Bona Vista, a heritage home nestled in Sydney’s quiet inner-west reinterprets the characteristic features of its Federation frontage, forging a warm domestic setting for family life. Studio Prineas developed a considered vision for all aspects of the project encompassing architecture, planning, custom joinery, furniture and styling.
Guided by heritage regulations, the council was highly prescriptive of the building envelope, forms and materials of the new addition. The architecture embraces the hip roof profile, while introducing an unconventional internal ceiling line – a surprising and memorable volume articulated by partially obscured skylights filtering natural light.
While the original rooms inside have been left untouched, circulation paths were reconfigured to increase connectivity and accessibility. Studio Prineas drew a level change that once separated house and garden into the interior, forging a distinction between the old and new architecture, and connecting the new
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The Limestone House in the inner Melbourne suburb of Toorak is a home unlike any other in Australia. John Wardle Architects took guidance from Living Building Challenge and Passivhaus principles to design the contemporary home. Built with robust natural materials and designed to ensure the house will generate more energy than it will consume, the house is one of the greenest addresses in Australia.
Specified for its beauty, locality and certification, Reclaimed Tasmanian Oak was used for the interiors in beautiful contrast to the home’s namesake limestone material. The project took over four years to conceptualise, carefully craft and then complete, finally welcoming its residents at the start of 2020.