Avalon Beach House

1999

Avalon Beach, NSW

in association with Emili Fox

A modest, dilapidated 1950s beach house was converted into an open, light filled 4 bedroom home in what started out as a student commission. Our intent was to provide our trusting clients with a beautiful, flexible, functional house that was within the limits of their budget and that by some measure would enrich their lives and their experience of their surroundings. We also saw it as an opportunity to explore what we believe to be the essence of architecture – the manipulation and articulation of light, space and material/ colour/ texture.

This is a house dedicated to the simple pleasures of open plan, open air living. It’s a theme that runs right through from the front deck to the rear courtyard. Windows, louvres, sliding doors, glass folding doors – all positioned to catch the sun, the views and the sea breezes.

Extract from Houses Magazine 2000

Awards

Winner 2002 Australian Timber Design Awards
Residential Class 1 - Students & Entrants under 30

Published

Domain - Sydney Morning Herald Feb 1999
Houses Magazine - Issue 20
Architecture Media 2000
Houses Magazine Issue 21 2000
Domain Houses
Inside & Out - Sydney Morning Herald 2002
Beach Houses 2 – Images Publishing 2002/04

Project Team

Sam Crawford, Emili Fox

Consultants

Structural Engineer: Tihanyi Consulting
Geotechnical Engineer: Jack Hodgson Land
Surveyor: MBS Green & Assoc

Builder: Peter McTaggart
Council: Pittwater
Photography: Brett Boardman