Small and Beige Two Floor House Exterior with Four Floors Ideas and Designs

Façade Sud sur la terrasse et façade ouest

Foto: Christoph Göckel

Studio KP

When we started work on this project in inner-city Sydney, the site contained a tiny, 1870s timber cottage that had been given a ‘make over’ in the 1950s. The original front fence had been replaced with a white brick wall, the garden had been largely concreted and a series of additions had been made at the rear. However, the site had one particular advantage – its location at the corner of a street and a pedestrian lane meant that it had aspects to both the North and the West. The clients, a couple moving from Shanghai to Sydney, needed a house with three bedrooms, a substantial kitchen, generous living areas and a place to work from home. Early in the design process, it was decided that on-site car parking wasn’t a priority, as this would have taken up valuable space that could better be used as living area. The design centres on a landscaped courtyard that runs along the Western boundary, directly adjacent to the pedestrian lane. The main entrance to the site was moved from the front of the cottage to the lane and the house is now entered via this new courtyard. The open-plan living spaces and kitchen are arranged around the courtyard and connect directly into it so the courtyard functions as an extension of the living area. A small study is partially screened from the main living area by joinery. On the first floor are two bedrooms and a bathroom that are accessible via a stair running parallel to the eastern boundary, alongside a panel of double-height glazing. Natural light floods into the new part of the house from all sides and aluminium louvres and slatted timber awnings have been located to shade the interior in summer but allow the sun to penetrate in winter. The scheme incorporates the original cottage which now contains a further bedroom and bathroom. With its own street entrance and garden, the cottage works well as a place for guests to stay. A new front fence and the restoration and reconstruction of original external features have recaptured some of this little building’s original character. This decision to relocate the building entrance to the side lane was made initially for the benefit of the new house. However, it has also resulted in the enhancement of the laneway, adding landscaping and activity to a streetscape that generally consists of garage doors and side fences. Photography: Robert Walsh @robertwphoto Builder: Burmah Constructions: www.burmahconstructions.com.au

A two storey house with feature gable formed in contrasting brickwork with full height glazing to the front to define the entrance

This three-bedroom mid-terrace Victorian cottage is typical of the building stock of this age in Timperley. Whilst functional the third bedroom on the first floor was too small and this family of four were sharing one bathroom. Calderpeel Architects understood that whilst one could add another bedroom to this house with a simple loft conversion this would not address the family’s needs and would undoubtedly create an imbalance between the amount of living and bed space. A loft conversion has created a new double bedroom space with an ensuite shower room housed within a new rear dormer construction. The high ceilings on the first floor allowed us to drop the floor in the loft to create the extra head height in this space without detrimentally affecting the ceiling height in the new bedroom and shower room on the first floor. The ceiling in these rooms have coffers that take the ceiling back up to original heights against the external walls to maintain the existing window head heights.

External Siberian larch cladding and standing seam metal roof.

Nachher: Spitzes, ökologisch gedämmtes Satteldach mit echten Gauben für mehr Wohnraum Fotos by natürlich-baubio-logisch

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Façade en bardage bois à claire voie Double baie à galandage crédit photo www.gurvanlegarrec-photographies.com

Ristrutturazione di una casa in sasso in un borgo arroccato sul versante della montagna che sovrasta Chiavenna. Il lavoro è stato fatto per una famiglia inglese appassionata delle tradizioni costruttive tipiche della valle. Sulle facciate è stato eliminato l’intonaco che parzialmente le rivestiva, riportando le pietre a vista, mentre i balconi precedentemente in ferro e cemento sono stati ricostruiti in legno. Il tetto è stato rifatto interamente, mantenendo la struttura principale in grossi tronchi di larice, mentre la copertura è stata rifatta con le tipiche “piote” (lastre in pietra locale) di a pezzature irregolari. All’interno i lavori principali hanno riguardato il piano primo e sottotetto. E’ stato demolito il solaio del sottotetto e tutte le pareti interne, realizzando uno spazio giorno a doppia altezza, sul quale si affaccia un piccolo soppalco in corrispondenza della zona cucina e pranzo. Si è cercato di conservare tutti i dettagli e gli elementi di arredo fissi esistenti: scale in legno e pietra, e pavimenti in grosse tavole di castagno, privilegiando nella definizione dei materiali un’approccio restaurativo e di recupero della tradizione.

The exterior of the building is clad in Abodo Vulcan Screening, all finished in the low maintenance Sioo:x wood finish - designed to weather to silvery grey.

Photography: Robert Walsh @robertwphoto Builder: Burmah Constructions: www.burmahconstructions.com.au

Rear 2 level extension with new living space and deck. Completed in with traditional materials to compliment the existing home.