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Harbour Front Row Seat  

Harbour Front Row Seat

Sydney, Australia

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Harbour Front Row Seat

Sydney, Australia

STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
BUDGET
Undisclosed
It is quite rare, in Woollahra Council’s municipality, to have a house waterfront residence so close to the water. One gets the feeling of being in Sydney Harbour when looking out of the over-sized wafer-thin framed windows.

Luigi Rosselli Architects won a limited architectural competition to develop the site by proposing to revive the existing three storey house while the competitors opted for a clean slate solution. Adaptive reuse is the best way to keep a carbon footprint small and the strategy was rewarded in this waterfront property by maintaining the foreshore building line just a few steps from the water. A new house would have to be set further back.

Though built on the edge of beach this is not a beach house. The cultured art lovers and sophisticated art collectors who commissioned this project required a very urbane and elegant residence, with an environment ideal to display their collection. Expansive Wall spaces, nooks for sculptures and specialised art lighting were necessary.

The entry courtyard was originally a cramped driveway with three garages as main features, the solution was to relocate the garages and have a Will Dangar designed courtyard with sculptural plants and textural architectural details. The result restored a sense of dignified arrival where people, not cars, are welcome.



Credits
Location: Municipality of Woollahra, NSW
Design Architect: Luigi Rosselli
Project Architects: Hugh Campbell, Jane McNeill
Landscape Architect: William Dangar for Dangar Group / William Dangar Associates - http://williamdangar.com.au/
Structural & Hydraulic Consultant: Charles Blunt for Rooney & Bye (Australia) Pty Ltd - http://www.rooneyandbye.com.au/home.php/
Interior Designer: Alexandra Donohoe for Decus Interiors - www.decus.com.au
Builder: Sydcon Building Services Pty Ltd - www.sydconprojects.com.au
Joiner: Corelli Joinery - www.corellijoinery.com.au
Photography: Justin Alexander - www.justinalexander.com.au/ , Edward Birch

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