ADAM KANE
ARCHITECTS
- EMERGING PRACTICE •
Focused primarily on residential work in
regional Victoria, Adam Kane Architects
is an up-and-coming practice with a
penchant for finely detailed houses.
Words by Katelin Butler
Photography by Adam Kane
he refinement and attention to
detail evident in the houses by
Adam Kane Architects belies the
young age of the practice. Prior to
setting out on his own in 2015, director
Adam Kane worked for JAM Architects, B.E
Architecture and Bates Smart, giving him
good experience with projects of different
scales, budgets and types. However, Adam’s
heart lies with single residential work and
this has become the focus of his practice.
He finds joy in enhancing the daily lives
of his clients by designing homes that
respond to their individual requirements.
“There is a real emphasis on it being
their house, not mine,” he says. “There are
some clients who aren’t sure about the pros
and cons of using an architect. And thenthere are the true believers who value
the importance of design, and they are
the [clients for whom] we get the most
exciting results.”
Although each project has its own
personality in response to its unique
context and client, there is a consistent
design language across the body of work by
the emerging architect. Of note is Adam’s
approach to materials – he chooses a palette
that references the context and then carries
it through the entire project. Hardwood
House in Victoria’s Daylesford is a good
example: the dark horizontal timber boards
of the exterior are translated into the
internal walls and ceiling surfaces. The
dark materiality is a response to the brief
for high-end overnight accommodation.ONE TO WATCH02
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01 Adam Kane, who
established his own
practice in 2015, takes
prideindesigning
specificallyfortheclient.02 Hardwood House in
Victoria’s Daylesford
features a consistent
dark materiality, both
inside and out.03 Hardwood House
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single house or two
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