Eleanor

ELEANOR

Award – Residential Architecture
Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter, 2026

Shortlist – House Alterations and Additions under 200m2
Houses Awards, 2026

Shortlist – House in a Heritage Context
Houses Awards, 2026

Oval House

Oval House

Winner – Residential Alteration and Addition
Architeam Awards, 2025

Shortlist – Residential Architecture
Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter, 2025

Shortlist – House Alterations and Addition over 200m2
Houses Awards, 2025

Finalist – Single Residential Exterior
39th Dulux Colour Awards

Triangle House

Triangle House

Award for Restoration of a Heritage Place
National Trust Mornington Peninsula Branch / Mornington
Peninsula Shire Heritage Awards, 2025

Brunswick Galley House

Brunswick Galley House

Commendation – Residential Architecture
Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter, 2025

Shortlist – House Alterations and Additions under 200m2
Houses Awards, 2024

Albert Park Lantern House

Albert Park Lantern House

Commendation – Residential Dwelling: Alteration/Addition
The Design & Development Awards, City of Port Phillip, 2022

House at Otago Bay

House at Otago Bay

Kevin Borland Masonry Award
Think Brick Awards, 2019

The Esmond Dorney Award for Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Australian Institute of Architects, Tasmanian Chapter, 2019

Award – Residential – New
Architeam Awards, 2019

Habitus
Commendation for House of the Year, 2020

South Melbourne Beach House

South Melbourne Beach House

Kevin Borland Award for Small Project Architecture
Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter, 2017

Commendation – Residential Architecture – Houses (New)
Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter, 2017

Shortlist – New House under 200m2
Houses Awards, 2017

Shortlist – House in a Heritage Context
Houses Awards, 2017

Finalist – Architectural Design
Victorian Premier’s Design Awards, 2017

Finalist – Residential New, Architeam Awards, 2017

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Topology acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our studio stands. The Yalukit Willam people of the Boon Wurrung and the wider Kulin Nation. Each of us pay our deepest respects to the elders past, present and those emerging. We pledge our commitment in caring for this land and its first people. We promise to respect its history and continue to speak the truth.

All content © Topology 2026

Topology acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our studio stands. The Yalukit Willam people of the Boon Wurrung and the wider Kulin Nation. Each of us pay our deepest respects to the elders past, present and those emerging. We pledge our commitment in caring for this land and its first people. We promise to respect its history and continue to speak the truth.

Brunswick Galley House

Conceptual inspiration for a house centred around a galley was drawn from the experience of our client’s life when they lived on board a narrowboat in the UK. Our clients loved that every aspect of their boat was highly considered, every space utilised.

This project speaks to two types of home-coming. The macro, coming home from living overseas with a broader perspective and experiences, and the micro, the daily rhythms and flow of coming and going from home.

Environmental consciousness starts with an understanding that the easier it is ride, the more we do it and this home is planned specifically to facilitate this. Ensuring every centimetre is utilised, avoids excess. Reuse of original building fabric minimises waste. New materials were selected for longevity and recyclability. Active and passive measures include solar and rainwater harvesting, considered orientation and ventilation.

This home is designed to expressly connect with our community through carefully graduated external and internal spaces. The design supports everyday interactions with the neighbourhood as a reminder that we are part of a greater whole, encouraging us to look outside of ourselves.

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Topology acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our studio stands. The Yalukit Willam people of the Boon Wurrung and the wider Kulin Nation. Each of us pay our deepest respects to the elders past, present and those emerging. We pledge our commitment in caring for this land and its first people. We promise to respect its history and continue to speak the truth.

Lantern House

Albert Park

On the lands of the Bunurong Boon
Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.

Our Client’s Victorian terrace overlooks Nairm, Port Phillip Bay. Some mornings the bay is still, the lilac hue punctuated by bright jerseys of cyclists and lamps along the pier. This is Beaconsfield Parade at its most peaceful before the promenade fills with people strolling, paddling and driving. Later the wind rises, throwing waves onto the pier and foam onto the shore. At night stillness returns and lights of the shipping lane guide ships through the rip.

The brief was to reorganise the plan to improve light and outlook to the garden whilst providing a sense of entry from the lane. A single-storey, north-east facing pavilion is inserted below the existing building between the brick walls of the neighbouring terraces.

A stepped masonry wall forms a kind of lantern adjacent to an existing brick wall. Inside the plywood ceiling sweeps up, enabling light to fall deep into the floor plate. The volume created provides a high gallery wall whilst the rest of the addition is level with the adjacent boundary walls.

The lantern is the only part of the addition visible from outside of the property. This discrete intervention has improved the environmental performance of the home without compromising the heritage values of the place. The lantern is a welcoming engagement with the lane and surrounding built landscape.

Commendation – Residential Dwelling: Alteration/Addition
The Design & Development Awards, City of Port Phillip, 2022