By O'Neil Architecture
Situated on a challenging sloping site overlooking Moncks Bay, Frankie’s House is designed to embrace its beautiful surroundings, and prioritise the view. The unique design combines traditional and familiar forms with unexpected angles, overhangs, and openings. Predominantly clad in Canterbury clay bricks with large black-framed thresholds between inside and out directing sightlines to the view.
The shared social spaces are arranged along a central spine. The master suite wing is angled off the axis to offer a view of the estuary, with the garage and utility area orientated towards the road. The home is designed for entertaining, with multiple sheltered outdoor living areas, and a plan arrangement that places the kitchen at its heart. The interior atmosphere is serene and sophisticated, expertly executed with luxurious and beautifully detailed materials.
With over 20 years experience and an extensive portfolio of award winning homes, O'Neil Architecture has built a solid reputation designing architectural homes.
Founder and Principal Architectural Designer Darren O’Neil leads this small boutique office, along with Senior Designer Jacinda Shirley, Senior Technical Designer Phil Ngenang, and Practice Manager Lucy Ross. We specialise and focus on high quality residential design with the purpose of providing exceptional outcomes by intentionally limiting the number of projects undertaken.
Whilst being design driven, our practice has a firm interest in the feasibility and pragmatics of construction. We listen to your needs and amalgamate your brief with our aesthetic direction, the specific site requirements, and environmental considerations. Our priority is ensuring our documentation is of the highest quality to assist your builder in creating an inspired, timeless, and elegant home.
This comprehensive approach provides our clients with the stress free, rewarding experience they deserve; and a truly superb house that will exceed all expectations.
We offer professional services from conception to completion. We’re different because we do not apply a standard percentage like many other practices. Each project is assessed and quoted individually, our fee structure is competitive and depending on the project we can usually offer a fixed price quotation.