The DA for the alterations and additions for this complicated design project was approved in December.
The site is spectacular, on the cliff edge at Diamond Bay in Vaucluse. The views are north along the headlands and east out to the ocean.
The brief involved retaining the upper floor apartment and removing the lower apartment to build a new two storey house under the existing floor slab. Garages and a new master bedroom wing and wet edge pool are also added. The design creates a courtyard that is protected from the strong southerly winds and a projecting living room that is glazed on three sides to maximise the views.
The curved perimeter is used to tie in all the disparate elements of the existing structure and the new wings so that the new and old have a common language.

This grand terrace sits at the top of the hill in Stanmore. The brief is to knock down the rear skillion addition and to create a new informal living area opening out to a new pool, garden and open carport / entertaining area.

This house was a 1950′s brick and tile house between two Walter Burley Griffin designed sandstone cottages. The owners wanted to extend the house and at the same time to try to help it sit more comfortably in the streetscape. The concept was to remove the pitched roof and to extend concrete planted roofs front and back to create strong horizontal roofs over the new carport and kitchen, dining living space. The owners are building the house themselves with a meticulous level of detail.

The existing 1950’s two storey building is a rendered brick and tile construction out of character to the Castlecrag environment. Apart from changing the look the owners brief required extend living areas and updated amenities.
The concept is to remove the pitched roof and replace with a new timber box canter levering over the existing masonry walls of the ground floor. This approach was encouraged by the heritage planners of Willoughby Council as it was seen the fit into the historical Walter Burley Griffin surrounds.
Walking along the entry corridor you get a glimpse out through the vertical timber framing creating a connection between inside and out. The rear glazed timber extension connects the internal living area to the garden providing a great sheltered outdoor living space that can be either closed up or opened up completely to the pool and deck area.