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Thisispaper Newsletter 196: Where the Garden Ends
Five houses and two public structures where the boundary between shelter and landscape is a design decision, not a default.

Minimalism as rigour, not trend. Architecture, interiors, furniture, and objects where reduction reveals rather than restricts. Spaces and things stripped to their essential form — where every remaining element earns its presence. A growing collection.

House in a Garden by Edition Office @editionoffice
Villa Nouvelle Vague by Magalie Munters Architecture @magaliemuntersarchitecture
La Conception III by Nicolas Chaudier @n_chaudier
Melt by SAI Architectural Design Office @sai_architect
Haus G by Gähler Flüchler Fankhauser Architekten @gff_arch
Sayuwon Park Public Toiltes (Sacred and Profane) by Andrea Liverani @liveraniandreaarchitect
Transparent Toilet by Shigeru Ban @shigeruban

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‘House in a Garden’ contains two main wings within the house, both with distinctly different agendas; one open and fluid, the other closed and private; one for living and connecting, one for sleeping and retreating.

Photo @maxdelv

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener
Art - ‘Inside the dreams tunnels’ - @grant_nimmo
@dainesinger
Low table - Low brick table. Ebonised mixed eucalypt -@andyward___
Rug - @armadilloandco


#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture#australianarchitecture #wurundjericountry

View of the home through the layered landscape by @eckersleygardenarchitecture, from the bank of the Birrarung - House in a Garden.

Photo @maxdelv

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener

#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture#australianarchitecture #wurundjericountry

Adjacent the Birrarung, the home sits above ground level on large supporting feet, each defining pockets or eddies within the flowing landscape down to the river. Some extend to the level above creating voids to the sky for larger trees to grow, some are capped below the timber soffit compressing into a shadowed, quiet space rich with undergrowth.


Photo @maxdelv

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener

#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture#australianarchitecture #wurundjericountry

A dwelling embedded within foliage above the Birrarung, the home engages with the quiet experience of being within a dense landscape. 
 
Entry is through rich undergrowth and tree canopies, colouring and adjusting the atmosphere of the living areas above. 
 

Photo @maxdelv

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener

#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture#australianarchitecture #wurundjericountry

Looking back during construction of House in a Garden.
Support pillars within the central garden

Image by Edition Office

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener

#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture #australianarchitecture #melbournearchitecture #kewmelbourne #kew #wurundjericountry

Looking back during construction of House in a Garden.
Entry core anchoring the living room

Image by Edition Office

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener

#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture #australianarchitecture #melbournearchitecture #kewmelbourne #kew #wurundjericountry

Looking back during construction of House in a Garden.
Entry void to the sky

Image by Edition Office

Builder @combconstruction
Landscape Architect @eckersleygardenarchitecture
Project Architect @jonobrener

#houseinagarden #editionoffice #architecture #australianarchitecture #melbournearchitecture #kewmelbourne #kew #wurundjericountry

When designing homes we enjoy considering the daily rituals that will unfold within, over the course of a day, a week, a year, a lifetime. How might the architecture bring joy to these moments with sensitive material and spatial gestures?

Cheer Squad have done some wonderful work capturing and condensing some of these moments over the course of a day, tracking the interplay of light, shadow and materiality at our Mary Street House.

@cheersquadfilco
@editionoffice
Built by @formatgroup
Landscape by @amandaolivergardens

#editionoffice #editionofficearchitects #architecture #australianarchitecture #eomarystreethouse #housesmagazine

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

“Twin” Bench in American red oak

@aaron_roberts_eo and @kimbridgland designed this bench as a seat for two, giving plenty of space for each. Inspired by rural Victorian water tanks and the structural photography of Bernd and Hilla Becher, the pair explored how curves meet straight edges and how joints might ‘slip past each other.’ The back of the bench expresses this interplay most clearly, turning function into sculptural form.

Melbourne-based @editionoffice, founded in 2016 by Aaron and Kim, approaches each project iteratively, letting past work inform new designs. Their architecture balances bold forms, respect for the Australian landscape, and materials that ‘speak for themselves’.

Find out more about this piece at the link in bio.

Photography credit: @tim_robinson_photography

#australiandesign #australiandesigner #australia #architectureaustralia #melbournedesign #madeinaustralia #madeinsydney #madeinmelbourne #australianmade #melbournemade #woodwork #woodworks #woodcraft #dowoodworking #reclaimedwood #woodturning #woodgrain #timber #sawmill #sawmillbusiness #millwork #hardwood #whiteoak

Edition Office showing new work at House Show
15.02 – 23.02.2025 Walsh Street⁠ ⁠

Celebrating 20 years of the Robin Boyd Foundation’s custodianship of Walsh Street, House Show brings together architects, designers and artists for an exhibition that diffuses process and discourse throughout the residence!⁠

Tickets are now available via the link in @robin.boyd.foundation bio

House Show is generously supported by Brickworks Building Products @brickworksbp, Architecture Media @ArchitectureAu and Konpira Maru Wines @konpiramaru.⁠

Edition Office showing new work at House Show
15.02 – 23.02.2025 Walsh Street⁠ ⁠

Celebrating 20 years of the Robin Boyd Foundation’s custodianship of Walsh Street, House Show brings together architects, designers and artists for an exhibition that diffuses process and discourse throughout the residence!⁠

Tickets are now available via the link in @robin.boyd.foundation bio

House Show is generously supported by Brickworks Building Products @brickworksbp, Architecture Media @ArchitectureAu and Konpira Maru Wines @konpiramaru.⁠

Edition Office showing new work at House Show
15.02 – 23.02.2025 Walsh Street⁠ ⁠

Celebrating 20 years of the Robin Boyd Foundation’s custodianship of Walsh Street, House Show brings together architects, designers and artists for an exhibition that diffuses process and discourse throughout the residence!⁠

Tickets are now available via the link in @robin.boyd.foundation bio

House Show is generously supported by Brickworks Building Products @brickworksbp, Architecture Media @ArchitectureAu and Konpira Maru Wines @konpiramaru.⁠

With every project it’s always such a great pleasure to collaborate with and support the incredible makers and artists that we count as friends and family of the studio.

Pictured here are -

• @piers_greville ‘Recess’ & ‘Pardon’ 2023, courtesy @magmagalleries

• @studiotops Galvanised Steel Bench

• @marina_breit ‘Point Lonsdale Series #2’ 2018

• @wade_fab who fabricated our custom Stainless Steel dining table

• Peter Davidson ‘untitled’ courtesy @dainesinger

• @brud.studia ‘Henz’ Aluminium coffee table, courtesy @magmagalleries

Naples Street House • 2024




#editionoffice #editionofficearchitects #architecture #australianarchitecture #eonaplesstreethouse #brickhouse #courtyardhouse #gardenroom #outdoorroom#friendsandcollaborators

Built by @formatgroup
Landscape by @florian____wild
Photograph by @tashatylee

With every project it’s always such a great pleasure to collaborate with and support the incredible makers and artists that we count as friends and family of the studio.

Pictured here are -

• @piers_greville ‘Recess’ & ‘Pardon’ 2023, courtesy @magmagalleries

• @studiotops Galvanised Steel Bench

• @marina_breit ‘Point Lonsdale Series #2’ 2018

• @wade_fab who fabricated our custom Stainless Steel dining table

• Peter Davidson ‘untitled’ courtesy @dainesinger

• @brud.studia ‘Henz’ Aluminium coffee table, courtesy @magmagalleries

Naples Street House • 2024




#editionoffice #editionofficearchitects #architecture #australianarchitecture #eonaplesstreethouse #brickhouse #courtyardhouse #gardenroom #outdoorroom#friendsandcollaborators

Built by @formatgroup
Landscape by @florian____wild
Photograph by @tashatylee

With every project it’s always such a great pleasure to collaborate with and support the incredible makers and artists that we count as friends and family of the studio.

Pictured here are -

• @piers_greville ‘Recess’ & ‘Pardon’ 2023, courtesy @magmagalleries

• @studiotops Galvanised Steel Bench

• @marina_breit ‘Point Lonsdale Series #2’ 2018

• @wade_fab who fabricated our custom Stainless Steel dining table

• Peter Davidson ‘untitled’ courtesy @dainesinger

• @brud.studia ‘Henz’ Aluminium coffee table, courtesy @magmagalleries

Naples Street House • 2024




#editionoffice #editionofficearchitects #architecture #australianarchitecture #eonaplesstreethouse #brickhouse #courtyardhouse #gardenroom #outdoorroom#friendsandcollaborators

Built by @formatgroup
Landscape by @florian____wild
Photograph by @tashatylee