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  • City Beach House
  • The City Beach House, designed for a young family, responds to a brief for contemporary lifestyle combining entertaining, family living and sanctuary.
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    • The plan form is deliberately spread out over the large suburban block, meandering through the site to describe a series of internal and external spaces. As one moves from the street, through the site, there is a gradual and considered increase in the level of privacy.
    • The house, although fairly modest from the street, unfolds and enlarges as it is experienced for the first time...
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  • Minim Cove House
  • The requirement for this project was to create a zoned house for a young, growing family. We needed to provide for general entertaining areas and separate kids play areas, while still maximising the stunning river views. There was also a challenge to balance up the north facing entry and front of the house with the south facing views of the river.
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    • We decided to use cardboard models to develop a concept based around a front and a back pavilion with a dividing entry space as an organising element.
    • Our solution entailed this entry space separating different living spaces downstairs and different sleeping spaces upstairs. The entry space evolved into a 2-storey void, with bridge, and louver windows at the top to purge hot air in summer.
    • The adult living zones were further separated, using glass to maintain views, but to allow the dining area to be acoustically separated from the kitchen and main family area.
    • The project was timing and budget were both within 10% of estimations. A post-occupancy evaluation has revealed the project was a success.
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  • Peppermint Grove House
  • A 2 storey addition with kids bedrooms above an open plan living area and kitchen to provide for a young family with teenage children. The original 1904 house, itself quite grand,  provided a counterpoint to a more contemporary living area at the rear.  The new space created a strong connection to the rear garden and pool, which was ideal for its owner, a landscape designer.  A garage was included in the rear addition and provides more direct access to the main living area and kitchen.
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  • Rochdale House
  • The main challenge was the narrow east-west block with a slight fall away from the street, and a large Norfolk Island pine tree at the front of the site. The site is only 10m wide and overshadowing as well as north light access were two key drivers for this project.
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    • Although there was a lot of design exploration during the design stage of this project, the resultant solution was unusually simple. The main organising elements were a storage and services zone along the southern boundary, which allowed for a reduced wall height and thus reduced impact on the southern neighbours, and a north facing linear garden. During the design stage we went through a number of negotiations with council without losing too much of the essence of the project.
    • The project timeframe was not critical and perhaps longer than expected due to time spent getting the details right, which in hindsight was a successful approach. The solution was cost effective for the client.
    • The performance of the house exceeds client expectations.
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  • Wembley Downs House
  • The brief was to utilise the site contours to provide valley views and street presence, on an awkward shaped site.
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    • Our 3d design software came into its own in resolving what would have otherwise been near impossible to conceptualise, let alone resolve for construction.
    • The two-pavilion concept was utilised once again here and provided separation between kids areas and adult areas with a central entry void and stair in between.
    • A lot of time was spent with the client fine tuning this project for cost and for functionality. So although time was not critical, cost was, and it is now during construction, becoming evident that the time spent was well worth the effort.
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  • Trigg House
  • The brief asked for a large, modern, and environmentally friendly family home with a lap pool, basement garage for 5 cars and gym. Internal space relationships were also a high priority. Orientation was problematic and the parameters involved, strong prevailing winds, the northern aspect being the street, and maintaining privacy from the street.
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    • The design process explored 2 contrasting approaches which had the effect of honing in on the real issues pertinent to the client and the site.
    • The solution allowed northern sun deep into the house with some dramatic and engaging volumes giving a light and airy feel. The solution also provided a raft of different living spaces, inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs, open and closed which made for a dynamic design solution.
    • Different construction methods were explored early on to start addressing time and budget right from the word go.
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