Retallack Thompson
Engineer Cantilever
Builder Joe McCombie
A heritage listed house in Darlinghurst involving alteration of the existing 1830s sandstone terrace with a companion steel framed residence to the rear of the house.
The genesis for the project was to create a home which could be jointly owned and occupied by two families (father and daughter and their respective spouses and children). The home was to provide a village type arrangement to not only house the occupants but also provide spaces for working, retreat, seclusion and shared gathering.
Moving from sandstone walls with a construction of 500mm thick, the newer interventions are purposefully minimised to steel construction of 8mm plate steel walls at their thinnest. Mindful of the narrow width of the site, the materials employed for the newly created dwelling look to maximise the internal volumes and vertical spaces whilst minimising the building envelope.
Photography: Ben Hosking & Hamish McIntosh