filigree-like timber screens envelop ‘north bondi house’ in australia

‘NORTH bondi house’ by anthony gill architects 

Two decades in the past, Anthony Gill Architects took on the renovation of a semi-detached brick household in Australia’s North Bondi suburb. Approaching the intervention as each the shopper and designer, Gill required to generate a cosy, modern day, and economical dwelling room with sufficient space for a rising backyard garden and a potent link to the household street. The result is an extended interior space with unconventional, new additions and an eye-catching exterior structure boasting a filigree-like timber shell. With each other, these attributes problem the classic strategies to household privateness and preparing.

all visuals © Clinton Weaver, courtesy of Anthony Gill Architects

a snug and effective fashionable living space 

Winner of the Hugh and Eva Buhrich Award for Household Architecture – Residences, the ‘North Bondi House’ by Anthony Gill (see more here) acquired generous praises from the jury for the modest however impactful reworking by the architect: ‘The method to the corner web site of North Bondi Dwelling feels like stumbling upon a uncommon gem among suburban homogeneity. Instantly clear is the filigree-like nature of the battened facade, all but disguising internal family lifestyle. During the working day a huge form open up to the sky is seen further than the display screen, and at evening the house glows like a beacon. There is a feeling of generosity to the avenue: the making is distinguishable but not overbearing, and big openings motivate a perception of community by way of informal interaction with passers-by.’

filigree-like facade tough the strategies of privateness and arranging

‘Gardens, while however in their early stages of growth, will probable consider in excess of many pockets of the website, and are available from just about every space of the property. The strategy diagram is both equally rational and abnormal bedrooms and communal places occupy the present residence footprint at the reduce stage, and the extended higher floor includes extra living area, and an open up-air bathroom and laundry. Restrained nevertheless creative detailing even more confirms that this undertaking is possible to develop into a memorable stage of reference amongst Australian architects, and a gradual-burn up type of like for locals,’ ongoing the jury. 

The new format of ‘North Bondi House’ sees the expansion of the interiors but an all round reduction of the developing footprint to accommodate the garden layout by Sue Barnsley. The ground ground capabilities the primary residing house with an eclectic mix of colours, kinds, and furniture items. Upstairs, an open up-air rest room and mini dwelling room merge into a person open prepare. Lights, ventilation, and vistas are generously presented via skylights, tiny voids, and external sliding screens. Content-clever, Gill preserved hints of the authentic brickwork throughout the façade and inside of the backyard — featuring a light mix of modern and traditional traits to the renovated dwelling.

floor floor living place

open-air rest room on the upper degree