FEATURED PROJECT

Lot 173 Greg Norman Cct, Brookwater

A Brookwater block. The architecture for it.

THE PROJECT

A Brookwater design & build,
sized to the block.

Lot 173 sits on Greg Norman Circuit in Brookwater. 625.8 square metres. Two storeys. Four bedrooms upstairs, a guest suite downstairs, pool in the courtyard, boat shed at the rear. The kind of brief that can run away from the block if you let it.

It did not. The home covers 38 per cent of the site. The rest of the block stays as courtyard, pool, deck and landscape. The home is sized to the lot rather than pushed against it. That decision was made before any joinery line, any cabinetry rough in, any tile selection.

From there, every internal element was drawn to the same discipline. A polished concrete slab as the working floor. A custom kitchen built around a hero onyx splashback. A timber and stone language carried through the facade. The home does what the block can carry, and nothing more.

THE BRIEF

Architectural at the kerb. Resolved underneath.

The facade carries a strong architectural form. A skillion brow over the upper level. White render frames sitting on black weatherboard. Timber garage panels and stacked stone at the entry. The home reads as a piece of architecture from the street, not a builder home with feature cladding.

Behind that form, the build is quiet. Polished concrete floor, half-circle aluminium gutters, Hebal sunhoods, integrated solar. Every element was specified once and delivered once. Nothing flashy. Nothing that has to be repaired in three years.

THE JOINERY

A kitchen built around a single piece of stone.

The hero of the home is a marbled onyx splashback in cream, soft blue and rust. Bookmatched and lit from above. Framed in solid timber with a matching timber feature wall and integrated rangehood housing.

The cabinetry was drawn to the splashback. Timber slab benchtop on the island. Glass front timber liquor display above the bar. Triple ring pendants over the bench. The kitchen reads as one piece of joinery, not a kit assembled around appliances.

WHAT MAKES THIS HOME

Resolved on the block. Not on top of it.

01

The Brow Frame

A skillion brow over the upper level, framed in white render and dropped over black weatherboard. The signature line of the home from the street and the only piece of architecture you need to read at the kerb. Everything else underneath is quieter.

02

The Onyx Splashback

A bookmatched marbled onyx panel in cream, soft blue and rust, lit from above and framed by a solid timber surround. The kitchen was drawn to this single piece of stone. Cabinetry, rangehood housing and feature wall all sit to its line, not the other way around.

03

The Polished Concrete Slab

04

The Pool Courtyard

A 4 by 6 metre pool sits in the courtyard, set behind a frameless glass pool fence with tile surround. The pool is contained inside the block rather than pushed to the back boundary. Living, dining and deck all open to it, and the master balcony reads down over it.

05

The Boat Shed

A dedicated boat shed sits at the rear of the block on its own slab, with epoxy floor and direct service access. Specified into the floor plan from rev D, not retrofitted at the back of construction. A working storage answer for a Brookwater owner, drawn into the home rather than parked next to it.

06

The Site Cover Discipline

38 per cent site cover on a 625.8 square metre block. The home was sized to leave courtyard, pool, deck and landscape inside the boundary. The discipline was set at the planning stage and held through every variation request that wanted to push it. The home reads as a home on a block, not a block consumed by a home.