Renovation winds back the clock

After years of muddled renovations and ad hoc alterations, Bijl Architecture stepped in to overhaul this inter-war cottage

You can essentially now open up the entire home, house, interior design, real estate

A stained wood soffit runs along outside the architecture, door, facade, home, house, porch, property, real estate, residential area, roof, siding, white, gray

White cabinetry stands in contrast dark wood floors floor, home, house, interior design, product design, white

The kitchen opens out onto the terrace - architecture, daylighting, home, house, real estate, roof, siding, white

Expansive glass doors open out to the yard architecture, home, house, interior design, living room, real estate, room, window, white, gray

This lounge, adjacent to the kitchen, is the ceiling, floor, home, interior design, living room, property, real estate, room, wall, white

This small formal dining rooms sits off behind architecture, ceiling, floor, home, interior design, living room, property, real estate, room, gray

A substantial skylight lights up the entire hallway architecture, ceiling, daylighting, floor, flooring, home, house, interior design, lighting, plaster, product design, real estate, wall, white

Wood cabinets stand out in the hallway - bookcase, furniture, house, interior design, shelf, shelving, white

An informal seating area captures the sun - door, floor, home, house, interior design, window, white

An eye-catching chandelier hangs above the stairway ceiling, floor, home, house, interior design, lamp, light fixture, lighting, product design, wall, wood, white, gray

A deep skylight sits above this study - architecture, ceiling, daylighting, floor, home, house, interior design, product design, white, gray

Architect: Bijl Architecture

About the project (text supplied):

Perched on a steep block with majestic harbour views, the clarity of the original Inter-war cottage interiors had been muddled by decades of ad hoc alterations.

Our brief was to rethink and rearticulate the flow of the whole home with its more substantial ground floor level and a renewed lower ground floor level music room and cellar cut into the incline of the steep site.

Intent on simplifying the interior scheme and opening up sight lines to the exterior, all excess partitioning has been stripped back, the roof punctuated with deep skylight wells.

Large glazed sliding doors allow the home to seamlessly segue onto the revitalised deck, looking out to the view and the subtropical garden surrounds.

The pool is surrounded by tropical gardens - cottage, estate, facade, hacienda, home, house, mansion, property, real estate, residential area, resort, swimming pool, villa

By simplifying the dwelling, the humble embellishments of this Walter Burley Griffin-inspired structure began to take on real grandeur: the hipped and tiled roof, the gentle sandstone arches, and the manner in which the house nestles into its surrounds.

Story by: David Renwick

13 Dec, 2020

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