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Architects: STAR Architecture
- Area: 400 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Peter Bennetts
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Manufacturers: Gaggenau, Miele, VELUX Group, Astra Walker, Creative Windows, De Fazio Tiles and Stone, Light project, Solatube
Text description provided by the architects. Elwood House of Heaton Avenue sits within a tree-lined streetscape that comprises a mix of contemporary and heritage buildings within a council heritage overlay - predominantly Californian bungalows with red brick façades and terracotta tiled roofs, set back from the street with formal gardens and timber fences. Prior to renovation, Elwood House was a tired, 100-year-old example of these in poor condition but with bones intact. The client, who valued the history and style of the building wanted to invest in its retention and restoration. Details such as tuckpointing of façade brickwork, new cobbled bluestone driveway, reinstated timber fence and formal geometric front garden designed by Lachie Anderson Landscapes has strengthened the heritage fabric of the street.
