Abbie, Abbotsford Terrace
Eckersley Architects · Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia · 2021
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Grace, Elwood House
An Edwardian semi in Elwood extended around a private central courtyard.
The restored red-brick Edwardian front with gravel garden.
- Practice
- Eckersley Architects
- Photographer
- Lachlan Balia
The project
Eckersley Architects renovated and extended a semi-detached Edwardian house in Elwood for a young, growing family, in a street increasingly surrounded by apartment blocks. Two new built forms wrap a central courtyard that becomes the heart of the home, shielded from neighbouring views.
The courtyard also acts as a light well, bringing northern sun deep into the house. The ground floor of the two-storey addition holds an open kitchen, dining and living area connected to garden spaces at the front and rear.
Outdoor dining in the central courtyard.
Sliding doors open from the addition to the courtyard.
A glazed corridor beside the courtyard. · The kitchen with a fluted island. · The curved corner of the timber-clad addition.
Photography: Lachlan Balia.
Credits
- Architects and interiors
- Eckersley Architects
- Builder
- Borne Homes
- Landscape
- InEx Lifestyle Design
- Photographer
- Lachlan Balia
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