This eastern-suburbs turn of the century Villa was on the verge of being out-grown by it’s large family and in need of a renovation and some extra space. Jon’s proposal was to demolish the previous modest addition and strip the house back to it’s original stone and brick walls, leaving a large east-facing backyard with lots of potential. New wet areas are placed in the former living area, with a new laundry and large pantry neatly separating the living spaces from the bedrooms. The new kitchen and living sits back from the side boundary to maximise northern light access, with a new pool and outdoor living filtering the morning light. The efficient planning leaves a good sized lawn for the active family, in front of the existing

This renovation to a typical Adelaide bungalow makes the most of the inner-suburban site. A north-facing double-height void over the perforated stair connects the upper level containing two new kids’ bedrooms and bathroom with the new open-plan kitchen/dining living on the ground floor. The perforated mesh flooring in the void makes a fun space for a kids study, but also lets light into the living space and vents out hot air to the high windows.

As featured in this month’s issue of Sanctuary Magazine, this house called Hortense has been regenerated and rejuvenated with it’s new garden-focussed low impact addition.

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In a beach-front suburb on a square block, the original house has had various previous renovations and extensions, but was suffering from over-developing and felt very dark and rabbit-warren-like. The brief called for more space for the owners’ various hobbies and collections, more light into new living and kitchen areas and to be as sustainable as practicable. 

A First Nations informed internal refit for the Wirltu Yarlu school on level 1 of the Multi-storey Schulz and Heritage listed Hartley Buildings.