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John Wardle Architects

Fairhaven House
An immersive timber interior perched by the sea
Fairhaven House
A choreographed journey towards the view
Queenscliff House
An external timber shell
Blurring boundaries
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Captain Kelly’s Cottage. Bruny Island
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Somewhere Other
Arsenale, Venice
View Portals to….Somewhere Other
View Portals to….Somewhere Other
Westfield tower A counterpoint to the commonplace material palette of the city
Lift lobbies. Profiled timber impacts the senses
at the arrival foyer with its cool, flat or reflective surfaces – glass, aluminium and
concrete.
 Using set lengths available to create a
pattern. The pattern is visually articulated through
a series of profiled cuts into the solid timber
battens

Westfield tower Sectional character of

Arrival foyer
Profile revealed
Westfield tower
Arrival foyer
Westfield tower
Sky Lobby
Melbourne School of Design
An explanatory Building
A building that explains its operation and architecture. Its systems are exposed, construction layers pulled apart.
An LVL box beam roof structure is revealed at the upper levels of the main studio hall, showing students of
architecture and building the substance of the structure holding up the roof.
Hall Studio roof
Laminated veneer lumber
beams form a large free
spanning roof structure over the
central design hall.

Timber coffers shield the interior

from the glare of northern sun,
whilst admitting southern diffuse
light.
Hanging Studio
Timber veneer folds down the
sides of a suspended studio,
scaling down the expression of
timber elements from large
structural beam to fine grain
ornament.
Hanging Studio
Timber veneer with finely
detailed folds becomes
progressively more decorative
with area of perforation for
acoustic control
Hanging Studio
Decorative and acoustic
baffle ceiling
Monash Teaching and Learning Building
A landscape of Learning
The top floor of this four-storey building is treated like a timber attic, with a sawtooth
timber trussed roof system and a dramatic occupied timber stair that connects with the
ground floor.
A landscape of Learning
Escarpment stair. A dramatic element joining the ground
floor to the upper level
At this location bleacher seating allows for casual seating or
opportunities for performance
A landscape of Learning
Escarpment stair and timber windows
From bleacher seating to lounge terraces to study booths,
the nature of this stair transforms as it rises through the
building
Exploring suburban roof patterns

Inhabited Roof
A timber framed sawtooth roof draws diffuse
natural light into the interior of a broad floor plate
Inhabited roof
Timber sawtooth roof and ceiling baffles
draw diffused light into the interior.
The effect of timber at this level is
immersive and relaxing
Inhabited roof
Sawtooth roof and ceiling Modules
Inhabited roof
Sawtooth roof and ceiling Modules

Fabrication in the factory Installation on site

Inhabited roof
Ballarat GovHub
Will accommodate 1000 staff within the civic precinct
It’s gable form is a hybrid-part office, part house, partly public,
partly private
Ballarat GovHub
A full timber horizontal and vertical structure will set a new
benchmark for the use of large-scale timber structures in
Australia

CONCRETE STRUCTURE TIMBER STRUCTURE

9X12M GRID 9X6M GRID