Vogue Living - Moody Hues Bathroom

Posted on the 30th of June, 2009

Ferrier Baudet Architects - as featured in Vogue Living - illustrating a charcoal palette to dramatise the industrial aesthetic of  the renovation of a historic building, Brisbane.

Our Win - Lady Gowrie Early Childhood Centre

Posted on the 2nd of June, 2009

Creative use of corian in reception area

We are very excited about winning the Corian Design for the Lady Gowrie Early Childhood Centre in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. Please follow the link to see the work of Catherine Baudet and project architect Julie Bonfield on the Corian Web Site.

Monash University Accident Research Centre, Falls Study

Posted on the 31st of October, 2008

Extensive research since 2000 has found the design and construction of buildings to be responsible for a great majority of serious injuries caused by slips, trips and falls. The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) commissioned a study by the Monash University Accident Research Centre to investigate these important findings. The study aimed to decipher the precise risks the design and construction of buildings creates.

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Creative Women Architects

Posted on the 31st of October, 2008

Zaha Hadid is probably the most famous female architect in the world. Not only does she design amazing buildings, like the London Aquatic Centre, but she also designs shoes. Like many of the starchitects now, Zaha is designing luxury products. Norman Foster and Phillipe Starck are both designing bathroom fixtures.

It shows the versatility and creativity of architects!

London Aquatic Centre, by Zaha Hadid

Shoes by Zaha Hadid

Fab Pre-Fab

Posted on the 31st of October, 2008

At the recent ACSA conference in Adelaide there was an interesting presentation on a retirement village that was fully sustainable. The residents recycled their rubbish, harvested their water, and grew their own vegetables. The housing was pre-fabricated, but quite traditional.

We found this example of pre-fab housing on The Cool Hunter - very modern and very beautiful.