WINNER 2019 AIA WILKINSON AWARD!
RDA has proudly won the top 2019 Wilkinson Award bestowed by the NSW Institute of Architects for Residential Architecture (new) for GB House
Award jury chair Ed Lippmann of Lippmann Partnership said the GB House “was the standout project of the year and the unanimous verdict of the judges.” Sydney Morning Herald headline reads “slow reveal of a stunning view marks standout entry.”
SBS Radio Interview - Listen to Renato describe the GB House in Italian!
Aired on SBS Italian 97.7fm at 8am Sun 21 Jul.
GB HOUSE features in Greece’s Madam Figaro CasaViva magazine
PODCAST Ep 11 - Listen to Renato D’Ettorre’s evocative interview with Peter Colquhoun on Better Ideas discussing designing with one of the world’s oldest materials .. concrete.
GB HOUSE - AUSTRALIAN VOGUE LIVING Feature - Jul/Aug 2019 Issue
ITALIANATE HOUSE WINS ‘BEST OF STATE NSW’ and ‘COMMENDATION’ - Residential Category
2019 Australian Interior Design Awards
GB HOUSE SHORTLISTED - NSW AIA Architecture Awards 2019 - Residential Architecture Houses (new).
Winners announced 5 July
GB House amongst Urban Lists’s most stunning Sydney homes shortlisted for 2019 Houses Awards.
PODCAST Ep 2 - Listen to Renato D’Ettorre’s evocative interview with Peter Colquhoun on Better Ideas discussing designing with nature’s precious elements, particularly water, incorporated into his designs.
SHORTLISTED - 2019 HOUSES AWARDS - GB HOUSE - New house over 200m2 category.
Winners announced 26 July.
SHORTLISTED - 2019 AUSTRALIAN INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS
Both GB HOUSE + ITALIANATE HOUSE. Winners announced 31 May.
GB HOUSE - Watch Better Homes & Garden TV Episode 15 Mar 19
BELLE MAGAZINE - Feb/Mar 2019 Issue - Featuring Italianate House, p. 128-137
ITALIANATE HOUSE - Published in prestigious GA Houses Magazine Issue #161, Dec 18.
ITALIANATE HOUSE - Receives Highly Commended - Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2018 Awards
ITALIANTE HOUSE - 1 of 8 Australian Homes that Show The Best of Interior Design Down Under - Dezeen.com
RENATO D’ETTORRE PRESENTS ITALIANATE HOUSE AT AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS
NSW Architecture Talks Series 2018
ITALIANATE HOUSE shortlisted for Architecture & Design’s 2018 Sustainability Awards - Interior Architecture
ITALIANATE HOUSE wins Architect Bathroom of the Year Award - Trends International Design Awards 2018
ITALIANATE HOUSE featuring in UK Enki magazine's ode to the humble arch.
ITALIANATE HOUSE wins High Commendations for New Entrant and Horbury Hunt Residential Awards in Think Brick Awards 2018
ITALIANATE HOUSE featured in the Australian Financial Review's Domain Prestige - p.6
Yellowtrace author Dana Tomic describes "the merging of contemporary architecture with historical grandeur gives rise to a new aesthetic'"
ITALIANATE HOUSE shortlisted 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) - Residential Single Category
ITALIANATE HOUSE wins Commendation at 2018 Houses Awards - Alterations + Additions over 200m2
See here.
ITALIANATE HOUSE wins Commendation at 2018 Australian Institute of Architects Awards - Residential Architecture Alterations + Additions
ITALIANATE HOUSE - featured in Daily Telegraph 'Home' magazine.
Read the before and after.
ITALIANATE HOUSE, Surry Hills on YellowTrace
Read YellowTrace article on the Italiante House's transformation.
AZURIS AND SOLIS TO FEATURE ON EXCITING NEW 'AUSTRALIA'S AMAZING HOMES' SHOW ON CHANNEL 7.
COMING SOON!
SHORTLISTED - NSW AIA RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS 2018
Houses - Alterations + Additions Award - Italianate House, Surry Hills. Presented 6 Jul.
HIGHLY COMMENDED - TRENDS INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2018
Architect Designed Kitchen of the Year Award - Italianate House, Surry Hills
SHORTLISTED - 2018 HOUSES AWARDS - Italianate House, Surry Hills
ITALIANATE HOUSE, Surry Hills on Dezeen
Read Dezeen article on the Italiante House's transformation.
ITALIANATE HOUSE, Surry Hills on ArchDaily
Read the Architect's design philosophy and contemplative approach to this modern conversion of a historical terrace on ArchDaily.
See before and after pics!
JUST COMPLETED! See our new ITALIANATE HOUSE, Surry Hills
A restoration and modification of an existing heritage-listed three storey Victorian Italianate-style terrace house with carriageway, sandstone stable, rear stone fences and addition of a modern carport with landscaped roof terrace. Go here.
SOLIS makes No. 1 of Belle's 10 Outstanding Exteriors from the archives
SECOLO - KEEPING THE FIRES BURING
Secolo Dining moves into a historic space and adds authentic pizza
Read Wentworth Courier's review of Secolo Dining - Sydney CBD's latest new pizzeria and bar designed by RDA. Read here.
RIZZOLI'S 'MODERN TROPICAL: HOUSES IN THE SUN' BOOK, FEATURING SOLIS
One of New York's famous publishing houses Rizzoli has published 'Modern Tropical: Houses in the Sun' featuring SOLIS.
"Contemporary tropical residential architecture has risen from a geographically specific homegrown aesthetic to a source of inspiration for the world’s great modern architects and designers."
Purchase here.
SOUTH COOGEE HOUSE
See the enduring South Coogee House featured in recent Habitus Living Magazine.
SECOLO DINING - Open! Sydney CBD
Italian modern. A restaurant designed with southern italian roots and a passion for authentic pizza. www.secolodining.com.au
'SANDCASTLES - AUSTRALIA'S GREATEST COASTAL HOMES' book by Peter Colquhoun
See Solis featured in this latest book of amazing coastal homes around Australia. Order online here.
This book, based on the TV series of the same name, explores how brave owners work with imaginative architects and inventive builders to keep the dream of living in a ‘sandcastle’ alive, creating remarkable coastal homes inspired by the ocean.
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REVEAL AZURIS
Channel 7's Johanna Griggs and Peter Colquhoun showcase Azuris.
Better Homes and Gardens
Fri 21 Jul, season 23 episode 25
THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN LIFTOUT FEATURING SOLIS, HAMILTON ISLAND
See Solis featured by Jonathan Chancellor in Mansion Australia's Island Life cover + article here.
BELLE 'FRIDAY FABULOUS FIVE' FEATURING AZURIS, HAMILTON ISLAND
"COASTAL HOMES OF THE WORLD" NEW BOOK BY MONIQUE BUTTERWORTH
With homes from Australia, Asia and New Zealand, the Caribbean, Mexico and Spain, and many other countries, see Azuris featured amongst these world class coastal waterfront properties.
SOLIS FOR SALE
Sotheby's International Realty has listed Solis, Hamilton Island for sale.
"ON THE SHORE SEASIDE LIVING" BOOK FEATURING SOLIS, AZURIS, LINK HOUSE
Living near the sea promises an intense experience of nature.
Three flagship Renato D'Ettorre seaside projects - Solis, Azuris & Link House - are showcased in Braun Publishing's latest inspirational waterfront homes book.
"COOL OFF! THE POOL BOOK" - FEATURING AZURIS
When water becomes an object of architecture. See Azuris featured in the latest issue of "Cool Off! The Pool Book".
WE'RE HIRING!
Experienced Senior Project Architect + Project Architect - Vectorworks
CASA SOLIS
Solis featured in Spain's National Newspaper EL PAIS SEMANAL weekend magazine. Apr 2016
TROPICAL BEACH HOUSE
See Tropical Beach House featured on Contemporist.
TOTALMENTE DEMAIS
"Totally Awesome", by translation, was filmed in part on location on Hamilton Island, with Solis as the backdrop for its stars Juliana Paes, Marina Ruy Barbosa, Felipe Simas and Fabio Assunção.
A joint venture between Hamilton Island, Tourism Australia and Brazil's TV Network Globo, this Brazilian romance comedy series is based on a dramatic love triangle in the industry of fashion magazines. Watch the trailer of these hot blooded tv stars!
AZURIS
See Azuris featured on Contemporist.
TROPICAL BEACH HOUSE
Read The Courier Mail's QWeekend Christmas Edition 2015 featuring Tropical Beach House.
SOLIS, AZURIS + LINK HOUSE
Read Belle Property's feature articles on Azuris, Solis and Link House on their e-Mag.
SOLIS - ONE OF QWEEKEND'S TOP 10 BEST RESIDENTIAL DESIGNS
SOLIS is featured in QWeekend's homage to the past decade's very best residential design. Solis, winning Best House 2011, awarded by the Australian Institute of Architects, is described as a 'statement of luxury' and 'beautifully sculptural'.
TROPICAL BEACH HOUSE
Featured in More Margie blog.
"WHERE IDEAS FORM"
"Sketching is one of the great tools an architect has to explore ideas and possibilities" Peter Colquhoun. See article on sketching by architects featuring Azuris in latest Grand Designs Magazine.
Isometric perspective sketch of Azuris, Hamilton Island by Renato D'Ettorre
RDA LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE
We are happy to announce the launch of RDA's new website!
Our website has been redesigned to improve how we showcase some of our unique completed works and also let's you know what's on the drawing board and our latest news. Stay up to date with what's happening within the studio and on site by checking our news page regularly.
OPEN!
Cafe Vicolo, Kent St, Sydney CBD
A little bit of Italy on Kent St. A jam factory in a previous life, this new cafe is designed to draw lovers of coffee off the street with it's aroma and gleaming custom brass tables and counters.
