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Tamarama House
Tamarama, Australia
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Tamarama House
Tamarama, Australia
In a contested area where maximum envelopes drive the form of development, Tamarama house begins with generous street and coastal gardens.
The sun filled, protected north garden is made through the suppression of garaging, abundant street planting, sea glimpses and soft encasing stone walls.
The pool garden allows water glimpses in reverse, adding substantial planting to the coastal walk. The south terrace overlooks this garden and view, shielded from the prevailing summer northerly winds and capturing sun year round.
Externally, two carved volumes hover one above the other, separated by narrow glazing band and shapely canopy to the south. These forms mediate existing neighbouring alignments and views. Outlined in concrete, drawn loosely to capture textured panels of render and brick, the house sits delicately within its garden and coastal setting.
The living room looks both ways, to the north -sun and garden, to the south -coast and sky. It is classical in its proportions and serene geometry. The room is edged by smaller and eccentrically formed alcoves, housing the kitchen, circulation and surf watching room. Within and overlooking this volume, the entry space is contained, darker with curated views up and out from above.
The cabana, also a large volume with mezzanine spaces, changes tempo to invert this logic. Fluid and casual, it bends to capture sun and views, sharing geometries and light with the smaller linked spaces, TV playroom, guest room and library.
The top floor is cellular, compressed and complex, tetrus-like in its housing of the private rooms of the house. Purposeful joinery, windows, skylights and walls act together to capture and share views, breezes, sun and light.
Intimate in its gentle grandeur, Tamarama house is hand made with a subdued and detailed palette of oak, concrete, render, mirror, midnight blue and white painted steel.
Photographer: Andrew Cowen.
The sun filled, protected north garden is made through the suppression of garaging, abundant street planting, sea glimpses and soft encasing stone walls.
The pool garden allows water glimpses in reverse, adding substantial planting to the coastal walk. The south terrace overlooks this garden and view, shielded from the prevailing summer northerly winds and capturing sun year round.
Externally, two carved volumes hover one above the other, separated by narrow glazing band and shapely canopy to the south. These forms mediate existing neighbouring alignments and views. Outlined in concrete, drawn loosely to capture textured panels of render and brick, the house sits delicately within its garden and coastal setting.
The living room looks both ways, to the north -sun and garden, to the south -coast and sky. It is classical in its proportions and serene geometry. The room is edged by smaller and eccentrically formed alcoves, housing the kitchen, circulation and surf watching room. Within and overlooking this volume, the entry space is contained, darker with curated views up and out from above.
The cabana, also a large volume with mezzanine spaces, changes tempo to invert this logic. Fluid and casual, it bends to capture sun and views, sharing geometries and light with the smaller linked spaces, TV playroom, guest room and library.
The top floor is cellular, compressed and complex, tetrus-like in its housing of the private rooms of the house. Purposeful joinery, windows, skylights and walls act together to capture and share views, breezes, sun and light.
Intimate in its gentle grandeur, Tamarama house is hand made with a subdued and detailed palette of oak, concrete, render, mirror, midnight blue and white painted steel.
Photographer: Andrew Cowen.
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