Avalon Beach House
1999 Garigal Country / Avalon Beach, NSW
Simple pleasures of open plan, open air living.
A modest, dilapidated 1950s beach house was converted into an open, lightfilled four bedroom home in what started out as a student commission.
From Beach Shack to Family Home
An aging 1950s house is reimagined as a light-filled coastal dwelling.
Our intent was to provide our trusting clients with a beautiful, flexible, functional house that was within the limits of their budget and that by some measure would enrich their lives and experience of their surroundings.
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“This is a house dedicated to the simple pleasures of open plan, open air living. It’s a theme that runs right through from the front deck to the rear courtyard. Windows, louvres, sliding doors, glass folding doors – all positioned to catch the sun, the views and the sea breezes.”
Houses magazine (Issue 20), Life’s A Beach House
We also saw it as an opportunity to explore what we believe to be the essence of architecture: the manipulation and articulation of light, space and material/colour/texture.
Awards & Recognition
2002 Australian Timber Design Awards
Winner
Avalon Beach House Gallery
| Project info | Details |
|---|---|
| Team | Sam Crawford, Emili Fox |
| Builder | Peter McTaggart |
| Consultants | Structural Engineer – Tihanyi Consulting Geotechnical Engineer – Jack Hodgson Land Surveyor – MBS Green & Assoc |
| Council | Pittwater |
| Photographer | Brett Boardman |
| Awards | 2002 Australian Timber Design Awards – Winner |
| Published | Houses Issue 155 Beach Houses 2 Images Publishing 2002/04 Domain Houses Inside and Out Sydney Morning Herald 2002 Houses Issue 21 Houses Issue 20 Domain Sydney Morning Herald Feb 1999 |
| Completion | 1999 |
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