DIAMOND FIELDS HOUSE

Diamond Fields – This large rural site called for a house to take advantage of the rolling green views to the north, and given the distance from the road and services, the house needed to be ‘off grid’.

The brief was for a house that felt earthy and connected to the site, with the feature of the house to be sandstone reclaimed by our client from the demolition of houses in Sydney suburbs.

The result is a beautiful “U” shaped house, designed around a central entry courtyard space featuring the reclaimed sandstone as entry walls. The sandstone continues into the entry, and into the kitchen/living pavilion where the stone then wraps around to a double-sided fireplace. These robust, character filled stone walls create a feeling of warmth internally, and act as a grounding element connecting the dwelling to the site.