Clay House

Designed for the owners of a brick and tile company, this extension in Woollahra explores the capacity for ceramics and masonry products to create an ambiguity between internal and external spaces. The design is conceived as two tower-like forms separated by a central garden room that brings northern light deep inside this south facing extension.

Brick screens are used at the upper level to provide privacy while the lower level is open and connected to the garden. The floor and roof structure will use an innovative system of pre-fabricated ceramic formwork that reduces the concrete slab thickness, minimises construction time, and avoids wasted formwork.

Interiors: Hecker Guthrie
Heritage: Touring the Past
Stormwater: H&M Consulting