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Nerang House
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Photography Jessie Prince
Words James Lyall Smith
Internally The House Retained Its Original Decor
To The Street And Turning Its Back On The Acre Of Beautiful Bushland To The Rear Garden
Ventilation And Views.
And The Client’s Enjoyment Of It Beyond All Expectation.
But To Be Clever About It So That The Owner Builder Clients Could Do The Work Themselves.
Creating New Connections To The Context And To Design
Essentially, It Was A Box Without Any Connection To Its Context Or The Potential Daylight
Presenting An Unapologetic And Dated Façade
The Brief Was To Transform It Into A Contemporary And Comfortable Five Bedroom Family Home
The Long, Low Ceilings Created And Introverted, Oppressive And Claustrophobic Interior.
The Result Has Transfored This Tired Old House
We Were Approached To Update And Make Sense Of The Spaces
Within An Expansive Yet Confused Double Storey Arrangement.
Within The Existing House And To Transform The Appeal Of The Exterior
And Additions Themselves On A Tight Budget.
The Existing House Was Monolithic
This 1970s House Is Located In A Quiet Equestrian Patch Of Nerang On The Gold Coast
The Scale Of The House Was A Challenge, Given The Tight Budget
We Had To Be Very Clever About How We Addressed All Of The Spatial And Aesthetic Concerns
To The Street And Turning Its Back On The Acre Of Beautiful Bushland To The Rear Garden
Ventilation And Views.
And The Client’s Enjoyment Of It Beyond All Expectation.
But To Be Clever About It So That The Owner Builder Clients Could Do The Work Themselves.
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Nerang House
Alexandra Buchanan Architecture
Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Photography Jessie Prince
Words James Lyall Smith
Project Specification
Project Name: Nerang House
Project Type: Residential ,
Location: Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Area: 364m2 ,
Project Year: 2018 ,
Photographer: Jessie Prince
Architects: Alexandra Buchanan Architecture ,
Published 7 March, 2019
Photography  Jessie Prince

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