'An exemplar of modern urban living'. NSW Chapter of The Australian Institute of Architects Awards Jury 2015.

“This project shows a fine level of craft and celebration of the sometimes-ordinary. Somehow, by bringing 1950s California to 1950s suburban Sydney, Architect Prineas has found a fantastic synergy for contemporary life.”

"By bringing in sunlight, using space efficiently and improving the connection to the garden, Studio Prineas demonstrates that good residential architecture is about being better, not bigger."

"With slick contemporary interventions and an emphasis on Australian designers and makers, the Cnr Virginia project creates a masterful dialogue between old and new."

Studio Prineas’ holistic approach to the project, from architecture to interior styling, achieves an outcome that unassumingly celebrates this heritage home’s narrative. An extension that impressively tricks the eye, Bona Vista – true to its translation – is a happy sight indeed.