In Prospect, South Australia, Glasshouse Tasks has designed a mid-century impressed extension and renovation for an 1890’s sandstone cottage – the Pear Tree Home – that delicately balances the previous with the current. The shoppers requested that the agency protect the unique character of the cottage whereas including extra communal areas for entertaining, in addition to growing the personal areas. Along with the renovation, a 300-square-meter extension was constructed to deal with a brand new main bed room with en suite rest room, a kitchen, eating room, pantry, laundry room, powder room, visitor rest room, and examine. The yard was additionally included with the completion of a brand new swimming pool and outside residing space.
A standout characteristic is the cantilevered slab hovering over the courtyard and pool, which holds the brand new open residing area with two sides of home windows. Wooden particulars circulation seamlessly from the kitchen to the outside, framing areas and making a harmonious visible circulation.
Whereas the yard’s footprint is small, the design makes use of each inch for year-round entertaining. The outside area even contains the household’s beloved pear tree, therefore the venture’s identify.
The minimalist but heat kitchen options Japanese ceramic tiles, a stone island, and higher cupboards with vertically hung wooden slats.
A skylight spanning your complete size of the residing area brings pure gentle into the central a part of the house, blurring the boundaries between outdated and new.
“Pear Tree home is responsive and a thought-about resolution to what shoppers have been making an attempt to attain. It was a small footprint, so each final little bit of area wanted to carry out. We added texture by means of wooden, stone and concrete and pairing this with ample glass, we have been in a position to create a radiant openness and richness which was an actual distinction to its place to begin,” shares Lead Architect, Don Iannicelli.
The older a part of the house has turn into the brand new main bed room suite, full with its personal rest room that offers nod to an opulent Roman tub with the usage of textured Turco Argento Limestone throughout the flooring, partitions, and bathe space.
Glasshouse Tasks saved the entrance facade and veranda the identical as to be delicate to the unique residence’s character, making a juxtaposition with the brand new trendy inside.
Pictures by Artwork Division Artistic, courtesy of BowerBird.
