Balmain House

Recognition

  • NSW Architecture Awards (AIA)

    Residential Houses (New)

    Winner 2014

  • National Architects Awards (AIA)

    Residential – Houses

    Commendation 2014

  • Intergrain Timber Vision Awards

    Commendation 2014

  • Timber Design Award

    Interior Fitout Residential

    Winner 2014

In the historic Sydney suburb of Balmain, a family home is conceived as a walled garden with private, light-filled living spaces oriented to the landscape, carved into a compact site.

  • The leftover slice of a larger subdivision, this irregular site took careful planning to maximise privacy, light and views while minimising impact to its neighbours. The challenge was to wrap these constraints within a cohesive design language. Landscape was fundamental to the plan.

Nothing in the design is random or overly complicated – it all responds to constraints and opportunities inherent in the site.

  • Ground-floor living areas open to the garden. Upstairs, the building responds to its site, cranked to preserve privacy and frame district views towards Anzac Bridge, with strategic openings to draw natural light and air into the plan.

Underscoring a relationship between the levels are timber-lined ceilings and staircase.

  • Architecture & Interiors Studio Johnston
  • Builder Owner Builder
  • Structural Partridge & Partners
  • Landscape 360 Degrees
  • Photography Brett Boardman

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