Bellemo & Cat Architects

Bellemo & Cat Architects are a small practice renowned for innovative architecture and large-scale public art.

They tread the intersection between art and architecture by combining the architectural skills of Michael Bellemo and the fine art background of Cat MacLeod. Bellemo & Cat's architecture is sculptural and playful, while their public art is structurally challenging and pragmatic.

The practice's most famous house is Cocoon — a football-shaped home, perched in the treetops overlooking the Great Ocean Road's spectacular Wye River Valley.

Bellemo & Cat have completed a number of unique projects and are particularly adept at working with limited budgets.

Bellemo & Cat Architects projects featured on Lunchbox Architect

Polygreen: Meet the Family Who Spray Painted Their Entire House

Polygreen is a printed fiberglass box in a neighborhood of red brick warehouses. The contrast is striking - a home covered in vibrant green.

Cocoon: A Home? Or a Zeppelin That Crash-Landed in the Australian Bush?

You don't get homes much more unusual than Cocoon -- a zeppelin-shaped home lofts above its steep site, nestled in the canopy of Australian native treetops.