Lennox House

Collaborator

Carla Middleton Architecture

Scope

Extensive renovation

Completed

2022

Working with Carla Middleton Architects the Lennox House in Sydney’s Bellevue Hill takes a bold approach to contemporising a traditional brick 1930s house. Externally the monochromatic treatment of the façade, white masonry for the original and Shou Sugi Ba charred timber cladding for the new addition, differentiates the spaces while internally the curves soften the transitions between old and new and are unified by a palette of white and muted grey. American Oak is used extensively for flooring and joinery, while terrazzo - in the wet areas such as the laundry - delivers practicality. Super White Dolomite is used to define the open kitchen with a flourish of expressive Rosa Portogalo marble in the ensuite.

Bringing light into the house was part of the brief and a combination of skylights and a verdant atrium folds nature into the main living space. The connection with the garden, with its mature trees, is now the key focus of the house as the rear façade opens completely to the west facing garden.

Lennox House

Information

Collaborator

Carla Middleton Architecture

Scope

Extensive renovation

Completed

2022

Working with Carla Middleton Architects the Lennox House in Sydney’s Bellevue Hill takes a bold approach to contemporising a traditional brick 1930s house. Externally the monochromatic treatment of the façade, white masonry for the original and Shou Sugi Ba charred timber cladding for the new addition, differentiates the spaces while internally the curves soften the transitions between old and new and are unified by a palette of white and muted grey. American Oak is used extensively for flooring and joinery, while terrazzo - in the wet areas such as the laundry - delivers practicality. Super White Dolomite is used to define the open kitchen with a flourish of expressive Rosa Portogalo marble in the ensuite.

Bringing light into the house was part of the brief and a combination of skylights and a verdant atrium folds nature into the main living space. The connection with the garden, with its mature trees, is now the key focus of the house as the rear façade opens completely to the west facing garden.