d+k House, Mona Vale Home, QLD Property, Australian Architecture Images
d+k House in Mona Vale
Contemporary Home in Queensland, Australian Real Estate ? design by Buck & Simple: doers of stuff
2 Mar 2017
d+k House
Architects: Buck & Simple: doers of stuff
Location: Mona Vale, Queensland, Australia
d+k House

A throwback to mid-century modernism; classic volumes, lines and details permeate this Mona Vale residence.

Approached to increase and improve the living areas and connectivity with the outdoors within a beautifully presented coastal home in sydney?s northern beaches, our design methodology was to respect the era of the existing structure, while maximising efficiency with a contemporary arrangement and improving the building?s environmental credentials.
Driven by our clients? love of gardening and a minimalist but tactile ethos, the design evolved to centre around a deep soil green roof.

The planning process involved relocating the living areas to the lower floor to create greater connectivity to the generous rear yard, and reconfiguring the private spaces upstairs to take advantage of views through the newly created green roof in the foreground. Lightly coloured, textured brickwork is used both internally and externally to define the new volume, while a timber coffered ceiling vaults over.

The palette is sparse and robust, allowing the clients? artwork to form the focal point of each space.

Construction focused on traditional building techniques intertwin...