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Boustred House Mosman, Sydney

Contemporary Property in New South Wales – design by ian moore architects, NSW

post updated 23 March 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Design: ian moore architects

photograph : Daniel Mayne

Contemporary Property in Mosman

5 Oct 2012

Boustred House

Architects Statement

This project is located in Mosman on a north facing slope looking across Sydney’s Middle Harbour to the Spit Bridge and Clontarf. The site falls away dramatically from a broad and densely landscaped verge on the street frontage, with a high sandstone cliff forming the southern boundary.

photos : Daniel Mayne

The house is nestled into this cliff, shielding it from the street, where it appears as a single storey, focusing attention on the magnificent view to the north. Entry is from the side street across a small bridge to a front door that opens to a grand stair descending the full height of the house and dividing it into two clearly differentiated volumes. The southern volume contains the service spaces, bathrooms, laundry, dressing room and a small study, while the northern volume contains the living areas and bedrooms. The glass roofed stair between these volumes has an ambiguous reading, neither inside nor out.

photos : Daniel Mayne

It is only when one passes through a series of Oak framed portals that you are officially inside. The lowest level contains children’s bedrooms and a games/TV room that opens to the swimming pool terrace. An undercroft below this level contains the pool equipment and plant room.

photos : Daniel Mayne

The middle level contains the main living areas, garage and a large north facing outdoor room opening off the kitchen and dining room. The upper level is given over to the main bedroom suite, home office, study and main entry. The simplicity of the external cement rendered form is enriched with an overlay of light bronze anodised aluminium windows, sliding doors and external sun control louvres, while the interior is defined by the Oak joinery and Travertine floors. The northern elevation is composed of a series of stepped cantilevered roofs and balconies with full height ellipsoid aluminium louvres screening the western facade from the afternoon sun and the neighbouring property.

photos : Daniel Mayne

New Residence in Mosman – Building Information

Architect: Ian Moore Architects
Principal Architect: Ian Moore
Project team: Danny Mathis, Melika Aljucic, Susanne Loeffler
Interior Design: Ian Moore
Photographer: Daniel Mayne
Structural engineer: Ruggero Benvenuti at Benvenuti SC
Building certifier: Paul Rolfe Consulting
Builder: Coddington Constructions
Landscaping: Material

House in Mosman images + information from ian moore architects

WAF Awards 2012

Location: Mosman, Sydney, NSW, Australia