Homes
Every home is a unique reflection of the values, circumstances, lifestyles and design opportunities implicit in each brief. Our design process is always collaborative and sensitive to the ambitions of our clients. Our homes are designed to last. They are valued by the broader community for their enduring characteristics. Our homes form the foundation of our design principles for all project types.
Project - Garden House
A pavilion that maximises landscape amenity
Making full use of its compact site, this house dissolves the distinction between internal and external spaces and accommodates the changing needs of the family.
Value
We collaborate and innovate
Collaboration is at the core of our culture and our design process. It enables assumptions to be challenged, drives effective innovation and helps deliver optimal, enduring and appropriate design propositions.
Project - Judith Neilson Table
A coffee table designed for the Judith Neilson Institute of Journalism and Ideas
We envisioned a seamless ‘ribbon’ of brass that effortlessly suspends the glass top and plaque. A flowing, open, visually light spatial form with purity of structure, expressing the richness of the unadorned brass.
Project - Paddington Terraces
Refined homes weaved into a heritage-rich place
A first principles approach yielded a unique and integrated proposal that addressed multiple requirements and constraints and stitched together old and new.
Vision - A Good House is Forever
Sustainability through liveability
The houses designed by Tzannes have been rightly acclaimed for their durability, passive design strategies, environmental awareness, and their degree of user satisfaction.
Value
We create enduring architecture
Enduring architecture is resilient, beautiful, adaptable and, through its longevity, inherently sustainable. We aim to create enduring architecture that appreciates in value and continues to be lived in and loved.
Project - Point Piper Residence
Exceptional amenity for a small house
Set on a constrained site, the architecture of this house creates an exceptional sense of space and captures spectacular views of the harbour.
Project - Houseman Side Table
A compact side table with a hidden storage compartment
A coopered timber base seamlessly connected to a spun metal bowl.
Vision - The Value of People in Practice
A sustainable way to practice
"What I have learned... is the value of respecting my time and those around me, whether they are colleagues, clients or collaborators."
Value
We begin from first principles
We are inspired to question assumptions and to develop unique design propositions without preconceived ideas. Doing so helps us develop innovative concepts, deliver greater benefits to the community and meet or exceed client expectations.
Project - Paddington Corner Terrace
An old terrace made light, open, and delightful
This alteration is an example of our ongoing revitalisation of the 19th-century inner-city terrace and our commitment to urban renewal and sustainability.
Value
We are committed to a post-carbon future
We seek to drive the industry in a direction that aims beyond net zero carbon, targeting instead a new and regenerative paradigm which gives back and supports the health of the natural environment into the future.