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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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How to modernise a Surry Hills warehouse
HomesAndrew McDonald

How to modernise a Surry Hills warehouse

Australia

The refurbishing of a rundown warehouse into a new mixed development in the heart of Surry Hills presented a range of design options. Austin is the result.


Austin saw Smart Design Studio imbuing the existing warehouse building with a new lease of life, with a reorganizing of its interior spaces into an extended ground level commercial space, two levels of high quality residential apartments, and a lower ground floor car park.

The warehouse is located in the inner-city fringe of Surry Hills and features new, thoughtfully proportioned and articulated rectangular openings. To give a sense of scale, the new hand-painted steel windows span over two levels and present as double storey windows from the interior. Though they appear bold and simple on first glance, a closer inspection reveals a window within a window; each of the small window sections has a slightly different location relative to the grid of larger windows creating a subtle artistic façade.

The apartments themselves are light filled, contemporary spaces, designed within a wedge-shaped context resulting in each apartment varying slightly to its neighbour. The all-white interiors and grey floors are accented by full-gloss rust joinery.

The basement commercial area featured split-level floor design, with an abundance of light and while originally conceived as a restaurant space, is utilised as a successful retail store.

What was originally a warehouse for a timber yard and the manufacture of lathes is now a contemporary and location specific mixed-use residential and commercial space. The building has been designed with an environmentally sustainable focus and includes spaces naturally ventilated using a light well or roof skylights; performance glass, and external roller blinds; rain water collection and reuse for toilets and watering plants; energy and water efficient fixtures and solar hot water to all the apartments; and a through maximizing the reuse of the existing building.

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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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