New South Wales
The Springdale house brings a 1970 Anchor Mortlock Wooley house into the 21st century through a sensitive design approach to adapting existing spaces, and applying a new layer of design and finishes that enhance existing forms and finishes. A young family brief sought to update the building to a new generation, only the second family from the original owners who commissioned, and built the home designed for them by family friend Ken Wooley. Details on the new joinery and interior spaces focus on natural tones and textures that combined with the existing textures to create a rich and lively family home, that is robust and designed for a young and growing family to inhabit and enrich the day to day.
We had always had a love for the modernist houses and the quality of their light and connection to the landscape. The opportunity to revitalise a home as only its second owner allowed us to highlight the original positive factors, but bring the new ways of the way we live as a family. Adapting the house to entertain a large extended family, the new rooms suit our lifestyle and will hopefully long into the future.
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
