Surrey 112 | Smart Design Studio

Surrey 112 | Smart Design Studio | Photographer: Romello Pereira

2026 National Architecture Awards Program

Surrey 112 | Smart Design Studio

Traditional Land Owners

Gadigal People of the Eora Nation

Year
2026
Chapter

New South Wales

Category
Residential Architecture – Houses (Alterations and Additions)
Builder
A J BRISTOW & SONS PTY LTD
Photographer
Romello Pereira
Media summary

Surrey 112 has transformed a long-neglected site in Darlinghurst into a timeless four-bedroom home and studio.

The four-storey addition at the rear of the main house is wrapped in off-white bricks in a woven English Bond pattern, harmonious in palette and scale to the rendered Italianate terrace. Within this rear addition is a sequence of contemporary spaces, in the form of four siloes in a quatrefoil arrangement, drawing light into the house.  The dramatic double height form plays with the light from concealed windows, bouncing off curved and rendered walls. 

This language of external patterned brickwork and voluptuous, sculpted interior reappears in the studio and garage extension on the rear lane.
 

Project Practice Team

William Smart, Project Director
Dominic Tanaka Van DeVen, Project Architect
Sherrie Huang, Architect
Katie Uther, Interior Designer (Furniture)
Maggie Lum, Specification
Goldie Peligrino, Draftsperson

Project Consultant and Construction Team

Zoltan Kovacs Architect, Heritage Consultant
Tramstop, 3D
Partridge, Civil Consultant
SGCE, Stormwater Engineer
Glowing Structures, Lighting Designer
Dangar Barin Smith, Landscape Designer
Lo-Fi, Electrical Consultant

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