An open layout of living and dining areas with glass walls, concrete ceilings with exposed lighting, and concrete posts to support the structure.A cushioned sitting with a steel center table and a large sliding door that leads to the lawn.The dining area, which features a long wooden table paired with a bar stool-style chair and a view of the surrounding vegetation.A light and airy kitchen with a tile-topped island showcasing the clean lines of the cabinets and other fixtures.A long and narrow kitchen with open and glass-enclosed shelving and a floor-to-ceiling glass door that opens to the backyard.The staircases with wooden steeps that run between the stone wall and the glass railings.The design aims to provide the ultimate subtropical living experience by maximizing vast open connections to carefully considered private outdoor spaces.A bedroom with a white design that contrasts with black furniture and a view of the courtyard through the glass cube.The bathroom, which has a freestanding tub, white weatherboard and glass wall with a view of the backyard.A corridor with closed shelving on the walls and a glass wall leading to the inner courtyard.A stock room for house materials with all-white open shelving and dark wood flooring.The courtyard, which is enclossed by pivoting screens, glass, and white weatherboard.An outdoor barbeque area with seating near the swimming pool.The pivoting screens that give the floating facade privacy, weather and heat protection, and a sense of lightness.The upper garden has a sitting area with a view of the neighboring houses and the surrounding nature.The house was designed to have a resort style that was light and open while remaining warm, textural, and homely.A screened facade wraps the upper levels, overhanging a more open ground floor plane to provide the cantilevered edge.
Amaroo is a stunning new build family home in Brisbane’s inner west suburb of Bardon. Sited on a wide fronted, sloping block in the leafy river city suburb the design provides for the ultimate sub-tropical living that maximises vast open connection to highly considered private outdoor spaces.
The brief was to provide a high end, family haven that is both hidden from the world and highly connected to the outside. The clients wanted to create a resort style that was light & open with the balance of still being warm, textural and homely – an escape from the city.
The challenge of the site became one of the fundamental drivers of the brief, and certainly a factor in the planning of the spatial arrangements. Our solution was to create an elevated “L” shaped plan, to provide a protected courtyard arrangement, that would maximise views and allow seamless interaction to outdoor spaces.
A screened facade wraps the upper levels, overhanging a more open ground floor plane to provide the cantilevered edge; which gives privacy, weather and heat protection and a sense of lightness to the floating facade.
