Brett Seakins

Contributor Profile

Brett Seakins is a practising architect at Cox Architecture, Deakin University graduate, and writer who regularly contributes to a variety of design publications when not designing buildings.

Occupation: Architecture

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Natural ease: Tanner House

Projects | This thoughtful extension to a heritage house in Melbourne offers both drama and intimacy.

Writ large: Albert Park House

Projects | This remodelled home in Melbourne has unexpectedly ended up smaller than it started, but with comfortable, useable areas.

Bush modernism: Ivanhoe House

Projects | This “open and transparent” addition is tucked neatly behind a weatherboard house in Melbourne’s leafy inner north.

Urban opportunism: Albert Park House

Projects | Behind a rebuilt heritage facade, this Melbourne home by Ha offers ample daylight and a rewarding journey of spaces.

The simple life: Myrtle Tree House

Projects | Renovations have breathed new life into a Californian bungalow, while still respecting the much-loved existing dwelling.