Blog - Poppy Bevan Design Studio

Kaufmann Desert House by Richard Neutra

28 Apr 2018 by Poppy 0 comments

This month, as with any, I am working on several projects that intend to effortlessly relate interior and exterior space in a fashion that reflect my clients' ideas, tastes, and intentions, whilst embodying the best of architectural design principles. These three factors of a strong inside/outside interconnection, a client-centric design process, and the intention to achieve the highest possible architectural standard seem such obvious, common elements of the architectural process that it's quite hard to imagine that they aren't always, and haven't always been at play together in the design of residential architecture. Read more!

2017

14 Jan 2018 by Poppy 0 comments

2017 was a big year for us, but I am pretty sure 2018 will be bigger... Read more!

House of the Month // by Brillhart Architecture

04 Sep 2015 by Poppy 0 comments

This month I'm going outside the box and looking at a beautiful house designed by Brillhart Architecture, who are based in Florida in the US. Normally, I like to narrow my focus to Australian and New Zealand architecture but I could not go past this lovely little prototype-type house that is deliciously pared back, vernacular inspired, and perfectly suited to its site and context. It inspires very positive things in me regarding the state of architecture in the world. Read more!

House of the Month // by Leuschke Kahn Architects, NZ

23 Aug 2015 by Poppy 0 comments

There is something quite strange about this house, it seems almost foreign, as though it might have once belonged in northern Europe and somehow floated into NZ, plot of land and all. Perhaps that is part of the reason that I like this house. It has no particularly stunning outlook or rugged landscape to contend with, but instead creates its own quiet, internalised vistas, and does so in a very neat and refined manner. Read more!

House of the Month // Pleysier Perkins

15 Jul 2015 by Poppy 0 comments

This month's House of the Month is a conceptually well rounded alteration and addition that results in a neatly arranged conglomeration of well thought-out, readily communicating interior and exterior spaces. The appeal of this project lies in the clarity and focus of the planning, which places great emphasis on enhancing site lines and creating multiple indoor and outdoor rooms that act as new vistas seen from various vantage points throughout the house. Read more!

May 2015 // Istanbul

30 Jun 2015 by Poppy 0 comments

May and June this year is a bit of a[n exciting] switch up... Instead of my usual life and the usual monthly posts, I travelled through Europe and will be posting about my time spent exploring Istanbul, Greece, and France. The beginning was Istanbul; seriously one of the most wonderful cities in the world. This is a place that architecture, food, and textiles reign supreme - in effect, it is exactly my kind of place! Read more!

House of the Month // by Herbst Architects

16 Apr 2015 by Poppy 0 comments

I've been eyeing off the work of Herbst Architects for a few months now, so my only real issue today was in choosing which house to feature... Sometimes I feel as though I should be writing about the most recent, hot off the press architecture from around Australia and New Zealand, and then sometimes I find myself returning over and over to certain buildings, and that sometimes these buildings just aren't brand spanking new. I don't think that this really is a problem, I mean, good architecture should be some of the most lasting of all human creation, so surely a few years here or there doesn't matter, right? Read more!

House of the Month // February 2015

20 Feb 2015 by Poppy 0 comments

I've always enjoyed the work of Christopher Polly Architect. His practice is so aptly skilled at happily integrating the old and new, comfortably siting crisp black steel and white cladding up against old bricks and stone, and seamlessly refining exterior form to sit comfortably within its neighbouring architectural context. Read more!