Award Winning Project 2008 Building Designers Association of NSW Commendation - Residential Alterations + Additions over $200,000 Commendation - Residential Interiors Finalist - Best Use of Colour Finalist - Best Use of Glass

Project Statement :

Perched high on a ridge with near 360 deg ocean views this unique architect designed home, which made a statement in 1974, was now past it’s use by date. The new owners were in the enviable position where they couldn’t over capitalise, so could go all out in making this home their own.
The brief was to - Create a statement with classical elegance; make all the rooms luxurious; give volume, loads of glass, a home theatre and a pool. They wanted to accommodate their guests in style and be able entertain 100 in comfort.
The decision was made to completely gut the home to create volume by removing some of the upper flooring. A new wing now accommodates the kitchen, family, and a dining area highlighted by a 5.2m red wall rising spectacularly to the master suite, bordered by a dramatic planting of foliage.
A graceful water feature flows spills into a wet edge pool which frames the magnificent easterly vista and adjoins a sprawling terrace. Every existing room was extended or renovated and a sense of presence created by double height ceilings, porticos, columns, gazebos, decorative trim and the use of the classic shades of ebony and ivory.
design studio 22, in partnership with the owners, has turned this outdated 1974 brick house into an elegant, voluminous home where internal/external spaces flow freely. “Villa Bellagio” is a modern yet discerningly classical home which oozes opulence.
This magnificent home received Commendation Awards for Residential Alterations + Additions over $200,000 and Residential Interiors
at NSW Building Designers Association 2008 Awards.

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