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Rosebery
Rosebery
A hybrid block configuration that maintains the low scale of the adjacent suburban block pattern combined with an intensive footprint of use derived from the matt carpet of the industrial block....
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Brick a la carte
Brick a la carte
This design for a suburban house to accommodate a family of 4 utilises the ability of bricks to be stacked and arranged in various bonds.The form of the house was derived from a stack of "bricks" laid in Flemish bond....
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Musk
Musk
This simple idea actually results in a courtyard house; a model that's existed for over 3000 years....
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Courtyard housing
Courtyard housing
The main feature of the house is a double-height 3-dimensional perforated brick screen.This acts as a translucent veil between the public and private realms....
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Weaving Wall House
Weaving Wall House
Houses are sunk down about 1.5m into the ground and merge the part above the ground with the landscape using brick steps.The aim is to create big shared space throughout the whole neighborhood....
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Spline Home
Spline Home
This fresh typology responds to a multitude of demographics and the urgent need to prepare for energy descent.The design is flexible, equally functional for an elderly couple feeling the ache of age, as a young energetic family and accommodates multiple site configurations....
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Long house
Long house
The long house proposes a division of the standard block into two narrow plots while still allowing occupants to have their own back garden, privacy and front door.By working with the existing plot sizes in this way a gradual densification is possible....
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Unite_E
Unite_E
The unit_e house takes the diagonal line and its innate dynamism to create a principle for the use of the hypothetical site/s, for the form of the dwelling and the organisation of the program, and for the arrangement of the brick unit within the screen walls....
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Brick Lane Residence
Brick Lane Residence
We have recycled brick from the existing backyard garage, tying it into the history of its setting, and paired it with a new glazed white brick which speaks of urban regeneration....
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Brick Pavilion
Brick Pavilion
The Brick Pavillion....
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Third City
Third City
The monoculture of the free standing house is replaced with a richer sustainable urbanism that facilitates a range of housing types and public space.Existing houses are removed and bricks retained....
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Vault House
Vault House
Brick is used throughout Vault House as structure, ceiling, screening, and floor paving....
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Stratum House
Stratum House
The modular brick size allows for easy construction of the 2D curves and stratified layering of the facade that is characteristic of Stratum House.The thermal mass of the brick assists in the moderation of internal temperature throughout the day and year....
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Felipe
Felipe
BORAL Blue Rio face brick facades.Design is considered in relation to solar ingress and heat loss, so openings are smaller in size and locations are strategic in response to heating and cooling requirements....
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Beautiful on the inside
Beautiful on the inside
The design uses face brick on internal floors and walls to living areas, sited so as to get direct solar access in winter months while also providing a rich, textured and long lasting interior environment....
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Superbrick
Superbrick
SUPERBRICK has high sustainable values: the bricks give high internal thermal mass, and great sound isolation, their strength gives greater structural qualities with concrete floors and ceilings, even more thermal mass, which is vital in maintaining a stable, low energy cost, interior....
