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Issue 61 - Vintage Modern Issue

Issue 61

Vintage Modern Issue

The breadth and scope of Habitus has always been extraordinary. With how we live at heart of every issue, we have stepped it up with Guest Editor David Flack of Flack Studio shaking the ‘how’ and looking at new ways to make a house a home. With Vintage Modern as the issues theme, we look at the way iconic design has stayed with us, how daring pieces from the past can add the wow factor and how architecture and good design defy the pigeon hole of their era.

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Paddington House by Nobbs Radford Architects
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Paddington House by Nobbs Radford Architects

Australia

Nobbs Radford Architects transforms a small existing cottage into a generous, refined home by seamlessly integrating the old with the new. 


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“[Our brief was] to create a modern, calm place with refined detail and occasional surprises. It’s a larger than average inner city site, so spaces should feel as generous as possible,” explains architect Alison Nobbs. 

Using the original cottage as a point of entry, and adding the new elements on as a sort of ‘surprise,’ it is only once entering the house and reaching the end of the hallway that the ‘new’ house becomes apparent. 

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Fresh white planes, light timber and dark charcoal tones create a sense of openness and tranquility that is complementary, while distinctly different, to the identity of the initial elements.  

One standout feature is the central timber ‘tardis’, which not only differentiates the old from the new additions, but also quietly contains the laundry, television, air conditioning and offers storage space required by the young family. 

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The open plan kitchen living room area that ends with a full height picture window leading to the pool and garden is yet another highlight. 

“This allows direct surveillance of the pool from the hub of the house, and also a place for the family to be, to ‘hang out’ in the kitchen,” adds Nobbs.

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While the Paddington House represents both old and new, existing and extended, it’s peaceful charm lies in the clever meeting of the two.

 

Nobbs Radford Architects
nobbsradford.com.au

 

 

 


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Issue 61 - Vintage Modern Issue

Issue 61

Vintage Modern Issue

The breadth and scope of Habitus has always been extraordinary. With how we live at heart of every issue, we have stepped it up with Guest Editor David Flack of Flack Studio shaking the ‘how’ and looking at new ways to make a house a home. With Vintage Modern as the issues theme, we look at the way iconic design has stayed with us, how daring pieces from the past can add the wow factor and how architecture and good design defy the pigeon hole of their era.

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