o’BRIEN DUPLEX
O’Brien Duplex is an infill project providing two quality dwellings overlooking a reserve with ocean and escarpment views in the distance.
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New Build
Bulli
2025
Under Construction
SLD Projects
Civplex Structural Engineers
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The wedge shaped lot with a reduced frontage and tapering in its width presented numerous design challenges for the project.
The brief was to create bright, light filled dwellings that took advantage of the northerly aspect and views. The design of each dwelling features an elevated main living space opening onto a sunny terrace which overlooks the beach and escarpment beyond. Privacy and exposure to the street are controlled with border planting which wraps around each terrace.
External materials are textured and low maintenance, combining a concrete and painted brick structure, softened with timber cladding and batten screens for sun shading of the upper terraces.
To ensure each dwelling is light filled, a central void with a small internal garden draws natural light through each floor level.
