River House : By MCK Architects

Sydney, Australia
MCK Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

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For the River House, the site itself provided both the greatest opportunities, and the largest constraints to the design. It is both steep and awkwardly shaped, but retains magnificent North facing panoramic views over the Lane Cove River.

DPR House : By MCK Architects

Sydney, Australia
MCK Architects– Mark Cashamn
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Willem Rethmeier

The conceptual framework for this house was one of ‘house as landscape’. We set out to design a house that would have a topography and where activities and functions were acted out on a terrain that flowed and folded and hinged the various levels and spaces of the house. The roof to the lower ground garage would be turfed and a garden would extend

Queens Park House : By MCK Architects

Sydney, Australia
MCK Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of MCK Architects

The core idea for this house was a room in the garden. A large brief for a small site provided the genesis of a concept that would set as it’s premise an idea of openness and the removal of division and barrier. Spaces would flow and extend and connect with a seamless interaction in the horizontal and vertical direction. Most importantly the interior would extend into and become part of the garden, as would the garden become part of the interior. an early vision in the conceptual stage was one of a room sitting amongst lush plants and trees with the walls of the garden being the walls of the room.