This playful renovation dramatically transforms a modest cottage into a flexible family home, with the lower kids level also configured as a self-contained flat.
The extent of yard is maintained by increasing the footprint of the house only marginally, while at the same time creating a new shady undercroft and rear courtyard terrace. These different garden spaces in association with the new lower semi-enclosed room have a theatrical sense to them and provide options for gathering/sitting. The extension is unabashedly different in its expression to the existing house. The ‘tower’ interlocks with the rear of the cottage, and shapes a new special light filled living space with a corner window looking back to the street. In contrast the new lower level interior speaks of our place in the tropics with dark stains and sliding translucent wall panels.
Published in Green Magazine (67) and GA Houses (165).
Tour Information
Frequency of Guided Tours: 10am, 11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm
Wheelchair access
Yes
Awards
Recent Architectural or Engineering Awards: 2019 AIA Architecture Awards Regional Commendation; 2019 'The Design Files' Design Awards for Residential Architecture - Finalist; 2019 Houses Magazine Award - Sustainability Commendation.