Stone, laid by hand
The sandstone retaining walls were built course by course over three weeks, with each stone chosen and placed to suit the one beside it.
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Custom HomeCampbell · Inner North2024
Campbell Residence
A Campbell home stepped into a sloping block, built to sit quietly among its neighbours.
Campbell's streets are lined with mature trees and homes that have been there for decades, and the owners wanted a house that would sit comfortably among them rather than stand out. Some of the best architectural homes in Canberra are the quiet ones, so we kept the street front low and simple in face brick, and saved the bigger moves for the rear of the block.
The block rises from front to back, so the house steps up with it over two levels. Hand-laid sandstone retaining walls hold a terraced garden at the rear, with an outdoor kitchen on the upper terrace looking back over the house.
Site area
820 m²
Internal
305 m²
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
3
Garage
Double
Star rating
7.4
Photographs
On site in Campbell.
Shot over three visits, at dawn, midday and dusk, so the material palette reads the way the family will actually live in it.
What's inside
The specification, in plain English.
Every line here is something we insisted on, not something added to fatten a quote.
Ask about this specification- 01Split-level plan that steps up with the natural rise of the block
- 02Face brick street front in keeping with the neighbouring homes
- 03Hand-laid sandstone retaining walls to a terraced rear garden
- 04Built-in outdoor kitchen with weatherproof cabinetry
- 05Butler's pantry through an arched opening off the main kitchen
- 06Rear yard graded and drained to carry water away from the house
Signature moments
The things worth
pointing out.
Small decisions that only reveal themselves once you're living in the house. These are ours for this project.
Stepping with the site
Following the slope instead of flattening it protected the established trees on the boundary and kept the house from towering over the street.
Good manners on the street
The front of the house matches the scale and materials of its neighbours, so it reads as part of the street from day one.
Where it stands
Campbell,
Inner North.
- Client
- Private family
- Build time
- 13 months
- Delivered
- 2024
