Brougham Place is a bold courtyard building in the inner-Sydney suburb of Potts Point. The brief called for a home, office and studio; and the owners brought with them a love of their dense, inner-urban neighbourhood and a passion for Le Corbusier?s houses. They sought a place to live and work that would reflect both the rough grain of the streetscape and their modernist inspiration.

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Architects: Smart Design Studio

Location: Potts Point NSW 2011, Australia

Architects In Charge: William Smart, Jolyon Sykes, Anita Panov, Sara Gardhouse, Cory Diffin

Area: 225.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Ross Honeysett
Clients: Ellen Goff & Walt Hiltner / Owner Builders

© Ross Honeysett

Brougham Place is a bold courtyard building in the inner-Sydney suburb of Potts Point. The brief called for a home, office and studio; and the owners brought with them a love of their dense, inner-urban neighbourhood and a passion for Le Corbusier?s houses. They sought a place to live and work that would reflect both the rough grain of the streetscape and their modernist inspiration.

© Ross Honeysett

The result is a design consisting of two separate dwellings, a secluded central courtyard and green roof. The two volumes are conceived as off-form concrete boxes sitting atop a sandstone plinth. This sandstone was salv...