Modern architecture home in Palm Beach
Making a dream modern architecture holiday home renovation a reality with Northern Beaches architect in Palm Beach.
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A dreamy renovation in Manly
What used to be a dark, poorly maintained semi-detached home in a beautiful suburb, is now a light-filled haven with space for hours of entertainment. Read more about this home renovation in Manly.
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Transformation for heritage home in Killara
Renovating a home in a conservation zone comes with challenges. But Playoust Churcher successfully navigated the DA process to transform this heritage home in Killara.
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Lindfield Heritage Conservation Home
Renovating this south-facing Lindfield home in a heritage conservation area had it’s challenges… but the result is a sensitive and spectacular, light-filled home.
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Chilton Parade Warrawee transformation
This major alterations project in Chilton Parade, Warrawee, entailed the complete rebuild of the rear of the house over 2 levels. The adjacent site was acquired and a new pool and cabana were incorporated into the design.
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Castlecrag views welcomed inside
The home was a 1970’s on sloping site with magnificent harbour views in a serene landscaped setting in Castlecrag. The issues with the current home were the small dark rooms and unusable balconies.
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Magnificent views in Molong Road, North Curl Curl
A 3 storey residence in Molong Road, north Curl Curl, overlooking the beautiful beach has been designed to capture the magnificent views and allow north light to penetrate deep into the middle of the home.
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Major estate renovation in Arnold Street, Killara
Playoust Churcher Architects were engaged to a major renovation of a large estate in Arnold Street, Killara. This entailed a complete re-plan of the ground floor and extensive renovation to the first floor.
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Stunning private home in Headland Road, Curl Curl
Given the steep gradient of the site, the fact this home in Headland Road, Curl Curl, faces south and its close proximity to neighbouring properties, this necessitated a requirement for privacy which presented considerable challenges.
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Contemporary haven at Palm Beach
Designed to accommodate an extensive brief within the platform occupied by an original cottage. This contemporary residence in Palm Beach uses four levels to integrate new spaces into the sloping site.
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Award winning transformation in May Road, Dee Why
One of our earlier designed homes in May Road, Dee Why, has recently been sold by Kirsten Bertram of Belle Property. The home won the Housing Industry Award for Best New Home in 2003.
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The Pymble Entertainer
Sharon and Kwan purchased their 1930s Pymble home with the aim to renovate. The home had good bones but needed an upgrade for modern family living. The Playoust Churcher team nailed the brief creating an entertainers dream for this small family.
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Renovation of dreams in Kalaui St, Balgowlah
Working largely within the existing footprint, the design aimed to create better physical and visual connections to the front and rear yards of this home in Kalaui St, Balgowlah… whilst updating the home overall.
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Highfields School
Highfields School is a preparatory school on the North Shore in Sydney. It is small and nestled into a compact site in an established leafy residential suburb.
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Clontarf Rd, Seaforth
The client’s brief entailed the home to be enlarged to accommodate a growing family, which included extending and opening up the rear of the home to flow onto a large rear deck and rear yard.
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Northbridge
The existing bungalow was completely transformed into a classic contemporary residence. The external front façade was refurbished, whilst the rear was completely demolished.
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Roseville
The key to the transformation was the re-working of the mansted style roof and breaking down the massing to introduce sculptured elements, such a bay windows and balconies into the roof lines.
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Chatswood
This project involved a first floor addition to an Art Deco inspired home in Chatswood. The first floor incorporated a new master bedroom, en-suite, robe and sitting area.
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Mosman Waterfront
This home underwent a complete interior renovation and re-plan to accommodate a family of 6. Spanning over 3 levels, each level was re-modelled to suit the client’s living requirements.
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Balgowlah – Woodland St South
Expanding a 1940’s timber cottage, this project achieves light and bright new living spaces and first floor bedroom accommodation to maintain a relaxed light coastal feel.
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Killara
Major alterations and additions were made to an existing 1940’s cottage, transforming a dark, small with poor relationship to its garden into a light filled, energy efficient, contemporary family home.
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Edgecliff Boulevard Collaroy Plateau
A complete transformation
of a 1960s residence into a
luxurious 3 storey home.
Cremorne Point – Rectory
Major alterations were carried out on a 1920’s federation residence which formed part of St Chads Church Estate. The project involved the re-planning of the first floors.
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Manly
Playoust Churcher are the leading Manly architects for residential designs. The key client requirement was to maintain a sense of scale whilst carefully integrating the extensions into the existing fabric.
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Lindfield – Trafalgar
Major alterations and additions were carried out on the rear and first floor of an original federation bungalow, working in sympathy with the style of the original bungalow.
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Russell Lea
A re-think of the internal spaces of this home in Russell Lea has transformed what was once a dark interior into a light filled home that now flows seamlessly to the rear yard.
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Cremorne
Our brief from the client was for an additional storey to include 3 bedrooms, replan the ground floor and add a lower level family room to gain a better connection to the rear yard.
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Queenscliff No 1
A Spanish style residence which has been transformed by the reconfiguration of the ground floor and addition of a new garage and first floor resulting to 3 storey contemporary residence.
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Curl Curl – Robertson Rd
Playoust Churcher was commissioned to design two new contemporary homes on this site overlooking Curl Curl beach whilst respecting the neighbours views from behind.
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Malabar
A magnificent site in Malabar overlooking the golf course and ocean was the setting for a new 2 storey home. To take advantage of the views the living areas were placed on the first floor.
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Lindfield – Highgate
The brief called for a new 3 bedroom residence that allowed the owners to downsize from their existing large property to a more manageable low maintenance dwelling.
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Turramurra
This residence was designed to integrate living areas with external spaces. Twin pavilions maximize sunlight penetration and provide a clear separation of activities within the house.
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Austinmer
Conceived in a linear format along the southern boundary of a flat site, this house employs twin uplifting roofs with highlight glazing to capture views of the Illawarra escarpment.
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Riverview
A home on a sloping site in a bushfire zone with bushland views resulted in a design that made the most of the site’s features and allows a good balance of light into the living room.
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Lindfield Woodside Ave
A prestige apartment building designed to achieve optimal privacy, accommodating 27 luxury 2 and 3 bedroom units with two levels of basement parking.
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Sugar Valley Retirement Village
100 dwelling retirement village with community facilities around an existing golf course. The client purchased the site with an existing DA for 115 units.
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Camden Retirement Village
59 dwellings in a mixed use development including retirement village, community facilities, motel, restaurant, residential care hostel and cultural centre.
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Cammeray
This project consisted of 20 contemporary 2 and 3 bedroom terrace style residences with basement parking. Designed to capture views to the park opposite, each terrace has courtyards front and back.
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The Aston Cremorne Point
A major transformation of this Arts and Crafts style home has turned, what was once a tired ugly duckling, into a magnificent crafted residence.
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BalgowlahWoodland St North
The concept was to create an identity for each townhouse developing a clear definition between public and private spaces achieved by solid tower elements.
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Willoughby
This development comprises 7 contemporary 2 bedroom and loft terrace style residences with basement parking. Each terrace has large landscaped front and rear courtyards, capitalising on the northern orientation.
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Asquith – Haldane
Five townhouse blocks containing a total of 29 townhouses were developed to create a sense of individuality within the development.
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Lindfield – Tryon Rd
Playoust Churcher were commissioned to design a new boutique development in Lindfield consisting of 11 luxury units with basement parking .
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Queenscliff No 2
A small unit development consisting of 4 x 1 bedroom units has been transformed into a luxurious development in Queenscliff.
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Terrey Hills
Playoust Churcher Architects have been commissioned to design a SEPP Seniors development at Terrey Hills.
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Warraweetownhouses
Playoust Churcher were engaged to design 14 luxury townhouses over 3 levels with basement parking in this blue ribbon suburb of Warrawee on the leafy North Shore of Sydney.
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Narrabeen
A project comprising of 18 contemporary 2 and 3 bedroom terrace residences with internal access from basement parking were designed with a dynamic coastal style.
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Turramurra family living
The emphasis in this beautiful home is family living with intuitive connections to outdoor entertaining areas and garden retreats. The design provides expansive living areas while maintaining the charm of an old world street presence.
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East Killara
For this English country style home, we delivered a sensitive renovation which is sympathetic to the original heritage, while making the home more suitable for modern living.
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Mosman
Our clients in Mosman engaged us to design a new three storey home with views over Balmoral Beach. The home contains multiple living areas, five bedrooms, a separate home theatre and rumpus, and basement parking with lift access across all three levels.
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“Halsham” Wahroonga
“Halsham” is a grand federation home on a large double block in Wahroonga. The brief, for our long-term client, called for the re-planning and refurbishment of the existing residence to reflect contemporary living standards.
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Hunters Hill
We undertook an extensive reworking, planning and extension of this Hunters Hill Bungalow to create a stylish contemporary home with great functionality and flow.
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