Winner
HIA Victorian Housing Awards 2002
Renovations & Additions $80 - 140 k

Inner suburban cottage, close to the beach. Major drawback was the lack of living space and miniscule dining area with an intrusive and useless Victorian fireplace and hearth. Previous renovations had created cathedral ceilings and removed all period features. Outside, a ramshackle pergola. A clean slate approach was needed.
Major aims included opening the house up to embrace life beyond and maximising sun/light penetration. The tiny block (160 sqm) is corner situated. The logical design response was to diagonalize the addition, elongating the SW perspective and integrating internal and external living areas.