alsoCAN Architects

Home Improvement & Renovation Professionals , Architects
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alsoCAN Architects
23 Reviews

Skinny but Spacious Townhouses

Two townhouses to replace one dilapidated cottage in an Heritage area.
Long and thin, and tucked within a single storey style, yet two storey andd surprisingly spacious.
Using similar forms to blend in but with contemporary recycled brick and charcoal metal finishes.
Standing seam gable roof forms pop up out of the cottage style roof with balconies carved out of the cottage like structure.
Project Year: 2016
Project Cost: $500,001 AUD - $750,000 AUD
Country: Australia
Postcode: 3066
The infill townhouse replaced one house with two.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
The infill townhouse replaced one house with two.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
A light well to bring light and greenery into the centre of a long narrow townhouse.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Standing seam surrounds picture windows.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Standing seam surrounds picture windows.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Main bedroom's balcony carved out of the front traditional pitched roof, an innovative solution to gain outdoor space in an heritage overlay
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Main bedroom opens out to a balcony tucked into the front roof.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Walking past the bedroom ensuite bathroom and mirrored robe.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Bathroom vanity & shower tucked under the box gutter bulkhead to maximise space while minimising height on the boundary.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Bathroom vanity, to the full width of the bathroom, tucked under the box gutter bulkhead to maximise space while minimising height on the boundary.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Elegant thin edge to the bath, in wall cistern, frameless glass shower and crisp vanity.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Before
Although in a Heritage area, we convinced Town Planning the house had been altered so much it did not contribute to the streetscape and were able to demolish to construct 2 town houses.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Before
Back of house, a series of brick outhouses.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Before
Existing dilapidated kitchen, not even the cupboard doors remained
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Before
Existing bathroom, unchanged since the 1930s
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses
Before
Front heritage rooms so dilapidated not worth retaining.
Skinny but Spacious Townhouses