The new Twin Peaks

Built on the bones of a solid 1970s Rose Bay home, in Australia, with an existing single roof ridge to the front and a substantial addition to the rear under a new second roof ridge. Designed with a modern language of sharp edges, abstract forms, robust cantilevered canopies and oversized windows.

  The children’s bedrooms are located under the first, larger, zinc clad gable. The second steeper gable contains the cathedral ceiling of the master bedroom. The double height ceiling of the master bedroom is matched by the soaring ceiling height of the entrance lobby and particularly in the giraffe sized spaces of the kitchen and dining rooms. It was an intentional decision to create this vertical architecture so that it corresponds to the pre-existing Pencil Pines that flank the swimming pool in the garden.

The main spine of the home is a central cascading stair, descending from the bedrooms at the top to the mezzanine entry landing, and from the entry flowing down to the middle level containing the study and rumpus room, down to the large living, dining and kitchen spaces. This gentle descent in the main living spaces culminates in four meters tall sliding doors that lead to the deck and pool area, and which slide away into the wall cavity to create an unobstructed flow into the garden.

The new Twin Peaks, Rose Bay, Australia
Program: single family house

Design architect: Luigi Rosselli

Project architect: Jane McNeill

Interior designer: Marianna Atlas

Contractor: Grid Projects Pty Ltd

Structural consultant: Rooney & Bye Pty

Joinery: Sydney Joinery

Landscape: Rolling Stone Landscapes and EJM Landscape Construction
Completion: 2017