The Best of Concrete: Grey Matter

Luigi Rosselli Architects have applied a lot of thought to grey matter over the years: off-form concrete, cement toppings, polished concrete, precast, glass reinforced; concrete is a material of many forms.  In-situ cast off-form concrete…

Chimney by The Beach – Ten Years Later

The first of a series of rediscoveries of earlier Luigi Rosselli Architects designs, Chimney by the Beach is a house built on Tamarama Beach in Waverley, on a ridge with views of the ocean, a…

The First House

100 Cammeray Road Designed nearly thirty years ago for pivotal INXS musician , Kirk Pengilly, this house is the result of substantial alterations and additions to a 1940s duplex with a most austere and predictable…

Rammed Earth Library in Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia

High Country House

Just completed, this modern hilltop “homestead” is located at the peak of a cattle property. An expression of the meeting of rural life and culture unique to the country town of Armidale.

Libraries and Study Designs

The library is an important space in Luigi Rosselli houses as a room designed to stimulate thinking and over the years of designing, terrace houses, cottages and grand residences, the library and study have been…

Sydney Cliff Top House Nears Completion

Set in the back streets of Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, perched atop a cliff, Luigi Rosselli Architects’ best project of the year is nearing completion one month before contract date. Although Waverley Council is well known for its…

Heritage and Conservation : A Modern Approach

An intimate interview, on the prevailing and out-dated approaches to heritage and conservation.   Luigi discusses his non-conforming, playful, organic approach in finding the values and characters in old buildings and their organic growth in their…

Design Spring in Perth, Western Australia

Subiaco House – A new house currently under construction amongst the picturesque peppermint trees of Subiaco, an inner suburb or Perth. Set in a historically distinctive streetscape, the house was conceived as a series of…

Paddington Terrace House Lights Up

A designer would find oneself dancing to a familiar tune when approached to upgrade this terrace house in Paddington, a suburb east of Sydney City. Faced with the age old problems presented by much loved…

Shades and Awnings : Open Architecture

As we get into the cooler months, we are looking back wistfully at hot summer days with life spent outdoors, and shed some light on some of our sunshades and awnings. In so many of…

Councils ♥ Architecture

It is awards season and councils show their positive thinking by inviting architects to enter their design awards. The awards are a good way for an architect to have their work respected and recognised by…

Swimming Pools and Architecture

In keen anticipation of summer we wade in to a selection of swimming pools, built or otherwise from projects spanning the last 25 years. Swimming pools have long littered the Australian landscape, and feature prominently…

Icons of Icons

ICONS OF ICONS In honour of Australia’s holiest of architectural holies, architect Dale Jones-Evans has curated a series of Byzantine ‘icon’ portraits – ahh, sorry wrong exhibition… ICONS BY ICONS In celebration of some of Australia’s most…

Wind Powers Rosselli Architects

The carbon footprint of Luigi Rosselli Architects has been progressively reduced to achieve a “neutral” certification. We are proud to say that, as a small carbon footprint business, we: –    Encourage use of public…

Better Homes and Gordons

Luigi Rosselli Architects recently completed house at Gordons Bay has been featured on Better Homes and Gardens.  Between an intriguing seafood lasagne and some sound advice of stopping draughts, the Gordons Bay house is shown…

Fire Places : A Home For Flame

If, as the old saying goes “the hearth is the heart of the home”, than what should we make of the recent radical transition in which the flickering fire, at the heart of domestic life,…

Stair Variations : An Ode to M.C.Escher

We take a step back to look at the catalogue of stairs designed by Luigi Rosselli Architects. Architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca relates the lesson of an old teacher in which he notes: “[T]he horizontal plane…

Building in Rammed Earth

This is an extract from a presentation given by Luigi in March at the 2012 Architectural Axis conference entitled “Kirribilli House: Ramming Comfort”. The presentation was intended for architects interested in rammed earth construction. Natural cooling characteristics of…

A New Scoop

Luigi Rosselli Architects latest venture into the culinary landscape sees the Venetian backdrop of George Pompei’s childhood transplanted into the eclectic surrounds of Bondi. Inspired by John Ruskin’s exploratory text The Stones of Venice, the design…

Rosselli Apartment Parkour, A Detour

At the newly completed Benelong Crescent apartments we launch into a physical text that explores the architectural form through a parkour dérive. The expression of the body follows the expression of the building.

Layers of History

Justin Alexander, photographer extraordinaire, has just shot our alterations and additions to an 1920’s Arts and Crafts residence in Mosman. We sought to modernize the family home by providing more open, family-oriented spaces such as…

After Images : Sketches for Japan

Luigi Rosselli is supporting the upcoming exhibition After Images at Boutwell Draper Gallery, in support of reconstruction in Japan after the recent natural disasters. “After Images is an exhibition and auction of sketches of Japan primarily…

Benelong Crescent Malleable Architecture

The newly completed Benelong Crescent apartments are inspired by the sinuous forms of Erich Mendelsohn’s Einstein Tower in Potsdam, completed in the 1920’s. The apartments cascade down the hill to follow the contours and the curved…

A Bird’s Eye View on Luigi Rosselli Architects

We take to the air to look at a number of finished projects, and a few works in progress. Two recently completed projects on Sydney Harbour manage a sloping site with ocean views to different…

Bella Balla

Stefano Manfredi and Julie Manfredi Hughes have collaborated with Luigi Rosselli Pty Ltd to bring to life Stefano’s passion for the tradition of the authentic local osteria of Milan’s Navigli area and to redefine the…

Considerably Comfortable

Luigi Rosselli Architects objective to examine the relationship between human comfort and sustainability has been recognised with the Kirribilli house being awarded the 2011 NSW Australian Institute of Architects Housing Award for Sustainable Architecture. The…

Plunkett Street

Construction is underway on our project on Plunkett Street, Mosman. Set on a sloping site facing Balmoral with magnificent mature eucalypts, the design works with its dual frontage to produce architecture ‘in the round’.

Simon Hassall

We are pleased to announce that Simon Hassall has become the second Associate at Luigi Rosselli Architects. Simon joined Luigi Rosselli Architects in 2007,and brings to the new position his patience, attention to detail and…

Alexandra Donohoe

Luigi Rosselli Architects welcome Alexandra Donohoe as an in-house Interior Designer. Alexandra has over 10 years experience in interior design, having has worked with several of Sydney’s most notable design firms including Bates Smart, SJB,…

Luigi’s 4 ½ Minutes on Film

Luigi Rosselli Architects Curraghbeena Road house was recently featured on Fairfax Media’s Domain TV as part of their Amazing Homes series. Interviews with Luigi and the client, shed light on the key features of the…

Giurgola : The Reluctant Master

Luigi Rosselli was recently invited to speak at a symposium, organised by Melbourne University, honouring the life and work of Aldo Giurgola. Celebrated in Australia for his work on New Parliament House in Canberra, the…

Balla Rolls into Town

Luig Rosselli Architects are currently collaborating with Stefano and Julie Manfredi to bring to life Stefano’s passion for the tradition of the authentic local osteria of Milan’s Navigli area. Osteria Balla will redefine the meaning of that tradition…

Pilibara : The Dust Settles

The dust has begun to settle at the Pilbara as the frenzy of building work dies down and the finishing touches are applied to this homestead – one of the first stations built in the…

Rewards and Awards

It is very rewarding after long and often difficult working relationships with Council to find ones efforts awarded during the annual awards season. Congratulations are in order for the architects that scooped up prizes at…

Civic Pride in Waverley

Luigi Rosselli Architects have been awarded the Waverley Council 2011 Civic Pride Award for the Fletcher St house in Tamarama. The Civic Pride Award recognises and promotes heritage conservation and outstanding contemporary design. Congratulations are…

Pilbara Station Scrubs Up

Work is proceeding at speed on this Station at the Pilbara. One of the most ambitious projects yet, the final stages of the project are being completed and the finishing touches applied.

Casella Winery