Dave and Libby's Gladesville House / Vanessa Wegner Architect
PHOTOGRAPHS
Katherine Lu
LEAD ARCHITECT
Vanessa Wegner
BUILDER
M J Minard
MANUFACTURERS
Blackbutt
JOINER
Lee Vella
LOATION
Australia
CATEGORY
Houses
Dave and Libby's Gladesville House is a renovation of a Californian bungalow for a young family of five.
The site is a large suburban block perched on the high side of Gladesville capturing distant views of gum trees and part of the Harbour and North Easterly breezes.
The brief was to create a warm and inviting family home.
We kept the original structure of the bungalow and added a two storey addition to the rear that steps down the site to follow the fall of the land.
The main feature of the new design is a large covered balcony on the North West side that provides shade on hot summer days yet lets winter sun into the living areas.