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Melbourne

Homes shaped with restraint, built to be lived in for generations.

Selected Work

The Practice

A private studio for residential architecture and interiors.

PWA–X takes on a small number of private residential commissions each year. Each project is led directly by the director, from the first site visit to the final handover, with architecture and interiors resolved together by one team.

We work across Melbourne's established suburbs, where heritage controls, mature gardens and neighbourhood character ask for care. Our planning and development experience means ambitious briefs are tested early, and approved with confidence.

John Xu Founder & DirectorM.Arch, AIA, ARBV. Registered Architect in VIC, NSW & ACT

Approach

I

Proportion

Rooms are measured against the body and the garden. We draw until the plan feels inevitable.

II

Material

A short palette of stone, timber, plaster and metal, detailed so that each junction is quiet and lasting.

III

Daylight

Openings are placed for the way light moves through a day and a year, not for the elevation alone.

Services

One team, from feasibility to the final detail.

  1. 01

    Site Feasibility

    Yield, planning controls and cost tested before design begins.

  2. 02

    Architecture

    Concept, schematic and design development for new homes and major alterations.

  3. 03

    Interior Architecture

    Joinery, lighting, finishes and furniture, resolved alongside the building.

  4. 04

    Town Planning

    Permit strategy and applications, including heritage and neighbourhood character overlays.

  5. 05

    Documentation & Delivery

    Tender documentation, builder selection and contract administration through to handover.

Private Commissions

By appointment.

Our full portfolio, including projects not published here, is shared in person at the studio. Email us with a little about your site, and we will arrange a time to meet.

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