Takt Studio for Architecture on Lunchbox Architect

Takt | Studio for Architecture was formed to create meaningful buildings: buildings that enhance lives, age gracefully and explore the possibilities of site, light, sustainability, material, finance and desire. Its name comes from the German 'takt', from the Latin for a sense of touch and, in music, time and measure.

The studio provides a complete architectural service tailored to each project, specialising in custom designs that respond to the site, the wider landscape and the client. Its work spans residential, small-scale commercial, community and cultural projects across New South Wales. Takt is a collaboration between architects Brent Dunn and Katharina Hendel, whose experience spans Australia, Indonesia, Germany, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, and it is now based at Congo near Moruya on the NSW South Coast.

On Lunchbox, Copper House in Coogee shows how quality can trump quantity in a small home of rich materials, while The Pod in Woonona reinvents the granny flat as a light, modern, detached home for visiting grandparents.

See Copper House and The Pod on Lunchbox below.

Quality Trumps Quantity in this Small House of Rich Materials

This coastal cottage proves that quality always trumps quantity. The small house will age gracefully thanks to quality materials.

The Pod: The Traditional Granny Flat Gets a Much Needed Facelift

A modern interpretation of the traditional granny flat is a very stylish summer pad for this family's grandparents from overseas.