Designed for a growing family, this airy second-story addition elevates two bedrooms, a bathroom, and roof garden above an existing single-story home in suburban Melbourne.
Completed last year, the student hub features a food court, indoor and outdoor gathering spaces, and a library where magazines and popular fiction trump textbooks.
Built with geometric precision of poured-in-place concrete, the Japanese architect's first Australian commission will serve as the backdrop for arts and culture events through the Antipodean summer and fall.
Classmates Millie Anderson and Jimmy Carter began moonlighting on small freelance projects—today, Office MI–JI has introduced a refreshing new approach to the Melbourne design scene and completed several intriguing projects in low-cost local materials.
