Lavender Bay

By Nathalie Scipioni Architects

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The Lavender Bay 1880s terrace house is located in a conservation area, and the idea was to maintain and reinstate the original heritage features of the home while keeping the configuration. We used a variety of different materials and design to do this throughout the home. Nathalie Scipioni Architects supported the client through the entire process of her renovation, from concept, approval, CA, and heritage. We designed the home to suit the client’s lifestyle.

We reinstated the features from the front façade by painting it and restoring it. We replaced the carpet in the home with new floorboards and kept the original staircase while adding a new handrail on them.

The ground floor had no internal bathroom or laundry accessible inside the property, it was only accessible from the outside courtyard. We designed a new laundry and bathroom on the ground floor. We wanted to create more natural light within the home, and we did this by adding large open doors on the ground floor towards the courtyard and putting in skylights on the top floor.

Photography: Graham Jepson

Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Double Bay, New South Wales
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay
Lavender Street, Lavender Bay

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Internationally trained and experienced in architecture, interior design and heritage restoration, we combine contemporary European influences with a restorer’s eye for detail, story, flow and possibility. You’ll be amazed by what we can do for light, space and living, delivering incredible results for every budget.

Nathalie has an internationally-honed understanding of structure, space and orientation that she brings to designing the exteriors and interiors of homes, restaurants, hotels or offices. She studied architecture for nine years, completing a Doctor of Architecture in Florence at Universita degli Studi di Firenze followed by post-graduate studies in heritage architecture at the specialist École de Chaillot in Paris.     

Over the last 20 years, she has worked on architecture and heritage restoration projects in France, Italy and Australia. In Paris, she was a heritage architect responsible for the completion of restoration projects, including site supervision and project management of listed Heritage monuments in the Nancy and Paris areas.

Nathalie relocated to Sydney and founded NSStudio in 2007. She maintains constant contact with developments in Europe, travelling annually to the world’s most forward-looking trade shows to bring back concepts, materials and products that ensure her designs continue to be far ahead of local trends.