MODERN HOMES

Noosa in Newtown

Patrick Brookes

Brookes/Long House -­ Newtown (Sydney, Australia)

In a bustling, feral, inner-city suburb this is a peaceful, tropical, tree house; an oasis which excludes the surrounding visual ugliness. The light, mber construcon and the use of glass louvres for controlling venlaon gives it that Queensland, holiday feeling.

It’s a free-flowing, open and flexible house with only one box – a blue Tardis plonked in the front space – concealing a shower room, wardrobe, larder and refrigerator, separang the recepon and guest areas from the kitchen.Read more >>

RENOVATIONS & EXTENSIONS

Clerestories in Alexandria

Patrick Brookes

Carron & Stuart’s House -­ Alexandria (Sydney, Australia)

From the street, it was a boring, old, one-storey brick terrace house, but now: hovering over the roof is an unusual, thoroughly modern, curved roof, dormer window. Inside, past the staid existing bedroom, the Entry Hall beckons with a sparkling glass brick wall, curving to an explosion of stairs. kitchen and living spaces.Read more >>

Give Me Some Light

Patrick Brookes

“From dark, depressing and enclosed to light-­filled, joyous and open”

THE OBSTACLES

  • There were no windows to the existing living, dining and the enclosed side courtyard. There was neither natural light nor ventilation to these three rooms.
  • Initially a Development Application for a modest two-­‐storey house, tucked into the roof with two dormer windows was submiGed, but rejected.
  • The adjoining owner and the Timber Houses Lobby objected, restricting the possiblity of altering the scale, massing and materials of the house and roof that was visible from the street.

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Bali Pavilion at Lake Macquaire

Patrick Brookes

A beautiful site with unrestricted views and access to lake Macquaire allowed a sailing couple direct access to yacht. They were married in Bali and wanted to recreate that exotic resort atmosphere.
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