Clovelly House II

Clovelly House II

Clovelly House II

Madeleine Blanchfield Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Prue Ruscoe

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Clovelly, Australia

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Our client’s brief was a 17th century lithograph of five little fish with human faces swimming "Marvels Of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects Of Things Existing".

The notion was to create a home that was whimsical, calm, inspiring, slightly quirky and deeply personal.

Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II

We gutted the existing house, leaving only the structural columns and beams.

We created huge windows onto external courtyards and removed most of the walls to flood the spaces with light.

The problem with removing walls is that there is nowhere to hang art.

Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II

This became the driving concept and approach behind the design – bringing art into the architecture.

Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II


Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II
Clovelly House II