CALIFORNIA COOL

After spending many years helping to make their clients’ dreams come true, owner of Axis Construction and Renovation, Brian McKenny and wife, Julia - an interior designer and stylist - decided it was time to realise theirs.The couple, who had purchased a dilapidated cottage on a small block with narrow frontage almost 10 years earlier, decided to demolish the barely inhabitable structure and build a new abode their family could cherish.

Brian and Julia envisaged an unpretentious family home that was interesting and textural, with plenty of natural light, good acoustic properties and excellent energy efficiency. Essentially, they yearned for a home that would evoke the nostalgia of their childhood years by echoing the bold,