Common Office
St Ives House
In St. Ives we situated a home for a family who place value on time together. The architecture is open to the rear towards the landscape of the national park. To the street the building is a composition of cues from a more civic architecture.
The project resists the temptation to conform to a street presentation of a private domestic architecture. Conceptually, the house aims to be ambiguous from the street, concealing an immense family life that is centred on the kitchen and living space. Within this space a soaring double height volume lets light in, while opening to the rear. All the bedrooms are shifted to the western side of the building, allowing for the double height space. It is a home that conceptually pulls its inhabitants to one central space, and then compresses all the other residual spaces. It does through its architecture, by organising circulation and the section to push all the focus on the central kitchen and living space.
Builder: Its Built
Structural Engineer: SDA Structures
Stormwater Engineer: Northern Beaches
Interior design: JAM
Landscape: Edwina Stuart
Photography: Dave Wheeler
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Common Office
St Ives House
In St. Ives we situated a home for a family who place value on time together. The architecture is open to the rear towards the landscape of the national park. To the street the building is a composition of cues from a more civic architecture.
The project resists the temptation to conform to a street presentation of a private domestic architecture. Conceptually, the house aims to be ambiguous from the street, concealing an immense family life that is centred on the kitchen and living space. Within this space a soaring double height volume lets light in, while opening to the rear. All the bedrooms are shifted to the western side of the building, allowing for the double height space. It is a home that conceptually pulls its inhabitants to one central space, and then compresses all the other residual spaces. It does through its architecture, by organising circulation and the section to push all the focus on the central kitchen and living space.
Builder: Its Built
Structural Engineer: SDA Structures
Stormwater Engineer: Northern Beaches
Interior design: JAM
Landscape: Edwina Stuart
Photography: Dave Wheeler
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