March Studio: Making Architecture, Material & Process takes readers behind the scenes of one of Australia's most inventive young practices, documenting the prototypes, models, and fabrication processes that drive March Studio's experimental approach to form and materiality.
About This Book
March Studio has built a reputation on restless inquiry — testing materials, pushing fabrication to its limits, and finding a productive wit in the crafting of space. This monograph moves beyond the finished project to examine how the work is actually made: the prototypes that fail, the models that succeed, and the iterative culture that produces houses, retail interiors, hospitality venues, and cultural installations of genuine ambition. A reflective essay threads together the themes underpinning the practice's output, giving the documentation genuine intellectual ballast. For anyone interested in architectural process and materiality, this is a rare and immersive account of a studio that treats investigation as a design discipline in itself.
Key Features
- 288 pages of rarely seen prototype documentation, fabrication photography, and project models alongside completed works
- Authored by Fleur Watson
- Reflective essay revealing the conceptual themes that underpin March Studio's practice
- Published by Thames & Hudson, ISBN 9781760764708
What You'll Discover
- How March Studio uses prototyping and physical testing as core design instruments, not afterthoughts
- The relationship between wit and rigour in the practice's approach to spatial and material experimentation
- The breadth of March Studio's output — from residential and retail through to cultural and urban works — and the shared sensibility that unites them
- How a studio's internal culture shapes the architecture it produces, examined through behind-the-scenes process documentation
About the Author
Fleur Watson is the author of this monograph on March Studio. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 288
- Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781760764708
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, interior designers, and design students with an interest in process-driven practice, materiality, and the working culture of contemporary Australian architecture studios.