This existing 90s townhouse with views of the Hastings River at Port Macquarie is getting a facelift with extensive interior work; a new kitchen, pantry, laundry, three bathrooms and stair for improved sense of arrival.
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This off-grid rectilinear house and garage sits atop a ridge in the Adelaide Hills with commanding views to the south.
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Like a weather vane, the house turns its back into the southerly winds and creates a sheltered north facing sun trapping courtyard.
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Set in the upper north shore, this design replaces an unremarkable rundown suburban house that has its current owners pulling their hair out.
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The floor plan of the additions is rotated at 8° from the original c.1904 house in order to retain an existing jacaranda tree, orange tree and established wisteria vine.
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“Opening the heavy front door, constructed of the same wooden battens as the home’s exterior peppered with cast glass spyholes from France, the entry nook is revealed.”
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A new pavilion accommodating the living areas across the back of the house is a modern interpretation of the original villa. The transformative project breathes new life into the dilapidated old Adelaide villa and is a balancing act between continuity and change.
Read More“Local timber and stone has been used with consummate skill and is coupled with micro details that delight the senses.”
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“James Allen’s Echunga family home grounds itself into the topography of the rolling Adelaide Hills with a timber, stone and corrugated steel vernacular.”
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The client’s vintage sofa and arm chairs were reupholstered with reversible linens and velvet.
Read MoreA long and elongated plan follows the topography.
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From 90s brick veneer to gracious farmstead, this Limestone coast farmhouse is getting a new frontage.
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A new facelift will pull this reluctant post-war triple-fronted Aussie in Adelaide’s St Georges into a new decade.
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During the heavier lockdown period, I set up office in Mum and Dad’s caravan on the farm out of Keith.
Read MoreHome Snapshots has added the River House project to their projects.
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Renovation of the art deco Potts Point Apartment featured in Home lift out of Saturday’s Daily Telegraph.
Read MoreThree interlocking pavilions make up the this rural house located in the Adelaide Hills.
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A small timber framed boathouse atop a platform projecting over the edge of the water.
Read MoreLarge scale renovation of this project will give a new lease on life for this 1930s Old English style house south of Sydney.
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GB House by Renato D’Ettorre Architects, with James as Project Architect, takes out the Wilkinson Award.
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