Hyde Park Residence

A typical sandstone villa located within an inner city suburb provided the basis of a family home, but the 1970’s rear addition lacked the functionality and needs for a contemporary living space for both adults and children.

The original rooms of the villa comfortably provides the formal living and bedrooms for the owners, the new extension creates the living and entertaining spaces for the family.

The living pavilion is separated from the original sandstone villa with a lower level linkage structure, acting as a transition from the formal villa to the contemporary open living space. The pavilion has been deliberately angled to contrast the strong formal lines of the villa and the angular plan and angled roof creates further interest to this volume of space providing an openness to the external entertainment areas and the teenage retreat.

A warm palette of materials is expressed with the use of the Gosford feature sandstone, timber veneers, limestone plinth and polished concrete floor. The stone wall forms the backdrop to the main living space and continues externally to provide an anchor between the old and new structures