The Cairns Private Hospital has recently undergone its biggest redevelopment in its 63-year history. I was tasked by ADCO Construction to capture the finished works. The new private wing adds greatly to the hospital’s number of rooms available, all with ensuites, and purpose-built to accommodate patients recovering from general and orthopaedic surgery. It also features …
Tag Archives: Architecture
The Peak House
I recently had the privilege of photographing a beautiful residential home designed by Julianne McAlloon Architects. Sitting atop a hillside overlooking Cairns, the striking facade features cascading, irregular concrete steps through a landscaped garden. At night these steps illuminate, creating a sense of a staircase floating on light. An enlarged foyer walkway leads through to …
Trinity Bay High School
With Year 7 entering high schools in Queensland in 2015, Trinity Bay High School needed new facilities to accommodate the additional 300 or so students this would bring. A Junior Secondary Studies precinct was developed… This new double storey wing of the school contains 11 class rooms and accompanying work spaces, along with a staffroom, …
Edmonton Leisure Centre
The Edmonton Leisure Centre was designed as a dual purpose facility as a sports centre and an emergency cyclone shelter. It’s multi-level design facilitates it’s current use as a sports hall and gym for the PCYC Cairns. I was tasked by PDT architects, to capture interior and exterior architecture photography of the centre, highlighting its …
Cardwell Foreshore
When Cyclone Yasi unleashed on the coastal town of Cardwell in February 2011, trees were ripped up, houses were destroyed and the town’s foreshore – a popular stop for travellers between Cairns and Townsville – was swallowed up by the accompanying storm surge. It was very much a small community smashed up beyond recognition. Three …
Jubilee Heights
I was recently down in Innisfail for the architectural photography of a new house for MiHaven, designers and builders of steel framed houses that can be built in relatively quick timeframes (8-12 weeks). This house, located in Jubilee Heights on the outskirts of Innisfail, has a fairly straightforward layout internally, with a rear deck that …
Saibai Island
In terms of remoteness, Saibai Island is up there… In Australia’s it’s bit of a novelty to be able to look across the water to another country, but that’s exactly what you can do on Saibai – a low-lying island a few kilometres from the Papua New Guinea mainland. Anyway, it was an adventure getting …