Camperdown House approved

Thrilled this week to receive approval for our Camperdown residence project in the Inner West Council. The scheme proposed a new rear laneway crossover and parking space, first floor additions and an attic conversion with rear facing dormer window. This provides much needed space for a growing young family, in close proximity to parks and schools in the thriving King Street precinct.

-David

Bondi Beach apartment tender issued

We’ve reached a milestone this week on our Bondi Beach apartment project, with tender documentation heading out to selected builders. This exciting project sees the existing apartment completely re-envisaged, with new kitchen, bathroom, laundry, robe joinery, lighting, electrical and finishes thoughout.

Our main challenge involved the demolition of some internal structure to create a new open plan living, kitchen and dining space, while maintaining a functional layout for dining and lounge areas. Privacy issues were address to neighbouring buildings by modifying some openings, while a large pass-through window to the kitchen helps activate the large outdoor terrace dining area for summer afternoon bbq’s.

-David

Coogee Residence approved

We’re thrilled to announce our Coogee residence gained DA approval this week in Randwick Council. The scheme includes a new third storey addition and rear garage studio to provide for the needs of a growing young family.

-David

Veil House construction starts

We are thrilled this week to see our Veil House commence construction. The team from Frontier Projects, who also built our Datum Residence, are well through demolition, as always uncovering some interesting existing conditions. This is always the challenge dealing with terrace homes with shared party walls, layers of existing construction hidden under floors and behind walls, rising damp and poor termite protection.

We are looking forward to sharing further progress on this exciting new project as works progress.

-David

Hipped House featured in Habitus Living

We’re thrilled to share that our Rosebery Residence has been featured this week by Habitus Living. Read the full story here.

-David

Our resource guide launched

The process of renovating or building your new home is a daunting one, with a myriad of issues to juggle, including approvals, budget, construction timeframes - not to mention functional and aesthetic choices. We’ve distilled the core questions we ask our clients when we first meet into a handy new resource - “5 Questions to ask yourself before speaking to an Architect”. The guide helps you when starting out, helping you define your scope and the services you may require, the relevant approvals you may need, and how you are going to build and finance your new home. We hope this is a valuable resource, setting you in good stead as you start on your journey of renovating or building.

Download the guide here.

-David

Hipped House Photographed

We’re looking forward to sharing images of our recently photographed project, our Rosebery residence, shot by the talented Katherine Lu and styled by Holly Irvine Studio. Completed in 2022, we had to wait a couple of years for the landscaped roof to settle in - but the wait has been worth it!

-David

Woollahra DA Approved

We are thrilled to see our Woollahra project approved at the Local planning panel meeting this week. This contemporary new additional sits harmoniously in its heritage context and provides a much needed upgrade to the existing dwelling.

-David

Coogee DA Lodged

We are pleased to see our Coogee Terrace project lodged with Randwick City Council this week. The project involves a new rear garage studio addition to provide much needed extra accomodation for visiting relatives, and a new third storey master bedroom suite to the main dwelling. The scheme respectfully considers the existing building form and offers a clean new coastal palette to the home.

-David

Veil House DA Approved

Another win in council this month with our Erskineville terrace project approved in the City of Sydney. We managed a great outcome for our clients with 2 additional bedrooms and bathroom located in a new second storey addition.

-David

Shroud House DA Approved

We’re thrilled to announce that our Surry Hills terrace project has been approved by the City of Sydney. The scheme includes a new attic conversion to create an additional bedroom with front and rear dormers, and a new kitchen, laundry and bathroom at ground level. we look forward to beginning construction documentation on this wonderful project.

-David

Shroud House DA Lodged

To round out a busy month we have just submitted our Shroud House project to the City of Sydney for development approval (DA). Our clients came to us with a clear brief in two parts for this home - utilise the existing attic space for an additional bedroom or home office, and modernise the existing kitchen and garden at rear to take advantage of the north facing lot.

Our design approach took cues from the clients existing internal works and overlaid a contemporary design language in the new kitchen addition. A new skylight over the kitchen brings an abundance of light deep into the home, while a new rear shroud provides as much winter sun into the new kitchen. Retractable sliding doors open up the new kitchen to a courtyard garden.

-David

Veil House DA Lodged

We’re happy to announce DA lodgement of our Erskineville project. The existing home is a single storey terrace row dwelling with south facing rear yard. Our clients required additional space for a master bedroom and home study, which meant a second storey addition. We carefully reviewed the scale of the new addition to mitigate overshadowing to neighbours and the existing rear yard, and instead of costly glazed roofs we developed the concept of a brickwork screen at the rear of the dwelling that reflects northern light back into the living spaces, while visually screening overlooking neighbours to the rear.

-David

Woollahra DA Lodged

Some good progress in the office this week with our Woollahra project being submitted to council for development approval. This project is in collaboration with Alwill Architecture and involves substantial alterations and additions to an existing two storey semi-detached residence. Taking cues from recent development in the terrace row, our proposed scheme provides a new open plan living, kitchen and dining space at ground floor with a new storey above housing two new bedrooms. The finely crafted new addition respectfully retains much of the existing building form.

-David

Clovelly Apartments complete

This recently completed project involved internal refurbishment of three apartments in a block of 8 in Sydney’s easter suburbs. Taking cues from the buildings interwar design we updated bathrooms and kitchens with a pastel palette of ceramic tile and terrazzo, offset with brass fixtures. Existing interior features were loving restored.

As a plus, our client removed all existing gas from the apartments, instead relying on high efficiency 3 phase instant electric hot water heaters located close to fixtures to reduce water wastage.

-David

Darling Point Apartment completed

We’re pleased to see practical completion on our Darling Point apartment this week. This project involved substantial refurbishment to our client’s dwelling, including the conversion of one existing bathroom into a seperate bath, ensuite and laundry - no easy feat considering no plumbing below floor level could be accessed. In the bedrooms new joinery and home office desk was provided along with new laundry and hallway storage joinery.

Again, the team at Reed Developments delivered this project on time and budget, allowing our clients who lived overseas during the build to arrive home to a completed apartment.

-David

Queens Park DA Approval

We are delighted to have our Queens Park project out of council this week with full approval granted. This project is a holistic alteration and addition to an existing 3 storey dwelling, which seeks to modernise and add amenity to the home. Additional space is added internally for the clients work from home arrangements, while new landscaping and front fence is designed to mitigate privacy issues from the street.

-David

Datum House completed

We are thrilled to showcase our recently photographed Datum House project. This project involved substantial alterations and additions to an existing terrace row house on a very small lot in Sydney’s inner west. Thanks to the team at Frontier Projects the project was completed successfully on budget despite a challenging build due to ongoing rain and covid related delays. The project was stunningly styled by Holly Irvine Studio and shot by the equally talented Katherine Lu.

-David

Living Village competition placing

We are thrilled to announce our third placing in the Living Village design competition, which was held by the South Australian Housing Authority in conjunction with the City of Unley. The project asked entrants to consider an existing site for a new residential village showcasing innovative design for residential living.

Read more about the project on the Citylab website.

-David