Red Brick Renaissance.

The entry piers will look great in off form concrete.

The existing house has a very strong visual structure with vertical brick columns and souring roof shape. We can use those forms and rework the overall scheme by replacing the orange roof tiles with a dark metal roof and panels to modernise it.

We have lots of work to do inside so working with the existing forms and colours rather than redoing everything helps keep to an economical budget and be able to finish the project at a reasonable cost.

The overall scheme may look a little foreboding but once we add back in the strong green of landscaping it softens the industrial and gives it life and movement and brings the human element back in.

Bringing an iconic 1970's home into the 2020's we are plastering a lot of dark red brick inside to raise the ambient light levels of a dark south facing home however on the outside, rather than rendering all the existing brickwork we are going to feature it against dark charcoal colours and industrial material selections.

This home has a very strong identity in it's repeating tall brick piers and souring triangular roof shapes so Grandesign has created a design to enhance and work with it, giving it a fresh new life bringing the home into the current period. Gone is the orange roof tile and in with heavy strong metal sheeting and it's industrial profile.

The existing entry is converted for more master suite space with it's featured new ensuite and a new entry will be formed from the original breeze way which connects to the original garage now converted into a games tv room. More internal walls removed and a new kitchen and dining to create a more open plan living space and a enlarged opening with bi-fold doors opening out into the existing Alfresco and double doors onto the other side opening onto the sun filled open pergola area and BBQ.

The dark metal sheet will also replace the roof dormer with the down turn and struts removed as it faces south anyway, running vertically reinforcing the industrial feel.