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A new main residence featuring four bedrooms and a study, accompanied by a two-bedroom secondary dwelling. The design responds to its prominent corner site with solid stone walls and curved facades, softened by green roofs, integrated planter boxes, and thoughtfully layered landscaping throughout. A landscaped roof over the secondary dwelling is accessed via a walkway from the first floor of the main house, extending usable outdoor space and offering a secluded setting for recreation and relaxation.

Complete - awaiting professional photography.

Collaroy Plateau House +

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An ambitious country homestead, grounded in sustainability, sculpted for life on the land.

Designed for a farming family in rural NSW, in the middle of a drought. The design drew inspiration from international arid vernaculars, in order to be able to cope when the cycle revisits this homestead, and takes components of the functionality from these house typologies. For instance the Mexican courtyard houses, a series of different functions around a central outdoor space, exuding privacy and family gathering. Inviting a cosy atmosphere to the centre of the home, reimagined as a series of spaces divided into their respective functions. The existing historic house becomes the sleeping quarters, a place to rest and recuperate. Composed of darker smaller spaces with more intricate detailing. These are juxtaposed with the new volumes by modern glass connections. Clearly delineated for an honest design celebrating both eras of construction. The existing house is restored and the new building components are sensitively but clearly added. Passing over the pool into the new daytime quarters which houses the living, dining, kitchen, and play areas. The family have children aged four to fifteen so we wanted to imbue a sense of fun, discovery and adventure in the design. Celebrating the far-reaching rural landscape views from key points in the building, not least the picture-frame dormer windows from the mezzanine level over the kitchen, and the glass gable ends. The solid verandas embed the new structure into the landscape, and new patios are excavated like sculptural 'negative spaces' to create lower protected enclaves for various functions, without blocking views from the main entertaining areas. Creating a sense of journey through the landscape. The large natural swimming pool helps cool the air around this central space. The guest house and garage flank the other sides of the inner courtyard, and the final elements enclosing this central area are the kitchen garden and orchard. Spinning on its axis around this central space, the house feels like a functional revolution of spaces which work in harmony to create a living environment befitting of this family. The rolled roof of the living quarters echos a barn typology whereas the more subdued additions of the garage and guesthouse take on flat green roof elements that allow these structures to take a back seat and blend into the landscape, allowing the main structures of the existing house and extension building to take centre stage, keeping a sense of balance to the design rather than overloading the site with too many strong visual elements. The guesthouse floats above the landscape on posts and is comprised of a fully CLT primary structure (slab, walls and roof), celebrated with its exposure to the interior. The materiality celebrates an honesty of structure and natural materials along with hand crafted textures for the rendered wall finishes and steel troweled concrete. A large structure with a human scale. Intended as a sanctuary after a long day of physical labour in the harsh environment.Completed - awaiting professional photography.

Merriwa Farmhouse Masterplan

A modern rear extension to a dwelling with a historic street frontage. 

A home for an art-lover. A number of designs were tested for this project. This one features a curved rear extension to be sympathetic to neighbouring dwellings while focussing on the view to the Harbour Bridge from the balcony, and creates a courtyard garden at ground level, with a light-filled interior.

Balmain House

Excavation to form new rooms beneath a heritage property, featuring a proposed modernised interior design throughout the property.

Cammeray House

Unprecedented achievements for this space-restricted terraced house in Darlinghurst.

We achieved an unprecedented first floor extension for this tiny terrace in a Heritage Conservation Area in Darlinghurst, opening up space rearrangement possibilities for the client. A number of new skylights bring natural light into the centre of the house and a green roof outside the first floor rear bedroom gives a natural outlook to this interior space and for surrounding houses. The courtyard garden at ground level was reconfigured to include large glazed bi-folding doors and an integrated bbq for outdoor entertaining. The interior includes a new bathroom upstairs, laundry cupboards, a centralised kitchen space and a new living room with a fireplace and skylight through the green roof; along with new interior design throughout and landscaping.

Darlinghurst Terrace

 A thoughtful design that enriches small spaces and optimises every square metre.

Busy lives need quiet sanctuaries filled with love, light and space to breathe. In the heart of Darlinghurst’s Heritage Conservation Area, this spatially constrained terrace was reimagined as a serene inner-city retreat. A beautiful new first-floor roof garden with privacy, vertical green walls internally, and a carefully considered internal reconfiguration introduced light, calm, and a feeling of openness rarely found in a terrace of this scale. The result is a home that supports busy lives with new opportunities for rest and relaxation, enhanced functionality, and significantly increased access to natural light (both direct and filtered) while deepening the connection to the natural world.DA Approved in record time.

Darling Terrace Remodel

A green-roofed duplex dwelling stands side by side over a large underground garage, appearing as one dwelling from the street.

The design features angled inset windows, deep projections for shading and balconies, and expansive voids with glazed ceilings to invite natural light deep into the interiors. A landscaped green roof helps reduce the urban heat island effect and replaces the building’s footprint with vegetation, incorporating solar panels among the planting. From the street, a simple façade gives the impression of a single grand residence, concealing two dwellings behind. Timber cladding softens the architectural expression, while natural stone flooring maintains a cool, contemporary interior at ground level. Upstairs, timber floors bring warmth to the bedroom areas. A sunken lounge allows uninterrupted views from the elevated kitchen and dining spaces out toward the garden, connecting the entire living area with the landscape.Under construction.

Lidcombe Duplex Residence