cremorne point

This apartment, originally built in the eighties, suffered from an outdated and convoluted layout. Whilst generous in area, spaces were disconnected from their natural outlook and views overlooking Sydney Harbour. The former wall separating the kitchen from the main outlook is replaced by a timber screen that conceals five slender structural steel columns, clad to be indistinguishable from the adjacent American Oak timbers. A simple and natural palette of pale oak, porcelain and brass is set against neutral white surfaces. Visual elements are reduced through the use of large surfaces and crisp details, creating an interior of calm.

The home provides a flexible home for a downsizing couple, anticipating requirements and living arrangements for future social sustainability. Relationships between social and private spaces are carefully balanced, serving by turns as both urban retreat and venue for entertaining. Furniture items such as the bed, bedside table and coffee table were custom designed by studioplusthree and made for the project to bring cohesion to the interior, evoking a mood of calm and understated luxury through its restrained palette and simple geometries. Strategic moves combine with refined details to create a light-filled, tranquil home.