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How Green is Your City?

mod_admin 2017-05-19T08:42:17+00:00 May 17th, 2017|All, Things We Love|

A greener city is more enjoyable for us and more beneficial for the environment. Through the evolution of intersectional technologies we now have a greater understanding of how we interact with the built and natural environment. A recent innovation from MIT’s Senseable City Lab, is one such innovation – it measures the density of greenery in cities across the globe but at a human eye-level. Named Treepedia, the program assesses street-level urban greenery using Google Street View and the Green [...]

Our Top Instagram Posts from 2016

mod_admin 2018-06-05T14:01:17+00:00 January 25th, 2017|All, Architecture, Modscape|

Struggling to get back into the swing of things after the holidays? Here’s a mid-afternoon distraction for you. We’ve gone through our Instagram posts from the past 12 months and found your favourite images. […]

10 Prefab Houses We Want To Live In

Dawn 2018-09-24T16:32:46+00:00 January 6th, 2017|All|

The team at Modscape recently sat down and picked 10 amazing prefab designs from around the world that we’d be delighted to move into tomorrow. Desert House Image via Marmol Radziner Located in the Desert Hot Springs, California, is a delightful prefab home spread out over a five acre site. The internal floor space of 185 sqm is made up of seven modules and includes two bedrooms and two bathrooms. 140 sqm of additional shade/deck modules create ample space for [...]

Our Top Architecture-Themed Christmas Gift Ideas

mod_admin 2018-06-05T14:03:46+00:00 December 15th, 2016|All, Design, Things We Love|

If you’re looking for some present inspiration for the architecture enthusiast in your life, we’ve found three great architecture-themed gift ideas that are bound to bring a smile to their face on Christmas morning. […]

Project Brunswick Extension

mod_admin 2018-06-05T14:06:27+00:00 October 20th, 2016|All, Architecture, Modscape, Projects|

Peeking above a brick wall in Brunswick sits a modular extension that creates a powerful contrast from the existing architecture. The corner block called for a design that engages with the site’s existing streetscape from multiple viewpoints. How the extension reads in elevation was very important to both the clients and the Modscape design team. Rather than attempting to mimic in an unauthentic manner, the simple and geometric addition stands independently from the original, while remaining sympathetic to its scale [...]

Designing and Building an Eco-Friendly Home

Dawn 2019-01-15T15:45:43+00:00 October 20th, 2016|All, Sustainability|

Eco home design basics could save you thousands We love great architecture and clever design. But we love it even more when the very best practices of residential design are combined with principles of sustainability. Many local Australian councils now support eco house designs and floor plans and encourage eco home builders to utilise the multiple advances in construction technology and materials. This makes it even easier to construct a highly energy efficient house. So how do you build an [...]

Things We Love: Off-Grid Living

Dawn 2019-02-28T14:16:30+00:00 September 18th, 2016|All, Architecture, Modscape, Press/Media, Sustainability, Things We Love|

This month we are loving the new video by realestate.com.au on off-grid living – featuring our very own Tintaldra project. The Tintaldra home is situated on a vast property on the southern banks of the Murray River and serves as a minimalist retreat, offering a secluded yet intimate existence from which the surrounding environment can be observed and revered. When viewed from the road the cabin recedes into the landscape, looking like any number of sheds in the area and [...]

Project Shoreham

mod_admin 2017-07-21T15:47:16+00:00 June 29th, 2016|All, Architecture, Modscape, Projects|

Orientated to enjoy the dramatic views across Western Port Bay, this holiday home in Shoreham, Victoria provides all the essentials for a beachside getaway. The dwelling is arranged over two levels with a timber clad box atop a black metal base. The clients’ brief was to capitalise on the beautiful sea views so the main living space and master bedroom are elevated to the first floor. With the sea views to the south a secondary outdoor area was constructed to [...]

Things We love: Open House Melbourne

mod_admin 2018-06-05T15:17:56+00:00 June 24th, 2016|All, Press/Media, Things We Love|

We love good architecture and design. So it’s no surprise that we are a big fan of Open House Melbourne and the Open House Worldwide Network. ‘Open House’ is a simple but powerful concept – showcasing outstanding architecture for all to experience, completely for free. Open House initiatives encouraging everyone to go exploring in their city and discover the value of a well-designed built environment. […]

Introductory Rooms

mod_admin 2018-06-05T14:11:12+00:00 June 21st, 2016|All, Architecture|

When you walk into the introductory room at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice you’ll be overwhelmed by lengths of crumpled metal channelling hovering above your head – and all of it is “waste”. 2016 Pritzker prize winning architect, Alejandro Aravena, alongside his team from ELEMENTAL reused over 14 kilometres of scrap metal generated by the dismantling of the previous 2015 Venice Art Biennale. Similarly, the walls are covered by 10,000 sqm of stacked plasterboard dividing each space and [...]

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