COOKS RIVER HOUSE BY STUDIO PLUS THREE
Sydney’s Inner West has pockets of strong suburban character, with Federation and Californian bungalows lining the streets. But step through the front gate at Cooks River House and suburbia is left behind. A landscape of rocky outcrops and native plants terraces down the hill, seeming to flow right through the house to the Cooks River Foreshore. The property’s owners, Bob and Emily, have a fondness for the Blue Mountains, and wanted the architecture and landscaping to evoke the wild, natural feeling of a national park.
Designed by Studio Plus Three, Cooks River House is an alteration and addition to a Federation bungalow. The front of the house faced south to the river,
