Ian Moore Architects has converted an old industrial building in Sydney to create Redfern Warehouse, combining a four bedroom house, an equine genetics laboratory and a garage for classic cars.
The brick exterior of the two-storey converted warehouse, located in the suburb of Redfern, remains largely untouched. But its interior has been expanded and reconfigured.

Locally based Ian Moore Architects stripped back the old warehouse structure, which had previously converted in the 1990s into an architect's office and art gallery.
The team then extended it with the addition of simple, contemporary elements designed to remain true to the building's industrial past.

"There was a strong emphasis on maintaining an industrial feel to the conversion," explained the architecture studio. "The owners asked that there be no timber, marble or black finishes used in the new interiors."

The large timber roof trusses of Redfern Warehouses's original structure are left exposed and painted white, and the new additions are structured around them.
The programme is split horizontally across the warehouse's two levels, with the upper section housing the living spaces and the ground floor containing the garage, laboratory and ancillary spaces.

"The new work is complementary, but clearly distinguished from the original fabric through a rigorous application of the concept of retention, recycling and reinforcing the original form," said the studio.
"A series of re...