georgian and Regency. Throughout the house are examples of what was considered good taste at the time: marble fireplaces, parquet floors, oak panelling, Mahogany doors, leadlight windows, bronze electric light fixtures and neo-Georgian plasterwork ceilings. Various portraits of successive governors and other significant people are displayed along with a collection of New Zealand art, some of which has been donated by previous governors. The house covers 4,200 m2(45,000 sq ft).

Many of the rooms are set aside for official state occasions—for example, two dining rooms, a ballroom, a conservatory and drawing rooms. Government House is where the governor-general confers with the leader of the New Zealand Government, hosts foreign dignitaries, and performs the functions of New Zealand's head of state, as the representative of the monarch of New Zealand. The residence is also open to the public, running free tours of the state rooms throughout the year.

2008 refurbishment:

Government House closed in October 2008 for a major NZ$44 million conservation and rebuilding project, and was reopened in March 2011.During the refurbishment the Governor General lived at Vogel House in Lower Hutt while in Wellington.

As part of the refurbishment, new carpets were provided for the public reception rooms. These are large artworks in their own right. The Carpets and rugs were designed by several New Zealand artists; Gavin Chilcott, Andrew McLeod, Tim Main and John Bevan Ford. The weaving was done by the carpet manufacturer Dilana, in association with Athfield Architects. The design of the Drawing Room carpet by Gavin Chilcott is derived from the silver fern. Of particular interest is the spectacular kowhaiwhai pattern, composed into a huge single composition 4 metres (13 ft) x without a repeat, was designed by Andrew McLeod and inspired by Theo Schoon's drawings of Māori designs. This pattern was produced in three different colour-ways and appears in several of the Reception Rooms.

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augu5t999 · 7 years

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Brendan and I are in my car outside the petrol station in the middle of Newtown waiting for 9 o’clock across from us are three men on an elevated platform painting over the big red block letters of the iconic DOCTOR the whole building will soon be teal removing iconic murals is a bit like if you were to remove the opera house or the harbour bridge but without blueprints or math or grand openings and not made by architects or large corporations but by some guy on a ladder with some Bunnings paint who didn’t know he was going to make history

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property360india · 2 years

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Fantastic Suggestions For Owning A Dream Elite Home In Kolkata

Kolkata has a large number of houses up for sale, making it challenging to select the ideal one. Consider before investing in real estate development in Newtown.

Kolkata combines classic and contemporary elements. For many people, living in this city and finding work is a dream come true. If you've already achieved this, your next goal might be to invest in upcoming residential projects in Newtown.

Here are some pointers from property brokers in Newtown to assist you:

The ideal location:

When buying 3 bhk, or 4 bhk homes, the location is one of the most important factors to consider. The home's interiors can be renovated, the security can be improved, and many other things can be done. Therefore, when choosing residential projects in Newtown, it is essential that you take into account both the neighbourhood and the location. Some factors to think about are

The apartment's proximity to both your place of employment and your kids' school.

The traffic condition, given that Bangalore is infamous for its bad traffic.

The region's levels of pollution and noise.

Accessibility to other nearby locations.

Transportation services to help any elderly guests get around the city.

The Surrounding Area:

The neighbourhood is the second-most crucial factor. It differs greatly from the setting. Even though the area is secure, elegant, and equipped with all the amenities, the residents are what really count. Verify the friendliness of the neighbourhood and the neighbours before investing in the best residential projects in newtown.

The apartment layout and reputation of the builder: It's time to move on to considerations regarding the actual residential property now that you have settled on the location and neighbourhood.

The reputation of the real estate company comes first, followed by the building's design and structural soundness. Along with it comes the expertise of the building architects in Newtown.

The next step is to confirm that the location and the plan meet your needs.

Recognize the differences between the extremely built-up and the carpet area so that you don’t end up compromising on space.

Security:

Living in a condominium with a single entry and exit point also provides you with more security in times like these. Additionally, there are guards who keep an eye on who enters the building and when they leave, consulting with the occupants first. A property developer in Newtown suggests the apartment building should include CCTV cameras, monitors, biometric access, and other security features in addition to patrol guards.

Amenities:

A large gym might not be as vital to you as open play areas if you have young children. Small bedrooms and a big living room may not be your greatest option if you work a lot from home these days. According to the best real estate agents in Newtown, the majority of contemporary apartments provide amenities including clubhouses and visitor parking. Learn what is accessible and what matters to you. To find a high-end property by conducting the necessary property research and heeding the aforementioned advice.

Final Words

Contact Property 360 for the most educated and qualified real estate brokers in Newtown. They operate in real estate development and offer property advice. From the first day, till the project is delivered, they assume full accountability for housing development in Newtown.

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spatialblogy2 · 5 years

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Community Art & Design Workshop

I want to offer to the community a forum for the community, in partnership with artists from around Newtown, in association with Neighbourhood Studio, Jane Hyder and Vincents, where they can socialize, make friends or just develop skills. In addition to bringing together creative folks with the same interests, I want to design a workspace where local artists can run workshops and classes for painting, screen printing, handcrafting and so on. This space would also have the potential to be transformed into a workspace capable of displaying and showcasing the creative work of community members.

Geometrical Design

Shugga is a French patisserie dessert cafe, based in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme concept responds to its given name which implies sugar, setting off delicate sweet and candy-like design.

The exterior of the building features geometric shapes of polygons, installed over a large glass wall resembling sugar molecules and crystals.

Selections of earthy tones and soft pastel colours make up the candy-like interior design, with inspiration from the store’s dessert menu. Use of wood materials, a marble counter bar and rose gold metal adds a touch of luxury.

https://www.archdaily.com/781939/shugaa-party-space-design

Shared Workspace in Barcelona

A wide range of materials have been used throughout the interior such as wooden joinery, concrete flooring, white masonry brick and ceramic wall tiles. Also, timber beams across ceilings and blackened spruce wood framed walls. The colours of wood elements and rosy pink walls create a warm and inviting atmosphere. The pop of orange and black creates contrast, creating an aesthetic and balanced outcome.

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/03/28/nook-architects-the-room-shared-workspace-barcelona/

Scandinavian Design Workspace

The interior design of this workspace reflects a Scandinavian theme, involving minimalism, clean lines and natural materials. A bright workspace filled with sunlight and high ceilings gives a natural and relaxed working environment. Storage cabinets and shelves have been installed around the walls, keeping the workplace well organised and tidy.

http://www.home-designing.com/scandinavia-meets-japan-in-these-minimalist-work-spaces

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architectnews · 4 years

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Sydney Houses: NSW Properties, Residences

Sydney Homes, NSW Houses, New South Wales Property Designs, Residence Photos

Sydney Houses : NSW Properties

New South Wales Property Developments, Contemporary Australian Homes

post updated 27 Mar 2021

Sydney House – Latest Property Additions

New South Wales Properties – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

17 Feb 2021 Hastings van Nunen House

3 Dec 2020 Escu House

23 Nov 2020 Chimney House

16 Nov 2020 Mosman White House

5 Nov 2020 House Anand

20 Sep 2020 Pindimar Lake House, NSW

4 Sep 2020 Next Generation House in Pittwater, NSW

14 July 2020 A+C Residence in Seaforth

19 May 2020 New House in Clovelly Architects: Modscape photo : John Madden New House in Clovelly, Sydney

29 Jan 2020 The Balcony House in Newtown

29 Jan 2020 Copper Top House in Mosman

17 Jan 2020 Iron Maiden House in Longueville, New South Wales

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5 Dec 2019 Balmoral House in Mosman

17 Nov 2019 Beachside Sanctuary House in Mona Vale

9 Jul 2019 Fundamental House in Annangrove

14 Apr 2019 Taylors Bay House in Mosman, NSWW

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1 Feb 2018 Small Living Spaces Apartment, Surry Hills Design: Catseye Bay photo : Katherine Lu Small Living Spaces Apartment A New South Wales studio apartment structured by colour.

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charlesccastill · 7 years

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CTA Construction Completes Final Building Apartment Renovation Phase of Newtowne Court Project

CAMBRIDGE, MA – CTA Construction Managers recently completed the 36th of 36 phases of the Newtowne Court renovation project, which includes updates to eight buildings and 268 affordable housing units in Cambridge, Mass.

The multi-phased approach to the renovations was designed to allow as many units to remain occupied while work was underway; with the final phase completed the site will return to full occupancy.

Newtowne Court

“We’re very proud to have completed this extensive reworking of an important Cambridge residential community,” said Paul DuRoss, Principal at CTA Construction. “The renovations to this complex will improve the quality of life for hundreds of families and supplement the Cambridge Housing Authority’s mission of providing housing opportunities to families of all backgrounds.”

CTA Construction and Baker/Wohl Architects, and the Owner Cambridge Housing Authority started the $44 million Newtowne Court Project in 2015.

The renovation plan included extensive upgrades to the interior of the 268 units, including removal of asbestos materials, installing engineered wood floors, new drywall and paint, replacement of all windows, new HVAC systems, electrical upgrades, plumbing upgrades and installation of a fire protection system. Improvements were also made to the bathrooms and kitchens, including new finishes and fixtures, appliances, countertops, and cabinet doors. Landscaping and civil architecture changes were made to the exterior of the units.

from boston condos ford realtor http://bostonrealestatetimes.com/cta-construction-completes-final-building-apartment-renovation-phase-of-newtowne-court-project/

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lilykeltspatial · 4 years

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In New Zealand, approximately 20% of the population suffered from a mental disorder in a 12 month period, according to New Zealand Government statistics. An ecological study investigating the association between access to urban green space and mental health found that decreased distance to usable green space and increased proportion of green space within the larger neighbourhood were associated with decreased anxiety / mood disorder treatment counts in an urban environment (Nutsford). Influential architect and design theorist, Christopher Alexander, exclaims that people need contact with trees and plants and water. In some way, which is hard to express, people are able to be more whole in the presence of nature, are able to go deeper into themselves and are somehow able to draw sustaining energy from the life of plants and trees and water. Wellington is an incredible city in the way that it is surrounded and immersed within green parks and native reserves. However, these nature areas are mostly out of the usual city dwellers' day-to-day transmute. Thus, we aren’t in fact gaining the full nature experience which we require, instead only enjoying similar qualities to that of a live image.

I intend to address issues of differing mental health disorders by increasing the number of ‘green spaces’ through the adaptive reuse of walkways, streets and general sites of transport within selected southern suburbs of Wellington. I have chosen general sites of transmute as a broad site for my project as they are extremely accessible, providing to be basically unavoidable areas in which local members of respective communities pass through on a day to day basis. The Social Deprivation index, compiled through the 2013 census states that the following suburbs suffer the most from social deprivation within the Wellington region (in order); Kilbirnie, Mt Cook, Strathmore Park, Te Aro, Newtown and Berhampore. I intend to bring people together in a way which addresses and nurtures individuals’ overall well being and mental health, which intrinsically is negatively interlinked to those determined to a lower socio-economic status. Through empathic design I hope to reconnect our communities with Wellington’s remarkable wildlife through the use of extending the already outstanding native and other respective green reserves into our cityscape.

Construction and demolition waste is one of the largest global waste streams and makes up an estimated 50 per cent of all waste in New Zealand (Inglis). This can be broken down into approximately 26 percent, or 820,560 tonnes of waste to landfill every year and the vast majority of the 2.7 - 3.7 million tonnes of waste to the clean fill (Ministry for the Environment). I intend to address this situation, by following the Living Futures Framework as closely as possible, creating a design, production and building process which is net positive waste. Using the process of adaptive re-use, local, valuable materials can be manipulated and reused in order to suit my design. The positive effects these processes can induce on our community and economy, according to The Resource Efficiency in Building and Related Industries (REBRI) and The Ministry for the Environment (MFE), in collaboration with local government and industry, include multiple financial benefits through reduced costs and waste minimisation, which will help raise awareness and build momentum for resource efficiency amongst construction companies, waste contractors and the wider community (Inglis). In addition to this, I intend to meet the Living Frameworks requirements toward a net-positive water and energy design, which in fact gives back to the earth and environment, further impacting the many in our communities who will be positively benefited by such design practices.

A study in 2018 of more than a million people in the USA found that walking was linked with a 17% lower rate of mental health difficulties (Chekroud). Along with the positive statistics which walking has on mental health, I have chosen to target walkways as those in lower socioeconomic circumstances are more likely to have limited access to motor vehicles, or regular use of motor vehicles, evidently leaving no option, but to self-transmute. Another 2018 study followed 34,000 people for a decade. This time researchers found that if people had not had depression previously, regular exercise did protect against them experiencing it in the future (Hammond), illustrating the benefits implied to a wide-spread group of society toward preventing such mental health issues in the immediate term. The likelihood of being physically active may be up to three times higher in residential environments that contain high levels of greenery, and the liklihood of being overweight or obese may be up to 40% less (Ellaway). In our culture today, the disconnect from others, from our deepest selves, and from nature is the root cause of the many problems our society and our country are experiencing (Ryn). I intend to create natural spaces of availability, comfortability and certainty which allow for walkers/transmuters to help find their inner self through restoration of both natural landscapes and the minds of those who pass through. In hope that members of the community are able to recognise these positive changes in effect of the natural environment which surrounds them, increased usage of Wellington’s outer green spaces will be utilised. There is also supportive evidence which intrinsically links dilapidated urban environments to negative mental health outcomes. Mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, substance abuse, and aggressive behaviour relate to the built environment particularly to poor urban planning and inadequate housing (Ochodo). Addressing Wellington’s homelessness issue, a part of the design will protest against hostile architecture, including and welcoming absolutely everyone at all times, increasing a sense of community and belonging, especially to those who may be without.

I intend to address the many mental health issues which have been discussed, through the adaptive reuse of our external built environment surrounding and within Wellington’s common southern suburban walkways. With the re-introduction of local and native plantlife, wildlife will increase, overall positively impacting our local communities from the perspective of personal mental health issues, to a wider economic and political level, as well as facing the the overarching detrimental environmental crisis which we are currently facing, all through a net positive water, waste and energy system.

Nature can live without humans, but humans cannot live without nature (Ryn). It’s all about creating an intellectual eco system as diverse and healthy as a natural one (Fisher).

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