The existing Art Deco house is gazetted for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The original main entrance faces away from the main gate of the newly sub-divided plot of land. The challenge was too layout the new additions to the conserved house, in such a way that a new formal entry is created between the existing house and the new block.

This was achieved by inserting the new Living Room between the conserved hose and a large existing tree, at once creating the intermediate elements with a character of their own: the main entrance porch adjacent to a pond, and the new timber deck onto which the living room space flow out to.

On the opposite side of the conserved house, the new bedroom wing was added, with the car-porch below. This formed the new informal family entrance to the house, as there is direct connection to the service zone and the bedrooms on the upper floor.

The original house was opened up as much as the conservation authority allowed, in order to connect the house with its surrounding garden and new pool, a gesture to make new complex comprising three blocks more tropical.

The architecture of the new additions deliberately departed from the Art Deco look of the original, in order to clearly identify what is old and new. The entire house was however unified by careful integral planning as well as replicating the visually prominent horizontality of the ledges.