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Coming soon!

August 18th, 2010

Our interior design team is putting the finishing touches to a brand new architectural finishes kit, available for purchase soon.

The kit includes comprehensive in-the-know choices on selected interior products that we use and recommend. Packed with the most recent information and images about everything from materials, colours, finishes and fittings, hard and soft flooring, laminates, bathware, kitchenware, lighting and a great deal more.

We’ve drawn upon hundreds of hours of research, specifying and trade knowledge, saving you the time, money and complexity usually involved in coming up with the right solutions. Once you’ve purchased the pack, you can fast track to the finishes you prefer, then take it directly to your builder for pricing.

Essentially, our architectural finishes kit gives you access to architect’s and interior designer’s insider knowledge, at a very affordable price. Like to know more? Email cate@my-architect.com.au or call us on 1300 321 119.

More details soon…

What we’ve been up to this month

August 16th, 2010

VICTORIA

  • Brighton East – Upper storey addition to 1940s home to include bedroom and ensuite and reconfiguration of living/dining area downstairs
  • Caulfield North - A second storey addition and renovation to transform a 1970s house into a contemporary family home.
  • Bendigo - Designs for a large contemporary home overlooking a lake on an elevated block.
  • Blackburn - A major addition and renovation to a single-storey home to accommodate a growing family.
  • Sorrento - Renovation to improve layout of long-standing family holiday home as an alternative to demolition.
  • Patterson Lakes - Makeover of waterfront townhouse.
  • Frankston - Design of new home on creek front land with private jetty and absolute waterfront location.
  • Donvale - Upstairs extension to 3 bedroom home, including some reconfiguration downstairs as well.
  • Newport - Extension and renovation of 1950s-style weatherboard home, including new open plan kitchen/living area, bathroom and ensuite.
  • Hampton - Renovation of large Edwardian home, including kitchen extension and redesign of laundry.
  • Mitcham - Fresh ideas for the renovation of this 1950s home built at the back of a large sloping block.


NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Earlwood – Master plan for a newly purchased, two storey family home, with a bathroom renovation as the first stage.

This month, we started work on…

July 20th, 2010

VICTORIA

  • Black Rock - Rearrangement of interior of large 1970s family home as an alternative to selling and moving.
  • Ascot Vale – Changes to rear of classic 1930s style home to provide new bedroom and living areas and engage more fully with the back garden.
  • Torquay - Initial ideas and advice on the design of a large, contemporary, single-storey family home.
  • Port Melbourne – Renovation to classic, single fronted Victorian home.

NSW

  • Elanora Heights – Ideas for a new contemporary home, incorporating an existing bungalow structure.
  • Bangor – Major transformational alterations to double-storey home overlooking parkland.
  • Lower MacDonald – Advice and ideas on major renovations to riverfront property.

Building & Home Improvement Expo

July 20th, 2010

Three days. Thousands of enthusiastic home renovators. Thanks to all of you who visited our stand and had a chat. It was great to learn about the incredible variety of projects that people are planning.

Many of you requested further details about My Architect and how we can help with your project. Our website is a great place to start, but you could also take a look at past blog stories such as ‘the initial meeting‘ and ‘how our concept drawings help move your project forward‘. If you have any further queries, email cate@my-architect.com.au.

New projects

June 18th, 2010

We recently got going on the following new projects:

VICTORIA

  • East St.Kilda – renovation of 1950s style home featuring an indoor/outdoor kitchen, additional bedrooms and bathrooms.
  • Greensborough – The owners of this 1970’s style home are looking to modernise and approached us to provide advice and ideas regarding the initial design and their associated costs.

NSW

  • Naremburn – Renovation of large heritage home, including new bathroom ensuite extension.
  • Wilton – Providing advice on the best way to optimise a rural block in the design of a 285 sq m new home.
  • Coomba Park - Extension to a 3 bedroom house on 48 acres, with proximity to the water.
  • Queens Park – Renovation of single storey, 19th century terrace house, including new bedroom and bathroom upstairs and redesign of the kitchen and dining areas.
ACT
  • Chifley - Design advice regarding a demolition and rebuild project.

QUEENSLAND

  • Windsor – Renovation and extension of a classic Queenslander home to provide more living areas and space.

Building & Home Improvement Expo – 2 for 1 offer

June 17th, 2010

Book your tickets here for Australia’s No.1 Building and Renovation Expo (July 9-11) in Melbourne and receive two tickets for the price of one.

A profile in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph

May 28th, 2010

Sydney’s Daily Telegraph mentions My Architect today in an article about getting the best results when renovating.

Daily Addict headlines My Architect

May 25th, 2010

Thanks to Daily Addict for this.

New projects in April

May 4th, 2010



In April, My Architect got going on the following new projects:

NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Cammeray - renovation of large 1970s brick home, focusing on reconfiguring the living, dining and kitchen areas and extending to an exterior dining area.

VICTORIA

  • Gowanbrae – Remodeling of the exterior of this large family home, focusing on bringing more character to the street frontage and a more attractive and useful back garden, with a more contemporary style.
  • Upwey - Small house on a slightly sloping block requires more space, including an extra bedroom, bathroom and music studio.
  • Ceres – Major renovation of a farmhouse in a spectacular rural hilltop setting, while keeping the character and integrity of the original house.

TASMANIA

  • Blackmans Bay - Expansion of the existing living area, as well as adding 3 bedrooms and a bathroom via a new upstairs level that takes advantage of sweeping water views.

QUEENSLAND

  • Clontarf - Large scale, internal ground floor living alterations to create the owner’s dream home, as an alternative to moving house.
  • Bulimba – Renovation of classic Queenslander home to refresh and modernise while retaining all original features and charm.



My Architect featured in ‘Renovate & Extend’

April 13th, 2010

Many thanks to ‘Renovate & Extend’ magazine for publishing our story ‘Successful Renovating – it’s all in the timing’ in this month’s (April) edition. Like to read it?