DRIFTWOOD HOUSE

by Michael Putman | Oct 3, 2018

/ BACK TO PROJECTS DRIFTWOOD HOUSE A beach house that responds to the client’s brief of providing flexible living spaces, bedrooms and amenity spaces such as a sauna with views to the ocean and heightened connection to the landscape. Inspired by the client’s strong...

TREE HOUSE ‘MEMORIAL’

by Michael Putman | Aug 18, 2018

/ BACK TO PROJECTS TREE HOUSE ‘MEMORIAL’ A collaborative 3 day design and build workshop with Studio In The Woods to create a shelter that both celebrates and protects a decaying tree on a woodland property by delicately framing the tree – as well as...

BUSH THEATRE [SLIVER]

by Michael Putman | Sep 13, 2018

/ BACK TO PROJECTS BUSH THEATRE The surrounding urban context was analysed and conceptually embedded within the design proposal that lightly pierces the existing opaque brick facade to introduce a new publicly accessible entrance, stream of natural light, and engaging...

LIBERTAS HOUSE RECEPTION

by Michael Putman | Aug 29, 2018

/ BACK TO PROJECTS LIBERATES HOUSE The striking masonry facade of Libertas House was carved by the noted Scottish sculptor William Mossman II between 1870 and 1873. Mossman seems to have drawn on the well-known Latin motto ‘Libertas Justitia Veritas’ – meaning...

BUS SHELTER

by Michael Putman | Oct 2, 2018

/ BACK TO PROJECTS BUS SHELTERInspired by the surrounding landscape and the wind in the valleys, Bus Shelter seeks to encompass users into an intimate, fluid space where they may pause, contemplate, or simply glimpse through the stacked wood slits at the scenery...