Residents of  South Yarra have seen a transition in their neighbourhood this for the last week or so,  its  dark and shady, and we love it!

Cleaning out our ancient file drawers today Julian happened upon the original sketches for  The Block Bondi.  They  were a little bit worse for wear, but 10 years  in a draw  will do that to you!

We love the detail with the cheeky gals on the balcony, something that Channel 9 fixed before their onair appearance, where they appeared in well placed bikinis! After 10 years...

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....

 After a  hunt for  accessories that were  made from raw copper to our specs  for a client we have  transversed the  world, and  come  up with some  stunnung sinks, designed inhouse, and the whole  office is  excited about seeing these, but we are  super excited  that the hardware for the cabinets was a little closer to  home, infact only a suburb away!   We journeyed the world to  find what...

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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.

Its nearly Block O Clock time! Sunday evening we think back to when it was but a drawing on a page!

 Sunday night sees  the new  contestants  learn how to read simple plans, and start the  long road to  making them match the drawings!

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With The Blocks new Glass house airing  next Sunday, we were looking back over some old images from Dux House and  noticed that around the period that Dux House was originally being build 1914,  Man  Ray was making exception works of beauty in Photography.

 Here at Brenchley Architects we are all a little bit obsessed with Photography as well as  Achitecture,  and we  couldnt...

  Brenchley Architects worked with Viridian  on the  lastest  Block  project, see the final results and see how  Australia's number one  glass  provider and only manufacturer of float glass,  hardcoat performance glass worked to  create the  beautiful spaces that lept from the drawing board here at Brenchley Architects, creating new  spaces, sunny private nooks, and  adding  new light to the...

  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.

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