SRG House
Recognition
NSW Architecture Awards (AIA)
Residential – Houses Alts & Adds
Winner 2021
Houses Awards
House in a Heritage Setting
Winner 2021
Sydney Design Awards
Residential – Constructed
Gold Award 2021
Sydney Design Awards
Interior Design – Residential
Silver Award 2021
Australian Good Design Awards
Architectural Design Interior Design
Good Design Award Best in Class 2021
Australian Good Design Awards
Architectural Design Commercial and Residential
Good Design Award Gold 2021
Grand Designs Australia Magazine House of the Year Awards 2022/23
Large Renovation
Winner 2023
NSW Architecture Awards (AIA)
Heritage
Commendation 2021
Houses Awards
Houses Alts & Adds over 200m2
Commendation 2021
Houses Awards
Houses Awards, Garden or Landscape
Commendation 2021
Australian Institute of Architects
National Architecture Awards - Residential Ats & Adds
Shortlist 2021
Australian Interior Design Awards
Residential Design
Shortlist 2021
The Design Files
Architecture Residential
Shortlist 2021
The Design Files
Interior Design
Shortlist 2021
IDEA 2021 Awards
Residential Single
Shortlist 2021
Dezeen Awards
Interior Design
Shortlist 2021
Australian Interior Design Awards
Residential Design
Shortlist 2021
National Architecture Awards (AIA)
Residential – Houses Alts & Adds
Shortlist 2021
A 1970s heritage waterfront semi is reborn. Within its restored concrete shell, new interior spaces are opened up to gardens and views, while warm, natural materials invoke the Retro spirit with contemporary style.
Nestled privately onto a steep Sydney harbourside site, the three-storey semi was built in 1972 as a Sydney home for the prominent Melbourne architect, Sir Roy Grounds. The original interiors had been lost to 1980s renovations, but the structure was sound, and its stepped geometry legible.
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The concrete superstructure was stripped and re-stored, interior linings removed and the fixed-glass walls replaced with sliding or stacking glass doors that now open the middle (living) level to its cool central courtyard or harbour views to the west.
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On the lower ground floor, level changes were rationalised to create a new garden sitting room, while old air-conditioning units were removed and the space reconfigured as two bedrooms.
New interior elements help furnish the space and soften its geometry, referencing the original materials in a modern way. Wood-wool ceiling panels and cork flooring revive the Retro textures and warmth, while insulating for sound. Plywood joinery throughout is detailed with aged brass. Directly linking the past to the present, are the blood-red bathroom tiles, a colour match for original tiles unearthed in the reconstruction.
Within the restored concrete shell, new interior elements help furnish the space and soften its geometry.