Houses Australia – August 2019

70 EDITION OFFICE

Foundedin 2016 byAaronRobertsandKimBridgland,

EditionOfficehasalreadymadeitsmarkonAustralian

residentialarchitecture.Thepractice’ssuiteofprojects

embodiesaninspiringmergingofartandarchitecture,

relatingtoanexplorationofmaterialexpression, form

andspatialpractice.Theworkhas

a strongsculpturalqualityandboldness,andthe

purityofthedeepdesignthinking is often illustrated

in expressivemodel-making.

Thepoetryofthefinishedspacesisimpressive.

ProjectssuchasHawthornHouse(seeHouses128),

PointLonsdaleHouseandFishCreekHouse(see

Houses114)usea layeringofscreensandcourtyardsto

connectinhabitantstotheoutsideworldwithconsid-

erationandthoughtfulness.Whetherrespondingtoa

suburbancontextoranimpressivelandscapesetting,

EditionOfficetakescuesfromhistoryand climate in

ordertoanchora buildingtoitssite.

Thejuryiskeentoseethispracticecontinue

togrowandtakeonlarger-scaleprojects,including

somemedium-density housing in Melbourne’s inner-

city suburbs.

From the Houses Awards jury.

EDITION

OFFICE

MELBOURNE, VIC

WINNER

2019

EMERGING

ARCHITECTURE

PRACTICE

AwardforEmergingArchitecture

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