An Addition to a 1940s Home in Sydney Amplifies Its Connection to the Outdoors
Architect Polly Harbison designs an extension for her sister’s home to include a kitchen, a bedroom with an outdoor shower, and wide-open garden views.
Architect Polly Harbison designs an extension for her sister’s home to include a kitchen, a bedroom with an outdoor shower, and wide-open garden views.
When Margot and Ewen decided to build an addition onto the 1940s home they purchased in the Sydney suburb of Lindfield, naturally, they asked Margot’s sister Polly to do it. Founder of Polly Harbison Design, the architect typically gravitates toward minimalism, but because her sister is an artist and loves color and texture, she looked beyond her usual materials.
"Ewen loves these eclectic, crazy, colorful flowers, so we wanted to bring into the design some of this crazy color and texture," explains Harbison.
Courtesy of Polly Harbison Design
Courtesy of Polly Harbison Design
In addition, the plot of land where the existing house stood was unusually skinny, so Harbison crafted a design that would feel more open by connecting it to the adjacent garden. "Because the garden is so long and skinny, we needed to draw that into our building, so we did a couple of tricks with the spaces, slightly widening out as you go," says Harbison. "So it gives you this illusion when you’re at the front door that the garden is very close," the architect says.
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