Naremburn Twin Peaks

"In order for architecture to transform people's lives, it doesn't have to be big or brash - it just has to be good. Tucked away in a quite street on Sydney's lower North Shore, a dark bungalow was deftly transformed by Benn & Penna Architects into a family home suitable for twenty-first-century living."

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"The architects have created two separate pavilions connected by a walk-way. One pavilion is for the children, the other for the parents."

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"The corridor that connects the two pavilions looks out toward the green of the garden and one end and over a double height void at the other. This corridor is roofed with a nine-meter-long skylight, diffused by black battens."

Houses Magazine, Issue 126

"The project was driven by three key parameters: getting as much natural light as possible into the centre of the house, creating a new sleeping level for parents and children, and connecting the interior spaces to the garden and sky."

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"From the street, very little is given away as to what lies behind the gable of the existing house."

Houses Magazine, Issue 126

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