Cottage-scaled entry and reorienting on the laneway corner. The entry courtyard is a semi-social space, which includes the kitchen garden, and provides a place to chat with the neighbours. Clifton Hill House.
Builder: @sanctumhomes
Beauty dusk photo by @benhosking1984 👌
Clifton Hill House: the dining room and an autumnal view of the Elm. The plan cranks to make space for the existing mature tree. Filtered light through the branches… through the polycarbonate. A green beam suspends the bedroom deck above. Photograph by @benhoskingphotographer . Build by @sanctumhomes
Timber lining: @radialtimber
Pendant: @gubiofficial@surroundingaustralia
Brunswick Apartment: Awarded as the winner of the 2021 HOUSES Awards- Apartment or Unit category. We are super pleased to receive this recognition from a jury we admire greatly, alongside such incredible projects.
When considering changes to the apartment, it felt important to learn from what was there already, and what had lasted. Subtle but considered design, colour, as well as materials of a particular quality and durability. We wanted to think carefully about what not to change, as much as what to add, so that which is new would continue the story of the existing place.
Thank you @esther_stewart for a very fun collaboration. Much kudos and thanks goes to joiner Alex Rains of Lex Furniture, builder Mark Borkowski @ultimateoutdoorco and to @benhoskingphotographer for the beautiful photographs.
Thank you to the jury, @housesmagazine and the Architecture Media team @katelinbutler
Brunswick Apartment:
Shortlisted in the 2021 Houses Awards:
Apartment or Unit category
@housesmagazine
Collaboration with @esther_stewart
Alterations to existing multiple housing dwellings are often limited to internal changes, through challenges relating to owner’s corp. negotiations. To extend internal sight lines and bring more natural light into the kitchen, a skylight void is framed within the existing ceiling space: angled in-line-with, but not touching the roof framing. Glass roof tiles replace existing clay tiles, like-for-like, introducing a view of the sky, and revealing a previously hidden structural space.
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The ceiling is insulated and the roof-window is double-glazed, to minimise additional heat gain and retain winter warmth.
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Builder: @ultimateoutdoorco
Joinery: Lex Furniture
Photographs (colour): @benhoskingphotographer
Brunswick Apartment, featured in the current issue of @housesmagazine@gemmasavio_
‘The result of an enthusiastic handballing of ideas between the two friends, the project is made cohesive by a shared conceptual agenda... Original features have been kept where possible, merging the line between old and new’
Collaboration with @esther_stewart
Joinery: Lex Furniture
Builder: @ultimateoutdoorco
Custom table built by: @idlehandsdesign
Kitchen wall sconce: @rossgardam
Photographs: @benhoskingphotographer
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Marble: Rosa Alicante
Floor tiles: salvaged
Paint: @duluxaus
Cooktop: @pittcooking_aus
Brunswick Apartment is a refurbishment of a 1960s walk-up apartment in Melbourne, designed in collaboration with @esther_stewart ✨✨ Colour, material and form are brought together as a new layer, to celebrate the quality and atmosphere of the original home.
The project is featured in the next issue of @housesmagazine . Many thanks to @gemmasavio_ for visiting and speaking with us last year, and @benhoskingphotographer for shooting with us between lockdowns. Huge thanks to Alex at Lex Furniture for your attention to detail and Mark at Ultimate Outdoor.
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Joinery: Lex Furniture
Builder: @ultimateoutdoorco
Custom table built by: @idlehandsdesign
Kitchen wall sconce: @rossgardam
Photographs: @benhoskingphotographer
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Marble: Rosa Alicante
Floor tiles: salvaged
Paint: @duluxaus
