Designing homes by the sea is both a creative opportunity and a technical challenge. At Destination Living, we approach each coastal project with the understanding that no two sites are the same. Wind exposure, salt air, topography, council regulations, and views all shape the architectural response. […]
Designing homes by the sea is both a creative opportunity and a technical challenge. At Destination Living, we approach each coastal project with the understanding that no two sites are the same. Wind exposure, salt air, topography, council regulations, and views all shape the architectural response. […]
Designing homes by the sea is both a creative opportunity and a technical challenge. At Destination Living, we approach each coastal project with the understanding that no two sites are the same. Wind exposure, salt air, topography, council regulations, and views all shape the architectural response. […]
In the world of architecture and design, each project comes with its own set of challenges and opportunities. One such project that showcases creativity and innovation is our Northcote Riverside project. This unique home, with its compact size and unusual shape, exemplifies the art of making the most of limited space while maintaining a connection to the surrounding environment. […]
As the days begin to get longer we thought we’d give you an update on some of our in construction projects. East KewConstruction is progressing rapidly for this exquisite residence. Designed with entertainment in mind, the image above showcases how the home effortlessly embraces the pool and alfresco area. IvanhoeAdjacent to parkland in Ivanhoe this […]
| The Brief | Construction completed in Feb 2021, our clients are empty nesters who have lived in this prime location for many years and our brief was to knock down and rebuild 2 luxury modern dual occupancy homes that both capitalize and maximize the existing block and what it offers. Our clients are selling […]
| The Brief |A young couple with three children, our Rosanna clients asked for a durable, energy efficient home that would adapt and grow with their family. | Our Approach | Their corner site has a challenging two metre cross fall and neighbour setback restrictions on both frontages which created a compact footprint that dictated […]
What were the challenges? The sites position and shape posed interesting siting constraints, being a corner block with two street frontages on a steeply sloping block with skewed boundaries. This along with the client’s briefed scope of spaces and aiming to keep within the statutory building envelop controls proved an exciting challenge. Designing to take […]
For this Aberfeldie project our clients, wanting to spend time with their young and growing family, required a single level energy efficient and functional home that fitted seamlessly into the street scape. Understated style & timeless appeal Surrounded by similar period homes our clients wanted their Victorian Italinate inspired home to blend harmoniously into the […]
Wheelers Hill house is a new single-storey split-level dwelling nestling comfortably between the vegetation on its large sunny block. Having purchased a sloping block site specifically to build their new home, our Wheelers Hill clients approached Destination Living to design them a family home with a timeless aesthetic. Working with a large and irregular shaped […]
This look was achieved from the moment you arrive on the doorstep when you are greeted with an impressive custom-made Balinese style pivot door. My clients came to me with a photo they had taken of an amazing door they had seen in Seminyak. I had quite a task ahead of me to try and […]