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Thornbury, Victoria
Alterations & Additions Status:CompletedPhotographer: Alex Reinders
Upgrades to an existing California Bungalow to support a growing family.
Despite narrow site constraints, the new living spaces are generous and family oriented—connected to the garden, and centred around meaningful moments of daily life.
Where the existing house was disconnected from the landscape, the reconfigured home is open, connected, and robust. It is responsive to climate, adaptable in use, and crafted with materials that wear in and age gracefully.
A series of gables from the existing period roofline continue into the new form. Soft grey corrugated cladding settles the addition into its residential context, while north glazing floods the home with light. A steel and timber pergola, mitigates the heat load and provide a transition between inside and outside.
Completed with Gardiner Architects.