This is an extension and renovation to a 1950’s house in Castlecrag, Sydney. It had to be a modest, restrained addition as it sat between to important houses designed by Walter Burley Griffin.
It is a simple kitchen / dining / living space with a planted green roof. There are oversized doors that open up to the north and a small pool that sits to the west.

Timber awning to allow winter sun and block summer sun

Cedar batten awning

Planted roof an sun screen

Low maintenance plants in green roof

Glass louvres from the bedroom looking onto planted roof

Leicht kitchen and great landscaping by the owner and his son

Opening the living space up to the north west

LED strip lights in the steel awning structure

AC grille used as the exhaust vent for the cooktop

Leicht kitchen from Germany