Recently awarded a Commendation at the 2018 Houses Magazine Awards in the Alterations and Additions over 200m2 category, this project re-invigorates the life of an existing Queenslander cottage in inner-city Paddington. A new extension is carefully considered to mitigate the issues of a steep site and overlooking neighbors, creating platforms and private courtyards that extend the functioning ground plane.

© Christopher Frederick Jones

Architects: Hogg&Lamb

Location: Brisbane, Australia

Area: 400.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Christopher Frederick Jones

Site: 800 m2

© Christopher Frederick Jones

Text description provided by the architects. Recently awarded a Commendation at the 2018 Houses Magazine Awards in the Alterations and Additions over 200m2 category, this project re-invigorates the life of an existing Queenslander cottage in inner-city Paddington. A new extension is carefully considered to mitigate the issues of a steep site and overlooking neighbors, creating platforms and private courtyards that extend the functioning ground plane.
© Christopher Frederick Jones

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© Christopher Frederick Jones

Internal and external volumes interlock, expand and compress in a delightful sense of play, with geometric barrel vaults defining the significance of rooms. Views are edited while portions of the sky, trees, and mountains are...