Judith Abell

Contributor Profile

Based in Hobart, Judith is a graduate architect, sculptor and writer who works freelance on her own projects and teaches at the School of Architecture, University of Tasmania. Judith is engaged in working out how to transform unusual ideas into real things, moments or places. She loves to balance the solitude of making art with the collaborative potential of design.

Occupation: Graduate architect, sculptor and writer

Location: Hobart, Australia

Website: judithabell.com

A cosy getaway: Killora Bay

Projects | On an island escape, in an area populated by white gums and stands of grass trees, this holiday home for a young family serves as an elegant living platform that offers many ways to enjoy its bush setting.

Sounds of nature: House at Otago Bay

Projects | A monolithic home confidently emerges from the landscape, capturing distant views and forging a connection to the soundscape of its surrounds.

Garden room: Mount Stuart Greenhouse

Projects | This addition to a grand early-20th-century home reads as a generous garden room that captures the scale and movement of the nearby cypress tree.

Shack in a tent: Apollo Bay House

Projects | This addition to a Bruny Island bush shack cleverly exaggerates the existing roof form to create volume, drama and dialogue.

‘Floating on water’: Dunalley House

Projects | Precast concrete, steel and glass come together to form this robust holiday house perched on the Tasmanian coast.