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MAIN STUDIO

Creative Practice based in Melbourne, Naarm. 

Architecture
Furniture
Creative Direction
Closed-loop design consultation 

The We work and live on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land. 

UPCOMING

JANUARY 2024
Green School Bali

APRIL 16 - 20 2024   MILAN, ITALY
Milan Design Week

MARCH 2024 NSW, AUSTRALIA
Closed loop home, Private client NSW

FOCUS

We partner with clients and stakeholders to realise interdisciplinary projects across architecture, design, furniture, art installation and film, exploring playful ideas and the role of design in bringing forth a better world.




CONTACT

BRONWEN MAIN
Creative Director & Co-Founder
bronwen@main-studio.com

FRANK BURRIDGE
Architect & Co-Founder
frank@main-studio.com

Intergenerational House



Australian families are increasingly choosing to live in multi-generational configurations. Whether for convenience, necessity, or to combat the rootlessness of modern life, we see this as a shift toward more intentional modes of dwelling, placing family and ancestry at the heart of everyday life. This house participates in a quiet and humble but nationwide pattern.








The project is a renovation and extension of a charming cottage on a steeply sloping site in Hobart, Tasmania. The family was looking for a strategy to allow for downsizing while also keeping the house open and adaptable to future family living configurations. We split the 4-bedroom, 2-storey cottage into 2 self-contained 2-bedroom flats and added a garden studio — a vertical duplex-and-a-half. This strategy has allowed for a range of family living configurations across three generations, absorbing all of life’s big changes: downsizing, upsizing, interstate moves, itinerant children, new grandchildren and retirement, as well as accommodating extended family and guests. The key is getting the level of together-apart-ness just right so that we can care for one another and feel connected without co-habitants getting in each other’s hair — separate entries but a communal garden, the option to effortlessly share a meal or retreat to a private deck to enjoy solitude. Integrating the cooktop into the dining table celebrates the act and the spectacle of cooking