60's innovation, architectural inspiration
Architect-designed at the height of the Modernist era, this mid-century home surely draws influences from Harry Seidler's Rose Seidler House and Robin Boyd's suburban bungalows. Full height walls of windows, a cantilevered roofline and streamlined panelling are typical of the era, but it's the cleverly zoned U-shaped floorplan, enclosed central courtyard and expansive proportions that mark this home as a true innovator.
A time-capsule of original detail from an early open-plan kitchen, to a terrazzo-floored ensuite, the home offers an expansively proportioned four bedroom, two bathroom floorplan set beneath soaring vaulted ceilings. Smartly zoned with a dedicated bedroom wing plus living in the central and western wings formal zone the home features dual dining areas and a genuine "rumpus-room".
Remarkably family-functional, this clever design needs only a sympathetic contemporary approach to regain its place as a leading-edge residence. Re-dress the bedroom accommodation, rethink the internal living space and recapture garden space from the over-sized garage, maybe even retro-fit a streamlined pool into the central courtyard.
Alternatively, innovate...show more
Lot/Plan No: 7/LP53672
60's innovation, architectural inspiration
Architect-designed at the height of the Modernist era, this mid-century home surely draws influences from Harry Seidler's Rose Seidler House and Robin Boyd's suburban bungalows. Full height walls of windows, a cantilevered roofline and streamlined panelling are typical of the era, but it's the cleverly zoned U-shaped floorplan, enclosed central courtyard and expansive proportions that mark this home as a true innovator.
A time-capsule of original detail from an early open-plan kitchen, to a terrazzo-floored ensuite, the home offers an expansively proportioned four bedroom, two bathroom floorplan set beneath soaring vaulted ceilings. Smartly zoned with a dedicated bedroom wing plus living in the central and western wings formal zone the home features dual dining areas and a genuine "rumpus-room".
Remarkably family-functional, this clever design needs only a sympathetic contemporary approach to regain its place as a leading-edge residence. Re-dress the bedroom accommodation, rethink the internal living space and recapture garden space from the over-sized garage, maybe even retro-fit a streamlined pool into the central courtyard.
Alternatively, innovate...show more
Lot/Plan No: 7/LP53672