Future perfect

“A void gives so much more than it takes – providing incredible drama and making the rooms below feel very alive, airy and bright.”

This reimagined 1883 terrace is the ultimate expression of the past and the future intersecting in the present. The gracious, five-storey house in a tree-lined street in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has welcomed an adjoining contemporary tower and an expansive new living space at the rear, to answer the owners’ wish for space, light and sun.

Lena is the third house that, April/May 2010) and Orama (, August/September 2015). With four adult children and grandchildren visiting frequently, the owners had specific requirements for this renovation and, having lived in the house for a year before embarking on the revamp, were very cognisant of the home’s pluses and minuses.