Belle

Going with the Flow

This curvaceous, organic home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, with a busy beach a stone’s throw away, wraps around its owners like a shell, protecting them from harsh sunlight and curious passersby. In an intriguing interplay of the public and the private, within it reveals itself as an intimate and comfortable family home, seamlessly connected to a U-shaped courtyard enclosed on three sides by the building’s sinuous form.

When the owners with three boisterous boys, the oldest now 15, bought the property in 2019, they were drawn by the recreational possibilities of the harbour nearby and, having already lived in the area

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