View from Kitchen towards existing house. Back wall removed and sliding doors installed to connect the deck/kitchen to the north back yard.
Photographer: Anne Langdon Photography
Snoopy photobombing
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New addition viewed from existing house
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Timber screen detail
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New kitchen and column free corner connection to new deck
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Bathroom refurbishment within the existing house
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New deck and kitchen viewd from back yard
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Sliding glass door connection between the new kitchen and deck
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ARCHITECT'S STATEMENT- Biscoe Wilson Architects
After meeting at a local coffee shop in Ascot and providing a back of a napkin sketch for a back deck addition to their decrepit Queenslander, our client's Natalie Winter and Gerry Heffernan commissioned Biscoe Wilson Architects to develop a design solution for a back deck.
A simple skillion roof addition with clerestory windows on the north facing rear of the house provided "Hub" space for a new kitchen and deck that connect the existing house to the back yard.
Breaking into the rear of the house using multi stack sliding doors has integrated the deck with the existing "Character House". The not so standard back deck is a modern intervention onto typical pre-war housing stock that provides flexible living spaces and improves natural daylighting and cross ventilation in the existing house.
Two modern bathrooms were also constructed within the existing house and the house was repainted with a new colour scheme. Timber floors were stained with black japan to contrast with white internal walls and fixtures.
Project Team:
Biscoe Wilson Architects: Robert Biscoe, Joelie Vinall-Clark, Matthew Sevenhayzi
Structural Engineer: Inertia Engineers
Stylist: Natalie Winter " Fashion Nat"
