Birchgrove House

Name Birchgrove House
Client Private
Country Wangal
Location Birchgrove, NSW
Year 1994

Built with a limited budget, this project involved adding a second floor to a small 1920’s single-storey fibre cement cottage. The design retains the surfaces and details of the original house but adds a new layer of timber and metal to differentiate the new and old.

Detailing is direct and deliberately raw. The arc of the roof, supported by curved steel beams encloses a timber-lined open-plan living space.

Bedrooms and work areas are located on both levels, maximising views to the harbour throughout the house.

Team

Brian Zulaikha, Tim Greer, Paul Rolfe.

Photographer

Patrick Bingham-Hall.

Previous Project:
Affordable Housing Project

Next Project:
Rocks Square

Birchgrove House

Detailing is direct and deliberately raw. The arc of the roof, supported by curved steel beams encloses a timber-lined open-plan living space.

Bedrooms and work areas are located on both levels, maximising views to the harbour throughout the house.

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TZG acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, on whose land we work and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We are committed to a just, equitable and reconciled Australia and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Always was, always will be.

TZG acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, on whose land we work and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We are committed to a just, equitable and reconciled Australia and support the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Always was, always will be.