The Common Office

St. Ives House

St. Ives House 

Common Office

St. Ives House
© Dave Wheeler

ARCHITECTS
Common Office

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Rob Meyerson, Will Mckee

CIVIL CONTRACTORS
Nb Consulting Engineers

GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Its Built

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Sda Structures

LEAD TEAM
Rob Meyerson, Will Mckee, Manuel Hankoo

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Edwina Stuart

ENGINEERING & CONSULTING > ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Martin Peacock

INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Design By Jam

PHOTOGRAPHS
Dave Wheeler

AREA
440 M²

LOCATION
Saint Ives, Australia

YEAR
2023

CATEGORY
Houses

St. Ives House
© Dave Wheeler

The project resists the temptation to conform to a street presentation of private domestic architecture.

Rather, the architecture favors a language of the civic and deploys motifs such as a faux colonnade, plain double-story volumes, and a cantilevered entry awning to the face of the building that can be enjoyed (seen) by the wider public.

St. Ives House
© Dave Wheeler
St. Ives House
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Rendered lightweight walls and brick are painted bright white to form a geometric composition which peeps out behind the greens and oranges and hint to the national park hidden behind the home.

Programmatically, formally, and in response to site conditions, the scheme prioritizes the eastern volume, which houses the kitchen, living, and dining spaces program.

St. Ives House
© Dave Wheeler
St. Ives House
© Dave Wheeler

The family places significant importance upon meals, eating, and spending time together – our architecture reflects this priority with a large, double-height space that enjoys solar gain from clerestory northern windows to one side and an 11.5m wide expanse of sliding glass panels opening to the national park on the other.

Bedrooms, garages, and home offices are stacked across two floors west of the site in a less expressive, more utilitarian volume served by the spiral staircase, which gives glimpses to the park beyond.

St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
© Dave Wheeler


St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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St. Ives House
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Plan - Ground Floor
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