Dolls House

Dolls House
© Katherine Lu
Dolls House
© Katherine Lu

DOLLS HOUSE

Day Bukh Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Katherine Lu

MANUFACTURERS
James Hardie Australia, International Floor Coverings, James Hardie, AWS

PLOT
250 m2

BUDGET
$500000 AUD

AREA
150 m²

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Sydney, Australia

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

An addition to a dark Federation style semi detached dwelling in Sydney's inner suburbs.

Dolls House
© Katherine Lu
Dolls House
© Katherine Lu

A design that has carefully cut, fold and shaped the existing to create a light filled family home that is modest in scale but clever in design.

A new open plan living kitchen and dining room with direct level access to the rear garden. A new laundry with drying court.

Dolls House
© Katherine Lu
Dolls House
© Katherine Lu

A first floor addition for 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. Master bedroom to have views of the city skyline.

The house is to incorporate best possible sustainable / passive solar design principles.

The challenges were to achieve the look of an individual house in a semi detached context. Achieve best possible passive solar design principals in a dense urban environment

Dolls House
© Katherine Lu
Dolls House
© Katherine Lu


Dolls House
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Dolls House
First Floor Plan


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