WOBURN

Lake House, Shenton Park

With lovely views of Lake Jualbup, this design was never going to have a shortage of window area. The subtle and complex thing, however, is maximising connection to the landscape while still providing a sense of enclosure and privacy for the occupants.

The massing of the building is modulated though the use of attic dormer windows and the massive ground floor windows are related to the human scale though structural mullions and glazing bars.

Construction commenced: Mar 2026. Builder: AT Brine & Sons.

A very special beach shack, Yanchep, WA

Fibro Shacks doted WA’s coastline all the way up till the 80’s when the Crown reclaimed all our ocean-front sites, but an extremely rare couple of exceptions were made; this site being one of them. Rather than plonk a great big mansion in the middle of the site, we’ve designed a modest little building with two even smaller outbuildings; thus keeping the scale down and the amenity up. This is our tribute to the Fibro Shack, surely Australia’s most charming vernacular architectural type. Design inspiration is also taken from Nantucket’s Salt Box shacks (see Mood Board.) A very fun fusion of architectural influences!

Practical completion: Nov 2025. Builder: AT Brine & Sons.

A new residence in glass and steel, Peppermint Grove, WA

The design of this house contrasts an ultra-modern material palette of glass and steel with classical design principles of symmetry, scale, an entablature supported by columns, and a raised main floor. Mid-century modern architecture buffs will recognise the influence of Mies van der Rohe and Phillip Johnson.

Practical completion: Nov 2021. Builder: AT Brine & Sons. Landscape: Jo Taylor

Interior renovation to a heritage listed loft in Fremantle, WA

This heritage loft with harbour views had tons of character but low performance -thermally, acoustically and functionally. We had a great time working with an amazing client to reimagine the layouts, provide passive thermal comfort and fix the 5am noise from the port!

Practical completion: Feb 2026. Builder: AT Brine & Sons. Photography Ebony Talijancich

New works to an heritage listed cottage in Perth, WA

Alongside new builds, we also do a lot of heritage work. We have led heritage projects for the Shire of Peppermint Grove, the Anglican Diocese of Perth and for many private owners of heritage registered properties. We are listed on the State Government’s Heritage Professionals directory.

The cottage pictured below had run afoul of heritage controls and was before the State Administrative Tribunal before we were engaged; we produced a design that was fresh, fun and a little bit playful while celebrating and conserving the heritage values of the place.

Restoration works to a federation cottage in Subiaco, WA

The before-and-after photos say it all!

It was really rewarding restoring this cottage back to it’s original character. We removed the ugly 60’s additions and reinstated original features as well as a couple of helpful new additions that harmonise with the character.

New En-suite, Nedlands

Great use of otherwise, dead-space, this new master en suite tucks into an ultra narrow side-boundary-setback.

Salvaged fixtures, an inter-war troweled cove floor detail and a great colour scheme make this a fitting compliment to the rest of the character saturated house.

Practical completion: April 2026. Builder: AT Brine & Sons. Photography Ebony Talijancich

Proposed addition to a Federation Bungalow in Mt Lawley, WA

The Mt Lawley protection area has famously tight heritage planning guidelines. Far from daunting us however, we found these guidelines to be a great opportunity to show off our expertise in heritage-sensitive, traditional design.

Our design has been granted planning approval and a building permit with construction underway.

Proposed addition to a family home in Subiaco, WA

During their extensive travels, our clients fell in love with the shingle style cottages of America's North East. They commissioned Woburn to design an addition as well as the enlargement and renovation of their existing Federation cottage.