Long Garden House.

"The house feels clear, calm, open, robust and warm with a generous sense of space."

Client, Long Garden House

The material palette was chosen to be robust yet luxurious and is a suite of textures in white, punctuated by warm Australian blackbutt accents. Working collaboratively with our client builder and his preferred construction technique, the main walls of the house are reinforced masonry walls which were bagged in soft white. Aluminium battened screens and pergolas invite the landscape to eventually creep up and over the facades while also offering adaptability to the seasons.

Internally a touch of opulence is achieved with the use of Carrara marble at the kitchen and bathrooms with oak joinery details. The bathrooms feature a playful rich blue herringbone tile to the floors and matching cabinetry.

"I really love the upstairs balcony off the master, it provides for a connection with outside and an openness that master bedrooms often lack."

Client, Long Garden House

Upstairs, the main bedroom suite is zoned away from the kids zone and faces its own rooftop terrace and the morning sun. Privacy and sun shading to the main bedroom informs the striking operable white battened screens at the first floor of the street frontage, which can be opened or closed as desired. Three kids bedrooms, two bathrooms and a rumpus form the kids zone, with a book nook at the end of the hall for reading books with the kids.

The long wing of the Long Garden House is a consistent asymmetrical gable its entire length. The form is both a nod to the shape of the older home that occupied the site in the past, and a contemporary reflection of the dominant forms of the street scape. The roof space also offered the client a huge attic space which they love!