
You and Your Architects
Hiring an architect could be the best decision you'll make for your residential or commercial design project. If you've never worked with an architect, though, you're likely to have many questions. We'll help you get through the design process. There are few things more satisfying than a successful design project. The secret to success lies in the professional, business, and personal relationships between owner and architect. You and Your Architect, is a great little electro

New little buzzing boxes on a hillside.
While kicking back and enjoying his summer break, principal Architect at Brenchley Architects, Julian Brenchley, set about putting his newly learnt skills in bee keeping into practice. Creating an apiary and an eco system that supports the native environment along with building sustainable long term comunities on a macro and micro level, is what this practice is all about, so he took his young son withhim! Building new hives and setting up the space for the new hive

Visions of the Glasshouse
The wonderful Peter Hyatt, has produced another edition of Vision, this time documenting the Block Glasshouse and the use of Viridian Glass, picking up the theme of Sir John Paxtons Crystal Palace and the tour de force it bought to Architecture, Vision Edition 17 is a visual feast, and Brenchley Architects are excited to be an ongoing partner with The Block. Check out Edition 17 of Vision online here. #architectphotographer #architectsmelbourne #brenchleyarchit

Digging with Robots!
In a week that saw the roof come off The Block Glasshouse, and let the light in, we are onto another project, where we are excavating a multistorey reno with robot dinosaurs....... well, Ok, mini remote control excavators. Amazing that in this confined space, the job can be done remotely and quickly....... looking forward to seeing the results! The magic of these machines is the stuff of boyhood imaginings, and brings magic to the buildings we work on, its in

Not sure Dee from The Block Likes our plans!
If she's going to abuse The Block architect, Dee could at least check the car cam isn't recording. After losing the Blockhead jury to Michael and Carlene, Dee decided to vent to husband Darren in the car on the way back to The Block. But unbeknownst to Dee, Darren had turned the car cam on and when she found out she wasn't happy about it. Check out the video above to see what Dee said. #architectsmelbourne #brenchleyarchitects #glasshouse #modernarchitecture #residentialmidri

Architizer made our week in more ways than one this week!
Yesterday two boxes arrived in the office, on unwrapping them we found large golden boxes, like big golden ingots, that upon opening bore two Awards, that needed to be constructed.... without instructions! It was like lego meets Rubiks cubes, needless to say we were in heaven! One for Residential mid Rise Jury prize and one for Residential midrise popular choice! Later that afternoon we had another dispatch from the good folk at Architzer, letting us know we