East Brunswick Village are proud to be a part of the 2026 Melbourne Design Week Program, with an architecture tour lead by architect Chris Manton and founder of JAM Architects.
Melbourne Design Week is a vital platform for emerging and established creative practitioners, offering the Australian design community and audiences the opportunity to engage with a diverse program of talks, tours, exhibitions, installations, and workshops. MDW is Australia’s largest and leading annual design festival and takes place from 14-24 May 2026.
The EBV Architects Tour for Melbourne Design Week offers an extraordinary glimpse into inner-city living, where art and design are seamlessly integrated to inspire and educate. Environmental responsibility at the forefront of the architectural project, forming and reinforcing its importance in shaping the future of urban development.
Chris Manton, founder of JAM Architects, will lead a detailed tour, sharing insights into the planning of the village and how it evolved through each stage of development.
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HAMPTON QUARTER RECOGNISED WITH TWO FURTHER AWARDS
We are proud to share that Hampton Quarter has achieved further industry recognition, receiving two prestigious awards at the Australian Apartment Advocacy Association 2025 Awards.
Awarded Categories:
Di Ritter Pioneering Award | Celebrating innovation and leadership in apartment development, this award recognises projects that set new benchmarks for design and future-focused living.
Precinct Rejuvenation Award | Acknowledging developments that successfully revitalise communities, foster connection, and deliver long-term social and economic value.
These awards highlight the strength of our vision and commitment to creating a true sense of place. Hampton Quarter has been recognised for delivering exceptional design outcomes, enhancing liveability, and contributing to a thriving, vibrant and connected community.
We extend our congratulations to all finalists and express our gratitude to our project team, collaborators, partners and stakeholders who made this achievement possible. Finally, we thank the @australianapartmentadvocacy for recognising the passion and dedication our team invested in Hampton Quarter.
The Sanctuary House, crafted by JAM Architects for Lifespaces Group, is suited to urban, coastal or regional settings. Intended to maximise the potential of a standard 16x40m block, it can be adapted to the context with a simple change of materials or orientation. It also has the flexibility to be adapted to specific block dimensions.
Its rich material palette, including warm timber and textured brickwork, draws inspiration from the Australian landscape, creating a harmonious blend of form and function.
See more: .au/sanctuary-house (Link in bio)
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We’re delighted to share that Yarra Valley House by JAM Architects is featured in the latest edition of The Local Project.
Yarra Valley House is a self-sustainable three bedroom, three bathroom family home located in the lush eucalyptus forests of Victoria’s Yarra Ranges.
The residence was constructed several years after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires destroyed the original home and much of the surrounding landscape. The new design embodies a deep sense of spatial and environmental connection, with a focus on textural materiality.
Project Credits
Architect: @jam_architects
Builder: @vigorhomes
Structural Engineer: Keith Long & Associates
Landscape Design: @forgelandscapestudio
Photography: @timothykaye
Issue 17 of The Local Project is available here: .au/product/issue-17 (access via the link in our bio).
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We are proud to announce a new collaboration between Lifespaces Group and leading Australian design practice, JAM Architects.
@jam_architects has established a diverse and impressive folio of Australian architecture, creating buildings that seamlessly blend function, beauty and sustainability. With expertise in materiality, spatial flow and innovative construction techniques, JAM makes an ideal fit with Lifespaces Group.
A series of three limited edition residential designs comprise the new JAM Release, with details of the first house available on the Lifespaces Group website.
Learn more via link in bio.
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Bakehouse Terraces, Fitzroy North | A place built on community and character
Traditional terrace homes reinterpreted for today, these fourteen architecturally designed terrace homes offer the opportunity to live in one of Melbourne’s most sought after neighbourhoods.
Register your interest via the link in our bio.
Moralla Road, Kooyong
The Moralla Residence provides a generously sized contemporary family residence.
The design challenge was to maintain all of the amenity of the current 5 bedroom family dwelling into a more space efficient new dwelling, on a considerably smaller urban infill site.
The solution resulted in a home over 3 levels, with basement car parking, home theatre and cellar, with living, home office and social spaces at ground floor leading out to a rear north facing terrace and pool area. The more private areas including bedrooms and retreats are positioned at first floor level.
View more of this project on the JAM Architects website. Link in bio.
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Moubray Street
The Moubray Street Residence develops common themes of work undertaken by JAM Architects by inserting contemporary solutions into heritage streetscapes, ensuring efficient use of space in confined inner urban sites within planning controls and exploring simple, legible design solutions.
The challenge for JAM Architects was to design a contemporary, functional home within the context of the heritage Victorian streetscape – a re-interpretation of the classic terrace.
View more of this project on the JAM Architects' website. Link in bio.
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Foam Road, St Andrews.
Despite being a relatively large residence, the primary house and the guest house nestle comfortably onto the site, unimposing. The palette of natural materials sits well within the landscape, and the fine details ensure the building form is refined and contemporary.
View more of this project on the JAM Architects' website. Link in bio.
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Archer Close, Mount Eliza
This coastal residence is located within the older, established precinct of Mount Eliza which is characterised by larger single level homes set amongst an undulating landscape. Natural timber cladding and sand colored rammed earth walls feature in this dwelling
The sweeping, curved rammed earth spine to the dwelling leads from the entry door wrapping around and creating a private rear north facing courtyard where outward views from habitable spaces are focused out onto beautifully manicured landscape. A lightweight, floating skillion roof provides a counterpoint to the solid base of the dwelling.
View more of this project on the JAM Architects' website. Link in bio.
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Pleasant Road, Hawthorn
The urban infill design of 10, four level townhouses sought to consolidate a large, under utilised site in the heart of Hawthorn. Previously containing post war flats, the proposed dwellings are generously proportioned and suitable for downsizing occupants desiring a lower maintenance lifestyle. Skillion roofs, raw rendered concrete and metal cladding all reverberate the existing design aesthetic of the surrounding streetscape.
Each town house has a sense of privacy and individual identity – while providing equal amenity to sunlight and outward views.
View more of this project on the JAM Architects' website. Link in bio.
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Longhouse, Hawthorn
When presented with a long, narrow site adjoining a major train line JAM approached the challenge, buoyed by the potential that this central site offered.
Located in the desirable inner east location of Hawthorn in immediate proximity to Swinburne University and the vibrant Glenferrie Road shopping strip, the once neglected rail line easement now houses 100 apartments.
View more of this project on the @jam_architects website. Link in bio.
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