Grand Designs Australia

VACATION VIBES IN VAUCLUSE

this Vaucluse home was built when sky-high quiffs and stovepipe jeans clogged Sydney streets. Built in the mid 1950s, the abode was last altered in the early 1960s. The house hadn’t even seen a new lick of paint after 55-plus years, so Nick Bell Architects was enlisted to bring it up to date. Indeed, the team was given the tricky task of preserving the best of the mid-century features while improving and opening up the awkward layout of the block.

The existing layout saw

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