ptma ARCHITECTURE in Burleigh Heads, Queensland | Architectural designer

ptma ARCHITECTURE

Locality: Burleigh Heads, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5641 0415

Address: PO Box 930 4220 Burleigh Heads, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.ptma.com.au

Likes: 384

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Home improvement
• Architectural designer

25.01.2022 This post is purportedly about sun and shadows, filtered through the built layers forming our home at the change of seasons. Including the recycled hardwood shutter which provides privacy to this pavilion, while still allowing the view of creek, and green bamboo to wash the room... Though given we didnt need to stand up to create this post perhaps the work from home time is starting to show again after only a couple of weeks?... Have a great (home) weekend! ... . . . #architecture #togetheralone #architectsisolatingathome #goldcoastarchitecture #layers #onionshavelayersogreshavelayers #sunandshade #homedesign #hometime @ Gold Coast, Queensland See more

25.01.2022 Spring weekend afternoon: welcome back after the crazy storms the day before. The deciduous trees and bulbs lay dormant through winter. It’s lovely to open the doors: and see the time of year and time of day spelled out in the landscape. Recycled doors, pelmets, and outdoor structures. Polished concrete floor topping over timber structure, Australian hardwood feature cladding to kitchen. . .... . #spring #entry #recycled #recycleddoors #goldcoastarchitecture #sustainabledesign #ecovillage #sustainableliving See more

21.01.2022 Sun and shade around the pool. Just in time for summer. Landscape and paths linking the north facing court spaces to follow. Underway with Wernicks Landscape Sometimes the simplest interventions can transform a space, without needing to even go inside. .... The pergola creates a sense of space, links 2 existing pavilions, and shades and cools the inside of the home. . . . #siteplanning #underconstruction #pergola #sunshade #australianhardwoods #goldcoastarchitecture See more

21.01.2022 Rear arbour shading the glazed church end, and offering cover to the deck. Landscape well underway. Under construction photo @scottburrowsphotographer Build underway with @stellabuilders .... . . #arbour #churchrenovation #queenslandarchitecture #renovation #brisbanehomes #pavilion #outdoorliving #houseandgarden #stonewalls #timberandtin #polycarbonate See more

21.01.2022 Images of a homestead we designed for clients behind Byron Bay. They wanted the home to be formal, but reminiscent of traditional homestead on a productive property. The landscape across the site is designed to fall away from the home, opening to the views. The high windows at the roof peak open to a shared library space in the middle of the home, flooding it with natural light and venting summer heat. .... Render by @responseimage based on design by #ptmaarchitecture . . . #homestead #northernnsw #goldcoastarchitecture #queenslandarchitecture #homedesign #verandahs #3drender See more

20.01.2022 We made the cover of the latest issue of Renew Magazine. Well... Supposedly it was about the battery and the car - but we think its about the creek and carport! Buy the magazine now from Renew magazine to support the industry in Australia, and learn a lot about sustainability. And hear us banging on a bit about the difference solar and batteries can make. Cover image by Ralph Mayhew Photography , thanks Ralph!... #sustainabledesign #sustainableliving #solar #homebattery #tesla #goldcoastarchitecture #ecovillage #architecture #carbonneutral #architectsdeclare_au

20.01.2022 Charging, up the highway, (Too corny?) . Surreal that this was not possible only years ago. . Fast chargers can take you from Melbourne to Cairns, up the coast of Australia - with stops for lunch or a toilet break to recharge.... In Queensland, Yurika has installed regular charge locations for the state governments electric super highway. These are supplemented with manufacturer charge stations (mainly Tesla) and other networks. . All electric drive from Gold Coast to Toowoomba (fast charging), through Kingaroy up to Cania Gorge (overnight charging). And then up the coast fast charging from Rockhampton to Mackay and beyond. . Great to be out and about travelling again with Teresa and Peter. And great feeling that doing it without petrol is now possible, and cheaper, and more sustainable. . . . #electricsuperhighway #electricroadtrip #model3 #yurika #sustainableliving @ Queensland

19.01.2022 Nothing says Easter like a post about a bathroom renovation. Well - at least this year, when the staged construction of this home has the bath in just in time for isolating at home. Black and white: including fixtures, tiles walls and ceiling, floating over polished concrete floors. Joinery hiding in background built by Peters grandfather many years ago for his own barbershop. Light and colour provided by the recycled pendant light and window sashes. Recycled timber and gl...ass doors and highlights from an old office fit-out, with frosting for privacy. . Coloured highlights in the ceiling are off cut panels of polycarbonate as shaded skylights tucked under the solar PV panels on the roof for shade from hot summer sun. Design with Teresa Wuersching and Peter McArdle . . . #bathroomdesign #architecture #goldcoastarchitecture #recycledmaterials #reducereuserecycle #slowarchitecture #homedesign

19.01.2022 Winter sun fills new courtyards. High ceilings to shaded entry, achieved with the old roof trusses. New roof to the rooms allows high ceilings, windows and ceiling fans. Great to rethink the motel already on the site, rather than losing that history from Palm Beach. Breezeblocks, screens and textures in the landscape underway. .... . . #motel #goldcoastarchitecture #renovation #sustainabledesign #reducereuserecycle #residentialarchitecture #residentialdesign #palmbeach #palmbeachgoldcoast #underconstruction #palmtrees @ Palm Beach, Gold Coast See more

19.01.2022 New technologies in an ancient landscape. For the record: we thought they looked elegant and quite awesome in a familiar landscape we grew up around. Apparently the #coopersgapwindfarm is / or will be one of the biggest in Australia. . . .... #renewables #sustainabledesign #architecture #sustainableliving #rurallandscape #teslamodel3 #windturbine #battery #windfarm See more

17.01.2022 Entry. Arbour, under lights. Photos borrowed from @Stella builders ... . . . #queenslandarchitecture #ptmaarchitecture #renovation #underconstruction #churchrenovation #brisbanearchitecture #arbour #entry #entrylighting #polycarbonate #steel #movinghouses #churchhome #churchconversion #homedesign #homedesignideas @ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia See more

17.01.2022 Are they not talking to each other? Or perhaps a disagreement over which patch of grass they wanted to go lie on. Its lovely having a glimpse of nature coming home every day and an estate designed to not just allow them but makes space to encourage native wildlife. A world without fences. ... (If the #csiro can have #wombatwednesday then why not!) . #kangaroo #joey #wombatwednesday (not) #architecture #ecovillage #nofences

17.01.2022 Project in Currumbin on the Gold Coast. A beautiful new home designed from the bones of a 30 year old house. No area is being added. A large courtyard is being cut through the termite ravaged. middle of the existing building, opening it to the site, views and breezes. The design is targeting over 9 stars, self sufficient for energy, and reusing or recycling everything possible from the existing home. All going well, construction starting soon with Kai Konstruct on the firs...t stage of works. Preliminary render by @responseimage based on our design . . . #goldcoastaechitectue #queenslandarchitecture #homedesign #sustainabledesign #sustainableliving #goldcoast #residentialdesign #designideas #recycle #renovation #3drender

17.01.2022 Polycarb and customorb provide filtered shelter at Mount Tamborine. Timber and steel step and curve as the spine of a fern leaf. Photos of our design by Fotomedia ... In conjunction with #johnmongardlandscapearchitects . . . #timberandtin #sustainabledesign #mttamborine #goldcoastarchitecture

15.01.2022 Basement underway. Stone clad wine cellar, with gable window to the swimming pool. Open stair flooded by winter sun. Feature stonework: AJE Masonry. Build: @stellabuilders ... #underconstruction photography @scottburrowsphotographer . . . #architecture #luxuryhome #residentialdesign #basement #brisbanehomes #ptmaarchitecture See more

15.01.2022 Site visit today with a surprise supervisor. Remediation and access works underway with Wernicks Landscape to connect to the creek front (and rediscover the native plants and animals previously hidden by camphors.) . .... . #koala #sustainableliving #goldcoastliving #habitat #landforwildlife See more

14.01.2022 This family home was designed for clients on a productive property. The render shows the developed design, evolved from an early hand sketch concept (from our last post). This is the southern side of the house: protected from the setting western sun, but with high level windows for views and breezes. The main entry ramp welcomes visitors up into the home. The southern deck looks out over the property. .... Render by @responseimage . . . #homedesign #architecture #passivesolardesign #residentialarchitecture #sustainableliving See more

14.01.2022 C E L L A R. So close to being finished, we can almost taste the cool wine on a warm Friday afternoon. Is it 5 o’clock yet? . Stone floor, cladding recycled from the church home conversion above. Skylight into the spaces above above just for good measure. .... Recycled terracotta wine bottle holders waiting for install. . . . #brisbanearchitecture #winecellar #underconstruction #sustainabledesign #luxuryhome #archilover #queenslandarchitecture #churchhome #stonefloor See more

13.01.2022 New master bedroom perched over the entry. Framed by the existing church structure, centred for the view. Wrapping spotted gum screen as backdrop. . .... . Build underway with @stellabuilders #underconstruction image @scottburrowsphotographer . . . #renovation #recycledmaterials #residentialarchitecture #queenslandarchitecture #reducereuserecycle #brisbanehomes #sustainabledesign #churchhome

13.01.2022 Country style bathroom, when privacy is not at issue. On a cattle property, somewhere in central Queensland, this bathroom faces the winter midday sun and the farm surrounds. Catching up with our clients (and their beautiful Kelpie Meg!) .... . . #homedesign #bathroomdesign #roomwithaview #farmhouse #bathwithaview #queenslandarchitecture #architecture #sustainabledesign #sustainableliving See more

13.01.2022 Some movie magic of our design for this home under construction in Brisbane. The design and details are evolving as the build progresses. So we look forward to sharing more photos in the coming months from site. The central pavilion of the build is a 100 year old church being substantially renovated. Smaller, modern pavillions flank the church at front and rear of the site, so that the experience of the home is a progressive reveal, through the site.... Render and animation by Response Image based on our design and documentation. See more at our website, or follow us at ptma ARCHITECTURE #brisbanearchitecture #modernhomedesign

12.01.2022 Final render of this home design, showing how the living space, centred around the fireplace, relates to the vaulted central ceiling shared in earlier posts. . . . #architecture ... #3drender by @responseimage #sustainabledesign See more

12.01.2022 Glimpses of some wonderful artwork, being installed as sidelights. Our design concept for this home included for elements of glass art. Its placement helps us understand the passage of time and changing seasons through the year, with the play of colours across walls and floor. The client has worked directly with the glass artist to achieve these beautiful first elements, by Annerley Glassworx - Leadlights and Stained Glass... . . . #stainedglass #geometricart #biophilicdesign #architecture #homedesign #sustainabledesign #patternedglass See more

11.01.2022 Hand sketches illustrate a concept as it develops for a renovation project on the Gold Coast. The design embraces the winter sun deep into the home. It creates indoor and outdoor spaces to celebrate the connection of the home to its site, and promote cross ventilation. Some of the ideas being explored through the existing home wont make the cut. Others will evolve as they are tested. The clients for this project are strongly committed to sustainable outcomes for their new ...home - which is wonderful. . . . #handsketch #homedesign #renovation #sustainabledesign #goldcoastarchitecture #passivesolardesign @ Gold Coast, Queensland See more

10.01.2022 Article in the latest Sanctuary Magazine We were happy to help a Sunshine Coast couple at the start of their design and build process with a few ideas to help improve the comfort and sustainability of their design. Bit of a read to go with your morning coffee (or Friday afternoon beer).

10.01.2022 Kanye said design can save the world. (Along with a lot of perhaps crazy things we wont quote here.) An architects primary role is to help you imagine your life the way it might better be. Rather than drawing it for you, the way it already is. Our homes and offices have been asked to do so much more for us over the last few months. How have they helped us cope (or hindered our coping?) ... We work with clients on projects worth millions of dollars. But also enjoy staying involved in smaller projects, helping home owners understand what isnt working in their existing homes, and imagine how they might better live. If design is to help us, it will need to help us all, not just those with bigger budgets. . Dont be embarrassed to give an architect a call. Find one aligned with your priorities. They may be ready and willing to help. On tight budgets you might just ask for an analysis of your site. What works for you. What is not working and why? How could you live with aging parents if that becomes your reality. What if you ARE the aging parents and want to stay home and your kids wont leave. Why is it so hot / cold etc. How might we live more sustainably (and what does that mean, anyway?) Concept design might help you to imagine what you have not imagined. How might your life and needs evolve in the coming years? (Images are an example of a concept design evolving from an existing project home for staged renovations for clients). . . . #design #homedesign #goldcoastarchitecture #sustainabledesign #sustainableliving #masterplanning #conceptdesign #designsketch @ Gold Coast, Queensland

10.01.2022 Winter shadows making patterns, playing with the sun in the landscape - inside and out. At home with Teresa and Peter . . .... #shadows #landscapes #architecture #home #sustainabledesign #sustainableliving #ecovillage See more

10.01.2022 Views from the loft master bedroom, open to the sun and sky. Brisbane skyline framed through the old church. . . . #renovation ... #loftbedroom #residentialdesign #luxuryhomes #underconstruction #architecture #panoramaview #brisbaneskyline #homedesign #highceilings See more

10.01.2022 Its difficult to appreciate the sheer size of the turbine at this wind farm on the South Burnett in country Queensland. So... for scale - you can make out a cow in the bottom right of the final image. We asked the cow: and it seemed ambivalent to the aesthetics of the tower on the landscape, preferring to chew its cud. . . .... #countryqueensland #windpower #coopersgapwindfarm #kumbia #solarenergy #renewables See more

09.01.2022 Phew! Made it. Our office will be closed from Friday 18th December until Monday 11th January. Enjoy the festive season, stay safe and well - and we look forward to see you in 2021! #christmas2020 #architecture

09.01.2022 Blended spaces. Indoor with outdoor. Architecture disappearing behind landscape. The double height court filled with morning sun, and scented blossoms. A generous space in a small home. The sense and use of the space changes with the seasons. . .... . #outdoorliving #architecture #sustainabledesign #landscapedesign #ecovillage #courtyardhome #homedesign #goldcoastarchitecture See more

08.01.2022 Site graffiti! . Architecture is not just about the drawings. Sometimes we get to play with colours on site, too. First images (pre demolition) by Andy Macpherson Studio Last dodgy ones by us with demolition underway ... Site art Teresa Wuersching and Peter McArdle with Kai Konstruct. . #underconstruction #sitegraffiti #residentialdesign #architecture #sustainabledesign

07.01.2022 Simple sketches explaining a simple layout of this home, designed to float above site, near Ipswich. The home creates shaded outdoor areas below. Earth and built ramps up provide equitable access and flood refuge. . . .... #handsketch #architecture #homedesign #sustainabledesign #farmhouse See more

07.01.2022 Internal image of a home we designed in the hills behind Byron Bay. High vaulted ceilings rise to the centre of the home. Washed with colour from daylight through the stained glass windows. The living spaces are warmed by sun and fireplace. Render by @responseimage based on our design. Leadlight images by Annerley Glassworx . .... . #homestead #goldcoastarchitecture #sustainabledesign #homedesign #northernnsw #queenslandarchitecture See more

07.01.2022 Our clients for this house were starting a productive farm in Central Queensland. Our design showed them how they could live on a remote property where privacy from neighbours was not a serious concern. Where planning the house could allow room for family to grow, visitors to enjoy their company, parents to entertain and the kids to play outdoors. All while enjoying the rural views and breezes from every room. North facing, the design allows the house to make best use of t...he winter sun, while defining a large central space. The house is constructed with a high level of thermal mass to help anchor the house temperature through the seasons, and significant cross ventilation to allow cooling breezes in the afternoon. The north facing roofs then allow significant solar services including hot water and electricity. This large central covered courtyard shades large areas of the house, while allowing the entire family to come together through the day, well sheltered from sun and rain: facing the future swimming pool centred on the outlook over the rolling hillside. As background: The clients wanted a new family home to complete their move from suburbs, to a new lifestyle growing with kids, dogs, and future farm animals. The clients sketch as part of their brief is the last of the 4 images attached. They sketched the lifestyle they were leading in Brisbane as an example of what they wanted in central Queensland. This is only natural though they had lived in rural and regional areas previously, their most recent lifestyle had been suburban. They were happy in that at that time and knew that well. However, the house you build helps shape the lives you will lead: so the design process can help you imagine the life you could lead, rather than the one you currently do. Every client is different, and will aspire to different lifestyles. Every site is different. So home designs should also vary by site, by client, and by budget. During this surreal period of extended time at our homes how might you, or an architect, re-imagine your lives in your home? Or offices? . . . #homedesign #residentialdesign #queenslandarchitecture #goldcoastarchitecture

06.01.2022 Rhythms and patterns in Cania Gorge National Park, in Central Queensland. (Design and construction by others) . .... . #caniagorge #caniagorgenationalpark #travelqueensland See more

06.01.2022 E N T R Y Elements. Australian hardwoods, pressed metal and steel clad the new home. Wrapping arbour defining the entry to the church, with mountain views through the door. . Images @scottburrowsphotographer ... . . . #entry #pressedmetal #leadlight #queenslandarchitecture #arbour #homedesign #sustainabledesign #brisbanearchitecture See more

05.01.2022 Elvis didnt die. He retired to the Gold Coast. (Inlay Pool guitar: to stay through this new renovation?) . .... . #poolguitar #residentialdesign #goldcoastarchitecture #architecture #elvisguitar ? #swimmingpooldesign #sustainableliving #goldcoast See more

05.01.2022 Opening to views over the pool, to the north. Every room opens to the sun, and breezes. Spaces below the house provide a cool summer refuge, and play spaces on rainy days. The early sketches show this elevation opens north and east. (Contrasting the south-western elevation from last post: shut down for privacy, and to block setting summer sun)... Render of our design by @responseimage . . . #ruralhome #queenslandarchitecture #goldcoastarchitecture #sustainabledesign #farmhouse #sustainableliving #3drender #handsketch #residentialdesign #archilovers #archdaily

04.01.2022 Architecture project underway, isolating in the landscape. New raised vegetable garden and green waste compost bed. Made from concrete roof tiles diverted from the trip to the tip. Guerrilla gardening, on an unused turf footpath. Just missing a few tiles, mulch. Oh. And plants. . .... . #landscapedesign #vegegarden #rooftilewall #isolationproject #architecture #recycledmaterials #reducereuserecycle #goldcoastarchitecture See more

04.01.2022 Rear arbour going up (and up) wrapping around the deck framing, underway. . . . #underconstruction ... #brisbanearchitecture #residentialdesign #churchhome #sustainabledesign #arbour #stonewalls See more

04.01.2022 ...For trees do not walk on the land as we do. They wade through the earth, like as we wade in water... Paraphrasing C. S. Lewis from his novels of Narnia. Tree roots cascade into caves below for nutrients and water. At Capricornia Caves in Queensland. A living ecosystem providing cooled shelter and filtered water. A living architecture: Though perhaps a bit batty to live in.... ... . #caves #organicarchitecture #sustainableliving #sustainabledesign #ecosystems See more

04.01.2022 The before and after of sun protection in one image. New window hoods being installed to north facing windows cut the hot summer sun. Designed to favour the winter morning sun with a higher angle to the eastern side of each window. Versus the unshaded window which would never be opened in rainy weather, would weather poorly and flood the home with too much heat. Almost traditional in form. Yet not. .... . . #slipslopslap #sunshading #underconstruction #homedesign #brisbanearchitecture #architecture #sustainabledesign See more

04.01.2022 And just for something completely different, it’s raining. The little creek we formed around our home is flowing. The bamboo is taking off in time to shade the court for a hot January. The part covered deck lets us connect to the rain physically and accentuates the sound. The recycled glass doors and hardwood screens add character to the space. It’s both rewarding and challenging feeling so connected (and might be time for the rain to move inland now for a while)... #outdoorliving #rainontheroof #queenslandarchitecture #indooroutdoor #residentialdesign #sustainableliving #reducereuserecycle #sustainabledesign

03.01.2022 Not that were in the market, or looking to move. But what you could do with this lovely old Butchers Shop building for sale, in a street rich with a bit of history. . . .... #architecture #butchersshop #queenslandarchitecture #childers See more

02.01.2022 With less time spent driving between home, office and schools we seem to have more time for quality coffee and reading! Downside is a couple of books we were hoping to read... havent made their way back to us. We have no idea who we lent them to - So its a long shot but ... just throwing this vaguely out there into the ether! Alternatively if you dont have the books but would like a house inspired by the images you are most welcome to let us know that too! ... . . . #architecture #goodreading #homedesign @ Gold Coast, Queensland See more

01.01.2022 We might have a thing for chimneys. And will try to keep the round window! The substantial home appears solid and well cared for by the previous owners. However the bullnose awning wrapping the home cuts out all but the earliest morning winter sun. The small windows to the end of the home are the face presented to the bushland views falling to the creek. We cant spin the house around, but we are excited to start to turn these aspects of this home on site shortly (and keep...ing the fireplace of course) . . . #chimney #architecture #roundwindow #wintersun #orientation #sustainabledesign #goldcoastarchitecture See more

01.01.2022 Always wanted to date an architect? (and after all - why wouldnt you!) Never been game to ask? Hoping to live or work more sustainably? . Monday 5th October is your chance. ... A group of architects have put up their hands to participate. Were free. Were online. And we are waiting for your call. (Well. Sort so long as you live in Qld, are interested in building or renovating - and interested finding out how to do so more sustainably.) The Qld chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects is sponsoring this online event, partnering with Renew magazine See this link for more details, or to book your date. . http://sdse.ata.org.au//world-architecture-day-queensland/ . . . Event organised by the Sustainability Committee of the Qld Chapter - Australian Institute of Architects . . . #speeddate #architecture #sustainabledesign #queenslandarchitecture #goldcoastarchitecture #homedesign #homerenovation #renew #architectsdeclare