Christine Francis - Architectural Photographer
Christine Francis is a Melbourne based photographer specialising in interiors and architecture.
Christine Francis - Architectural photography featured on Lunchbox Architect
![Yarra Street House: Pavilion for Living and Entertaining in Style Yarra Street House by Julie Firkin Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/yarra-street-house-entertaining-in-style/yarra-street-house-julie-firkin-architects-9-495x400.jpg)
Yarra Street House: Pavilion for Living and Entertaining in Style
Yarra Street House is a pavilion-style extension designed to fit perfectly with a family who loves cooking, outdoor living and entertaining in style.
![Elsternwick House: The Answer to a Heritage Issue is Black and White Elsternwick House by Simon Couchman Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/elsternwick-house/elsternwick-house-featured.jpg)
Elsternwick House: The Answer to a Heritage Issue is Black and White
A contemporary extension of this Elsternwick House is clad in contrasting dark zinc to draw a very deliberate line between new and old.
![Fenwick Street House: Passive Solar Design for Light and Spacious Home Fenwick Street House by Julie Firkin Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/fenwick-street-house/fenwick-street-house-featured.jpg)
Fenwick Street House: Passive Solar Design for Light and Spacious Home
This passive solar home was designed to maximise available light and space on an oddly shaped block in the inner suburban Melbourne.
![Big Little House is a Modest but Light-Filled Terrace Extension Big Little House by Nic Owen Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/big-little-house/big-little-house-featured.jpg)
Big Little House is a Modest but Light-Filled Terrace Extension
When a family of four decide to renovate their terrace on a tiny site, some big ideas need to be packed into a little space.
![A Modern Light-Filled 'Pod' Deals With a Bad 1980s Hangover... Pod House by Nic Owen Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/pod-house-nic-owen-architects/pod-house-nic-owen-architects-72be30c0.jpg)
A Modern Light-Filled 'Pod' Deals With a Bad 1980s Hangover...
A lot of mistakes were made in the '80s, Nic Owen Architects attempts to rectify one of them with a modern pod-like extension.
![A House Where the Journey is More Interesting than the Destination Journey House by Nic Owen Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/journey-house-nic-owen-architects/journey-house-nic-owen-architects-8eb319e3.jpg)
A House Where the Journey is More Interesting than the Destination
Old and new are connected by a black tunnel with no end immediately in sight. But there is a light-filled end to this tunnel.
![A Home Doesn't Need to be Large to Be a Palace Kensington Palace by Nic Owen Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/kensington-palace-nic-owen-architects/kensington-palace-nic-owen-architects-e8b7e39e.jpg)
A Home Doesn't Need to be Large to Be a Palace
'Kensington Palace' challenges the idea that a home needs to be expensive and expansive to be your dream home.
![A Modern Wooden Box Extension Complements a Century Old Weatherboard Wooden Box House by Moloney Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/wooden-box-house-moloney-architects/wooden-box-house-moloney-architects-d2aa90ce.jpg)
A Modern Wooden Box Extension Complements a Century Old Weatherboard
An elegant timber extension at the rear of this heritage home is bathed in natural light thanks to its northern orientation.
![Two Pavilions Encourage a Sociable Lifestyle and Embrace the Bush Two Halves House by Moloney Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/two-halves-house-moloney-architects/two-halves-house-moloney-architects-6d039bfa.jpg)
Two Pavilions Encourage a Sociable Lifestyle and Embrace the Bush
Two Halves House steps down the landscape, separated into a sociable living space and a private sleeping zone.
![A 'Shadow' of This Heritage Home Shows Us How You Extend Respectfully The Shadow House by Nic Owen Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/the-shadow-house-melbourne-nic-owen-architects/the-shadow-house-melbourne-nic-owen-architects-07f06645.jpg)
A 'Shadow' of This Heritage Home Shows Us How You Extend Respectfully
Extending heritage homes respectfully is a challenge. Allowing this addition to recede into the shadows was the sensitive approach.
![Huge Door and Custom Screen Help This Living Area Embrace the Garden Elphin House by Julie Firkin Architects (via Lunchbox Architect)](https://media.lunchboxarchitect.com/495x400/featured/elphin-house-ivanhoe-julie-firkin-architects/elphin-house-ivanhoe-julie-firkin-architects-80891d0a.jpg)
Huge Door and Custom Screen Help This Living Area Embrace the Garden
Embracing the garden with a huge double-height space, 7 metre-wide door and patterned screen which fills the home with dappled shade.