Tag: Terrace houses

A sunken lounge maximizes space on the 4.1-metre-wide site. Artworks: Imbi Davidson (left); Bonnie Porter Greene (in kitchen), Yvonne Robert (right).
Projects | Ben Peake | 1 Mar 2024

Up Down House by Brad Swartz Architects

The thorny but familiar challenges of the terrace house are met with skill and ingenuity in this updated Sydney home, demonstrating the value of clever design in dense urban contexts.

In the open-plan upper level, custom display shelves foreground items from the client’s art collection.

Bell Street by MvS Architects

Renovations sculpt a clever new floor plan for a resident and her art collection at this terrace house in suburban Melbourne.

The tight footprint of the existing terrace necessitated an efficient approach to establishing a new spatial order.
Projects | Tobias Horrocks | 31 Jan 2020

Hard worker: Albert Park Terrace

This renovation of an inner-Melbourne terrace by Wellard Architects cleverly navigates the site’s constrained footprint, employing key architectural moves that make for an efficient and uplifting family home.

The living spaces have been stretched out along the ground floor and out towards the backyard.
Projects | David Welsh | 5 May 2017

Shapeshifter: Bronte House

An adaption of a beachside terrace by Archer Office that feels “generous, considerate and creative.”

The lower level of glazing is transparent to the light well and the upper level is frosted for privacy.
Projects | Katelin Butler | 17 Mar 2017

Upward spiral: Fitzroy Terrace

A terrace house renovation by Adrian Amore Architects with a stair that functions as much more than just vertical circulation.

The kitchen extends seamlessly through bifold doors to a sunlit courtyard. Artwork: Mark Hanman.
Projects | Genevieve Lilley | 14 Feb 2017

Monastic modesty: Surry Hills House

This refurbishment of a narrow terrace house by Benn and Penna Architecture presents the client with a light-filled, monastic and disciplined setting for life to unfold.

The upper level of Edwards Moore's terrace house opens up to views over rooftops and leafy streets.
Discussion | Nikita Notowidigdo | 11 Nov 2015

Transforming the terrace house

A recent talk explored how Australia’s traditional inner-city terrace house can be adapted for today’s way of living.

Cross Stitch House by FMD Architects.
Projects | Tobias Horrocks | 22 Jul 2015

Sew it goes: Cross Stitch House

Inspired by a tapestry of English cottages, FMD Architects sews a new extension onto a 19th century terrace that recreates “an idyllic bucolic vibe.”

Annandale House by CO-AP Architects.
Projects | Genevieve Lilley | 15 Jul 2015

Down the rabbit hole: Annandale House

CO-AP Architects took an anti-logical but genius approach in its design of a Sydney terrace house that has become the built version of the wonder and richness of Alice’s rabbit hole.

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