Stacking new life into Heritage sites.
Tucked beneath the heritage warehouses on the northern approach to the harbour bridge fronting a cool Melbourne-like laneway at Lavender Bay, Bay 9, which is due for completetion in December 2015, is part of the growing Middlemiss Street community. Next door is Bay 10, home of Barista Nathan Devlin’s cool espresso bar; The Body Mechanic, a specialist bike fit, gait analysis and physio outfit run by a bunch of elite athletes; and hot new tech start-up Pod Tracker. It’s a stunn

The future of Architecture in 100 buildings
I am thrilled to tell you that The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings has been released this week, and Brenchley Architects is excited to be included in this tome!
The Future of Architecture has already been reviewed by Wall Street Journal and is the #1 Best Seller Architecture book on Amazon! It will be available locally from Published Art See the original TED talk here that inspired the book. #FutureOfArchitecture For more information on the Brenchley architec

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

Its a bit like lego for Architects!
The excitement level at Brenchley Architects this week, is super high, as we have been working on a project that is aking to lego for grown ups! The sketch pictured is for a proposed commercial fitoutin an existing high bay warehouse using shipping containers, stacked and transversing in to walkways and voids that create a useable, and ultimately low impact and removable space.
The brief required a flexible creative space for sole traders and small businesses to use

Phaidon Atlas ask for us to be present! We are here!
Phaidon Atlas the innovative digital platform for discovery, inspiration and learning for the global architecture community. The respected Phaidon Atlas books to give you a more immediate, enriching experience and to easily share detailed drawings, images, concepts and ideas with colleagues, clients and suppliers, and the big news at Brenchley Architects this week is we have been selected for the 142 Park Street Property. See Our entry here: Phaidon Atlas #phaidonatlas

Julian Brenchley wins Architizer Award for Sustainable Block
Our South Melbourne Project has just received the Architizer A+ Award in the residential Mid Rise ( 5-15 floors) category Very proud to have taken out this prestigious international award. See the link for further details. Architizer #sustainability #theblock #architizer