Cousins is the recent winner of the Emerging Architects Prize in the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards and of the 40-plus projects Cousins has worked on since founding her eponymous architecture practice in 2005, many have been singled out for recognition by industry awards. But closest to her heart has been her pro-bono work designing a highly adaptable, cost-efficient home suitable for survivors of the 2009 Black
Saturday bushfires in Victoria. Cousins also has a strong environmental approach and is praised by her peers: she is the 2013 Victorian Emerging Architect Prize winner.
BRICK HOUSE
The Brick House is an addition and renovation to a single fronted Edwardian house in Prahran. Craving privacy from looming neighbouring flats two new structures were conceived to cocoon a private central courtyard space between them.
Designed for a young family the house caters for their needs now and in the future. A flexible space, referred to as the studio, is housed on top of the new garage forming a double story mass at the rear of the site to help screen large neighbouring buildings. The single story addition to the house engages with the garden with its meandering facade of glass and brick.
DESIGN TEAM
Clare Cousins, Michael McManus, Sarah Lake, Renae Brown, Tara Ward