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Riverview House in Sydney
Modern Property in New South Wales, Australia ? design by Nobbs Radford Architects
30 Apr 2019
Riverview House
Architects: Nobbs Radford Architects
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Riverview House, on Sydney?s Lower North Shore, hadn?t been updated for some time, so it was all a bit tired. It needed a refresh, but more importantly it wasn?t functioning for the family that lived in it. They didn?t necessarily need any more space, but needed the space to work better for their patterns of life and how they live as a family.

Key to the brief was the need for a generous kitchen. The clients wanted zones in the kitchen that they could have several activities, or ?stations?, happening in the kitchen simultaneously, which was quite particular. They also asked for a study and to retain the existing four bedrooms.
One of the biggest challenges was the ground-floor entry. With quite a steep, rocky site the space opened onto the bedroom level, and had no clear connection or ?journey? to the living spaces on the first floor. What was there previously was quite a dark and uninviting stairway. So while one of the challenges was to lighten the house, the main challenge was to achieve a sense of connection between the point of arrival and the main public living spaces; to invite people up, and have a natural connection and flow from the front door at grou...