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Project • By Luigi Rosselli Architects • Private Houses
Hidden
For centuries, buildings and towns were built layer upon layer. Churches were built on the foundations of temples, and cathedrals over churches, taller and grander; the crypts of cathedrals were often what remained of the previous church. Today, however, we are more respectful and reverential of those buildings that have survived the ravages of rapid urbanisation. We tend to ‘heritage list’ such buildings to preserve them, and we do not build over or in front of them. That said, additions are often necessary to ensure an historic building’s compatibility with our modern lifestyles, and so we seek to disguise these additions, by placing them to the rear, or in the case of this grand home, hiding them below ground level.... More
Project • By Geoform • Private Houses
Bellevue Hill House
We are proud to present this recently completed project, located in Bellevue Hill of Sydney, NSW.The Initial client had sold the site to present owners who continued with the same project team, and a modified brief, necessitating a return to local council, a 9-year labour of love. Over this period saw extensive remodelling of the existing 70’s modernist house by Gergely and Pinter Architects.Hidden from the street frontage, access to the battle-axe block is via a landscaped avenue acting as a prelude to the design. The site enjoys north westerly prospect toward to the Sydney Harbour Bridge which has served as a driver for internal programming.The existing monolithic 70’s design, with its own eccentric formality, supplied the platform for th... More