2012 BDAQ Regional Design Awards
Mark Ryan Designs has just been awarded Winner for the Brisbane North Region "New Homes over 450m²" by the Building Designers Association of Queensland for the Marcus Beach House. Credit should be given to all involved especially the builder, Steve ...
Noosa Hill Reno.
The clients had already had some drawings done for a renovation of the existing residence, unfortunately the brief got a bit out of hand and the end result was more of a rebuild than a reno., the budget was blown ...
Thinking outside the box
Containers just seem to be a perfect fit for construction, just like over sized building blocks, structurally strong and incredibly adaptable, just add imagination. Section 8 did the famous container bar in a carpark in Melbourne which is well ...
How green was my swimming pool?
A friend who is always coming up with new ideas rang and asked me if I knew any pool builders that build naturally filtered pools, I didn't, but it did pique my curiosity. After a quick search I was rewarded ...
Eerwah Vale alteration + addition
The brief for this project started out as an exercise in comparison and character. When we first spoke about their project, the clients weren't sure whether they wanted to build a new addition to the existing residence or ...
Light up your life
If you're into lighting and architectural screens then Yellow Goat Design is a must visit site, their lighting designs are some of the most imaginative and coolest on the planet. These guys take lighting to a new level. It's ...
Housing competition
Recently the Insurance Council of Australia ran a competition for residential housing designed to withstand the more extreme elements of our climate. In light of the weather events of the past 12 months or so, the council obviously thought it ...
Glass blocks, where have you been?
While many of us had clearly written off glass blocks as a passing fad of the seventies, relegated to the annals of questionable architectural fashion, never to be seen again in any substanial numbers, or heaven forbid in a multitude ...
Shipping Containers
What a great use for the thousands of shipping containers laying idle around the world.
