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The clients wanted a new kitchen, a redesign of the first floor, a big formal living area and a new entrance and garaging. New entry gates were designed and a self contained gate house with a second double garage. A formal living room was placed on the eastern side of the building to capture the […]

Over the years this house has been subjected to many additions and it was easier to rebuild using the original planning envelope of the home. The design of the Porte Cochere with moulded parapet and flanked with classical columns draws attention towards the residence and serves as a threshold to the entry door situated at […]

The owners wanted a new family home on a long narrow block sloping steeply down to Sydney Harbour. Council regulations required that the new building respect the form and shape of the original building which in its day had little natural light and was disadvantaged by facing south. Double garaging was designed at the street […]

The clients wanted to build a residence on a steep location falling twenty meters to the water with a very challenging access. The challenge was to get cars further down to where the house would be sited and to ensure they could turn and drive out. A driveway in the shape of a drum provides […]

The clients had purchased a waterfront block and wished to build a new modern residence to make better use of the site mired by a narrow street entrance. At the street level two single separate garages of reduced scale were designed with an entry porch in between. The lower level of the house has a […]

The owners wanted a total refurbishment of their newly purchased city home which was a three storey property with harbor views. They wanted extra garaging and more space for living and entertaining.  The challenge of this project was to provide an additional garage on the very narrow allotment and to use all possible space on […]

This large house is perched high on a north-west facing headland with magnificent views overlooking the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. The owner wished to have extensive garaging for his cars and a total remodeling of the 1950 house in the European style. New piers were placed at the entry gates and wrought iron was detailed for panels […]

For many years the clients lived in a house created by the early 20thcentury Sydney architect, Professor Leslie Wilkinson. The clients wanted to redesign the house, extending it onto the block of land next door and to have a stone room using architectural detailing as decoration. A new street entrance was created in stone on […]