SUBTRACTED HOUSE

completed new build two storey residence

in association under Philip Stejskal Architecture
2017, WEMBLEY DOWNS

Builder: RK Brine
Photographer: Bo Wong
Model Photographer: Robert Frith

A new house in a leafy suburb of Perth, replacing the owner’s original home previously on the same block. An existing terraced garden the link to what was there before. This forms the focus of the new home, which begins as a double storey west-facing block with outdoor northern void and entry void recessed into the block, providing internal spaces diffused light. And at the lower garden level, the house embraces to bring the outside in.

HOUSE WITH TURRET

completed new build two storey residence

in association under Philip Stejskal Architecture
2017, SCARBOROUGH

Builder: Haven Construction
Photographer: Roger D’Souza
Model Photographer: Robert Frith

A new house on the leeward side of a beach-side dune in Scarborough.

Three storeys each interact with distinct aspects of the site. The house engages with the street through the gesture of a courtyard, which collects northern light and sea breeze. A bay window frames distant views and closer views down to the pool. Below, a family room cuts into the dune and opens out toward the backyard. Above, the master bedroom and study connect further afield and lead to a turret, a viewing platform that looks out toward the Indian Ocean.

PERFORATED MEZZANINE

completed two storey residential / office addition

in association under Philip Stejskal Architecture
2019, SOUTH FREMANTLE

Builder: Capozzi Building
Photographer (daytime): Dion Robeson

Finalist of Commercial 2020 Architeam Awards
Shortlisted to 2020 The Work Space INDE Awards
Winner of WA Lighting Award, 2020 WA Architecture Awards

Originally as a shop, then as a home, now re-modelled as a series of flexible spaces to serve as a temporary residence for the owners with the ability to switch to an office in a few years.

Insertion of a floating mezzanine home-office space, pulled back from the edges of the building to admit daylight to the ground floor and to introduce spatial connection between the levels.

Internally, a monochrome interior predominates to provide a neutral backdrop to the clients’ collection of objects and art, and calmness in smaller spaces.