![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Exterior Photography, Door, Brick, Facade, Concrete, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c037/53f1/0b01/64f6/d289/newsletter/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-03.jpg?1622458441)
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Architects: Studio Bright
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Rory Gardiner
![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Exterior Photography, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c43c/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45c8/medium_jpg/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-17.jpg?1622459477)
Text description provided by the architects. A prominent, corner sited Edwardian on the crest of Ruckers Hill, has been restored and enlarged with new living spaces in a separate rear-garden pavilion. Pushing the new addition to the back of this site allows a sun-filled pool and garden, and a streetscape expression akin to a garden pavilion; contemporary and street-tough, but a little bit Edwardian in spirit.
![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Interior Photography, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c2d0/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45c3/newsletter/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-10.jpg?1622459106)
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![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Interior Photography, Bathroom, Table](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c437/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45c6/newsletter/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-19.jpg?1622459463)
The new pavilion expands the nuanced living possibilities. Rooms are configured for the specialized interests of particular family members, yet each offers scope for temporal adaptations on the fly.
![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Interior Photography](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c2bf/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45c0/medium_jpg/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-09.jpg?1622459098)
![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Interior Photography, Windows, Bathroom, Sink](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c44f/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45cb/medium_jpg/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-14.jpg?1622459498)
For example, the living room is a music space with a heavy curtain ready to be drawn across to present impromptu theatre, steps forming the stage edge. On the upper floor, two multipurpose spaces house a library, lounge, guest room and study.
![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Interior Photography, Stairs](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c2d7/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45c5/medium_jpg/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-11.jpg?1622459122)
The link that allows this rearward displacement spans the site bridge-like, almost an inverted Roman aqueduct with its water at the bottom. Its spatial use is unclear yet full of possibility: poolside chaise, veranda to a garden, even at times an indoor cricket pitch. To the long side-street edge, new stepped levels help mediate the street, working the balance between defending internal privacy and yet sharing inner workings and the pleasures of the spilling over garden.
![Ruckers Hill House / Studio Bright - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/60b4/c030/ae1c/b21e/0c0e/45bf/newsletter/ruckershillhouse-studiobright-01.jpg?1622458434)