Here is a selection of our projects from the past 30+ years. Some are new-build but many are alterations and additions, giving a flavour of our varied design styles and how we respond to individual client’s requirements and the site environment. Sustainability is always at the core of the design but is not always evident at first impression, reflecting our belief that every house can be sustainable regardless of its aesthetics.
Freshwater House, Manly
The existing house was well past its ‘use by date’ with an awkward layout, little connection to the garden, no outlook and poor access from the street, so demolition would…
Fosterton Road House, Dungog
This is our first project that incorporates the ECOHUS details in full. The site is a north-facing block on a low rise in the warm-temperate climate zone of the lower…
Stable Cottage, Midlem
Like so many rural cottages in Scotland this was originally a farm outbuilding – a stable block – converted to a house in the 1990’s including an addition at the…
Rosemount farmhouse, Hinton
This Federation-era farmhouse had suffered from the usual ad-hoc additions and the clients wanted to make it function better for modern life as well as fit with their sharp sense…
Newman Avenue beach house, Blueys Beach
This classic Federation-era farmhouse had suffered from the usual ad-hoc additions and the clients wanted to rework the spaces to make it function better for modern life, as well as…
Coomooloo farmhouse, Walcha
This Federation-era farmhouse had suffered from the usual ad-hoc additions and the clients wanted to make it function better for modern life as well as fit with their sharp sense…
Balabudgee Farmhouse, Mudgee
The clients were local farmers and wanted a house for their retirement that was immersed in the landscape they had lived and worked in. A site was chosen on a…
Mafeking Road house, Byron Bay
Located in the forested hills of the Byron Bay hinterland, the house was designed to embrace the climate and the views with two pavilions providing generous open plan spaces and…
Kaidmoot farmhouse, Walcha
The original farm cottage had an unworkable layout and no aesthetic appeal but was structurally sound, so it was retained and integrated into what is otherwise a new house. This…
Little Barbigal farmhouse, Dubbo
The brief for this new farmhouse included many different roles and needed a large floor area, so the design broke these down into a cluster of three discreet elements. The…
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