The Robin Boyd Basis’s open day on 1 March invitations the general public to discover current heritage variations of two Nineteen Seventies Melbourne residences: the Ramsay Home (1970–72), initially designed by architect Charles Duncan and sensitively restored and tailored by Richard Stampton Architect; and Crossman Home (1978), a Kevin Borland-designed residence thoughtfully reworked by Wowowa to higher swimsuit up to date household life whereas honouring its distinctive inner backyard and double-height atrium.
Perth Design Week (PDW) returns this 19 March with a curated, week-long program of panels, exhibitions and actions celebrating structure and design. Among the many program highlights is Dwelling, a collection of conversations the place architects share insights from residential initiatives. Within the first session, Nic Brunsdon, founding father of Brunsdon Studio, might be joined by David Gibson co-founder of PTX Architects. One other spotlight, the Chirriger Moort: A 30 12 months Retrospective of the Work of Peter Farmer exhibition will hint the three-decade inventive journey of Noonga artist and designer Peter Farmer, whose multidisciplinary apply spans portray, sculpture, public artwork, vogue, inside design and the constructed atmosphere.
Sketching out the early cultivation {of professional} apply in Australia, Unfastened Leaf explores landmark and little-known initiatives by Tract from the Nineteen Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, from backyard design to panorama structure, and the emergent interdisciplinary considering. Unfastened Leaf attracts on observational and archival materials, tracing the foundations of Tract from its origin inside Service provider Builders. The exhibition will run from 12 to 22 March on the Robin Boyd Home in Melbourne’s South Yarra.
Offered by Parlour as a part of its Parlour Lab collection, this one-hour on-line occasion on 11 March will see city researcher Rachel Gallagher and concrete geographer Nicole Cook dinner with Kali Marnane and Rebecca McLaughlin to unpack the various relationships between land use, lot measurement, planning controls and housing typologies. Collectively they’ll discover what these forces reveal about how we perceive and ship density.
Henville Avenue Home by Philip Stejskal Structure will open its doorways as a part of Design Freo’s On Location collection. Conceived as a strong but adaptable household dwelling, the challenge pairs corrugated iron, timber, galvanised metal and metal mesh in a fabric palette that’s each hardworking and warmly textured. Home-owner Isabella will be part of Philip Stejskal for a tour of the house, sharing firsthand insights into the considering behind the design.
