The concept for our entry into the Australian Furniture Design Awards was inspired by still life paintings. Design King in collaboration with Dr Christian Tietz were selected as a finalist for the second stage of the competition. The second stage required the production of
Our Blue Mountains Studio is getting a lot of attention lately! Thanks to Sanctuary Magazine for putting the Tardis on it's front cover for their Summer edition.
20 Years ago this house won the best new residential award in the National Timber Awards. Today it has a new owner who has returned to Design king to remodel and renovate this beautiful beach house. It is always a pleasure to have houses we
Last week the National Timber Awards were announced in Melbourne. Design King were very excited to win the award for best small budget project and also be a finalist in the residential best house category! This little project in the Blue Mountains was up against
A fantastic new project has arrived at Design King which we are very excited about. This significant 1960's Modernist house is in original condition and DKC has been commissioned to bring it into the 21st Century for a new family.
Our little artists studio in the Blue Mountains has been shortlisted for the Annual Australian Timber Design Awards. This little building was pre-fabricated in New Zealand with Xlam then shipped to the mountains where it was pieced together on site. Looking forward to the announcements
Design King recently entered a design for the NGV sculpture garden competition. Our design intended to bring focus to the sculptures via an immersive walkthrough pathway that weaves it's way through the garden whilst providing a frame for the beautiful sculptures. Currently the sculptures are
Progress at Blackheath It is exciting to see the CLT studio nearing completion. Being and owner build process it is not without its challenges as local tradesmen prove difficult to pin down. However with the roof and cladding almost complete attention is turning the interior fit
Getting There This January we made the arduous journey from Jaipur to Ahmedabad in Gudjurat State in search of some important Architectural sites of pilgrimage. Traveling by car across the poorly maintained highway in Rajasthan you can be forgiven for wondering is it going to be
Perfect conditions yesterday in Blackheath for the construction of our pre-fabricated building. No wind or rain to disturb this exciting process. Like lego these manufactured pieces were lifted and lowered by an expert crane operator then were locked together perfectly enabling a complete construction in