Home In Brighton By FMD Architects

By Holly – Categories: Bathroom, Bedroom, Bookshelf, Dining Room, Hall and Entrance, Homes, Interior Design, Kitchen, Living Area, Remodeling, Terrace   

Australian architectural firm FMD Architects has made the Property in Brighton.

Completed in 2012, this 3,014 square foot house in Brighton, Australia, was remodelled to contain a new open living area and master bedroom.

Residence in Brighton by FMD Architects:

“The web site is a medium sized block in Brighton East, with an current single storey brick art deco house set back from the street. The brief was to renovate the existing bathroom and bedrooms, add an extra principal bedroom suite, as properly as develop new living and alfresco locations with powerful physical and visual connections to the outdoor spaces.

Views to and through the spaces have been critical considerations, so that the youngsters could be monitored from a variety of spaces each inside and out. Adjacent to the website is a private tennis club which is clearly visible from the backyard, and the home is really exposed to this website. As the clients are active club members, views to the club from the interior and the west terrace presented exclusive design possibilities and allowed the website to visually extend to this area, as although the tennis courts had been their personal.

Living spaces are punctuated with a north facing courtyard, creating a private outside space that is shielded from the views from tennis club, as nicely all allowing the north sun to penetrate the numerous living spaces and kitchen. Living regions have been consciously developed to stay versatile as either playrooms, studies, further living locations or retreats. So as the dynamics of the family members alter over time, the spaces can adapt accordingly.

The connection with the deco frontage was also deemed. The linear detailing on the street façade chimney is a cue for the decorative timber patterning on the new extension. The use of timber also references its Bayside location, providing a dialogue amongst the suburban frontage and a more coastal style strategy to the rear, referencing its dual context.”

Photos by: Peter Bennetts