Whale Beach House
Recognition
Australian Good Design Awards
Architectural Design Interior Design
Good Design Award Winner 2021
Sydney Design Awards
Interior Design – Residential
Silver Award 2021
Australian Interior Design Awards
Residential Design
Shortlist 2021
IDEA 2021 Awards
Residential Single
Shortlist 2021
A Sydney beachside home takes a vertical village approach to multi-generational living, while resisting the temptation of an all glass facade.
The brief from a professional couple was for a home of many modes, with guest accommodation for extended family stays, and an outdoor entertaining area for large gatherings. The building bunkers into the cliff over four levels, each with its own distinct feeling. Entry-level guest quarters are separated from the top-floor master suite by a living level where kitchen, dining and lounge open to a broad garden terrace.
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Architectural gymnastics have brought northern sun into south-facing front rooms, allowing plays of light and shade to animate the interior. At the core of the house, a skylit staircase is anchored by a curved wall in a deep kelp green, with a fine brass balustrade.
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Interiors are dressed in watery greens with brass against oak, and richly veined quartz. Warm pastel accents appear in custom furniture and artworks, including a three-metre triptych of impasto oils commissioned for the vast western wall of the dining room. A pale grey limestone floor extends the main living spaces onto the garden terrace.
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Watery colours with natural timbers and stone ground each space with a calming elemental essence.
Interiors are designed as an all-encompassing experience, blurring the lines between function, furniture and sculpture.
