Brighton House

by Jost Architects

By utilising face brickwork, galvanised custom orb and horizontal cladding, the new design provided a material reference to the classic “lean-to”. The curved corners remove the hard edge of the “box on the back” mentality and soften the form of the addition.

The interior finishes draw on the individual textures of the materials employed. The detail is careful and clean but controlled. This was also very important to the clients, a combination of sensibility, durability and functionality.

Sustainable applications included long-lasting, hard wearing materials such as decorative concrete flooring with in-slab and zoned hydronic heating throughout, natural timber, double glazed steel windows and sliding doors, 3000lt inground water tank, solar hot boosted water, a 4.6kW PV system and a 4.5 NatHERs rating well above the required 3.7 NatHERs rating for additions. Finally, the sensible application of good thermally passive design provides for comfortable living.
This all results in a unique addition which compliments the history of the existing heritage building and a new contemporary home for a modern family.

Photography by Greg Elm.