Designed by Alexandra Buchanan Architecture and completed in 2019, Amaroo is a new-build family home in Brisbane’s inner west suburb of Bardon.
Sited on a wide fronted, sloping block in the leafy river city suburb, the design provides for the ultimate sub-tropical living, maximising a vast open connection to the highly considered private outdoor spaces.
The brief was to provide a high-end, family haven that would be both hidden from the world and highly connected to the outside.
The clients wanted to create a resort feel that was light and open with the balance of still being warm, textural, and homely – an escape from the city.
The major challenge the Alexandra Buchanan Architecture team faced was to accommodate a family home on a steeply sloping block.
That site characteristic became one of the fundamental drivers of the brief and influenced the arrangement of the spatial arrangements.
The design team’s response saw the creation of an elevated “L” shaped plan.
That provided a protected courtyard arrangement that maximised views and allowed seamless interaction with outdoor spaces.
A screened facade wraps the upper levels, overhanging a more open ground floor plane to provide the cantilevered edge.
That gives privacy, weather, and heat protection together with a sense of lightness to the floating facade.
Key Products Used
- Reece “Sussex” tapware
- Eco Outdoor “Crakenback” Stone
- Terrazzo flooring from Skheme tiles
- Timber joinery
Project Details
Completion Date – 2019
Building Levels – 3
Project Team
Architecture
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture was founded in 2011 by Architect and Director Alexandra Buchanan.
The ABA portfolio includes a highly diverse range of typologies including one-off residential dwellings, additions to heritage buildings, bespoke office fit-outs, off-grid eco-cabins, and multi-level apartment buildings.
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