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Studio Johnston

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Studio Johnston

Project • By Studio JohnstonPrivate Houses

Rose Bay House

Located on a hilltop in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, the site faces west towards the city offering a 180-degree harbour view that takes in the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. It is also exposed to the harsh westerly sun and winds. The challenge was to achieve the clients’ aspiration for a substantial home on a signature site, without obstructing harbour views for neighbours. David Wheeler The client wanted a large home of discrete spaces for children and adults, and generously scaled gathering spaces with a swimming pool and outdoor spaces for entertaining. Their list included five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a parent’s retreat, large kitchen and entertaining areas, a swimming pool, double garage and lift. Using th... More

Project • By Studio JohnstonShops

Amara

In Sydney’s industrial south, Studio Johnston used a series of defensive architectural strategies to tame a tough urban site and deliver maximum amenity and greenspace for residents, while forging new urban connections. Recently completed in Sydney’s south, Amara apartments by Studio Johnston occupy an exposed site along Botany Road, forcing the architects to dig deep and turn challenges into opportunity. Martin Mischkulnig The scheme won a design excellence competition in 2016 for considering not just the building footprint, but a high quality private and public domain. Along with increased urban connectivity, came meaningful open green space and home-like amenities for all apartments, including abundant natural light an... More

Project • By Studio JohnstonPrivate Houses

SRG House

A 1970s heritage-listed semi is re-engineered for contemporary family life. Keeping within the building foot-print, architect Conrad Johnston has carved extra space and forged stronger connections to landscape and place, while maintaining the integrity of the original structure and material language. Anson Smart The house is one of a pair of heritage-listed semis, built in 1972 on a steep waterfront site looking across the Parramatta River towards Iron Cove to the south, and Birkenhead Point to the west. Anson Smart Built at a 45 degree angle to the street, the semi zig-zags along the south boundary to side-step trees and sand-stone outcrops. Its three-storey concrete pillar and slab construction was infilled with floor-to-ceili... More