Designed for a bachelor owner seeking a low maintenance, enduring home, we were able to inject surprising gestures and materials into the design. The feature staircase leads to a light filled landing, where a curved skylight creates a dramatic pattern of light throughout the day. The stair wall is clad with a custom black metal mesh screen and conceals a secret luxurious powder room. The metal screen is repeated on the rear façade where it provides privacy for the first floor bedrooms and encloses a bedroom balcony.

Sitting within a dense suburban context and on a relatively small piece of land, The Bach Pad employs clever design techniques and materials to provide privacy while still maintaining generous sight lines and connections to the outdoors.

Brighton Apartments comprises four high-end multi storey residential apartments with a common underground carpark. The development is unique as it seeks to provide an “open nest” for its three generations of family. This solution flips the idea that multiple family members should live separate lives in different nests according to their life stage but does so in a way that gives each generation full independence and privacy from each other.