Hopetoun Avenue House, Vaucluse Building, NSW House, Australia Residential Property, Architect
Hopetoun Avenue House in Vaucluse
NSW Home: New South Wales Residential Development ? design by b.e architecture
28 Dec 2016
Hopetoun Avenue House, Vaucluse
Design: b.e architecture
Location: Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
A tree house with harbour views

B.E Architecture?s most recently completed project, Hopetoun Avenue, is a renovation and extension to a period home in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse.

Offering an intentional point of difference to the solidity of the existing sandstone house, the new addition is a gentle intervention that emerges quietly from the canopy of a beautiful, mature lemon-scented gum tree.
With sensitivity to the site?s inherent strengths, the design embraces the preservation and integration of the established tree allowing it to remain the dominate feature on the property.

The covered outdoor spaces are literally built around the tree, encapsulating and framing the trunk.

The timber-clad columns recede into the background and a fine line of glazing opens to the densely planted side yard for continuous access to the natural environment from within the interior spaces.

The upper level sits in the branches of the tree floating above the bottom structure to provide a unique treetop setting overlooking views to the Sydney Harbour.

The roof is treated in a considered stone so that it is more like landscaping adorned with the scattering o...