Albuera Street Schoolhouse Apartments
Project date: January 2009 - Category: Residential , Interior Design , HeritageIn desperate need of a new life, this Heritage listed school building has been transformed into elegant , contemporary apartments that allow the original classroom volumes to be read.
STATUS:
Completion January 2004
Godfrey Apartments
Project date: January 2007 - Category: Interior Design , Heritage17-21 Hunter Street is a four- storey sandstone building built between 1830 and 1840 and for much of its life was part of the Henry Jones IXL jam manufacturing complex.
In more recent years, the ground floor has become a Hobart institution as the 'Drunken Admiral' restaurant, while the upper floors have generally remained derelict and unoccupied.
The building is highly significant to the history and evolution of the Hunter Street precinct. To respect this significance, no changes have been made to the external walls, whilst a new lift, stair and five contemporary apartments have been inserted into the existing building shell.
Planning of the new spaces minimizes contact of new walls and fitments with the original building fabric and enabled the modern apartment installations to sit comfortably within the old stone walls.
In more recent years, the ground floor has become a Hobart institution as the 'Drunken Admiral' restaurant, while the upper floors have generally remained derelict and unoccupied.
The building is highly significant to the history and evolution of the Hunter Street precinct. To respect this significance, no changes have been made to the external walls, whilst a new lift, stair and five contemporary apartments have been inserted into the existing building shell.
Planning of the new spaces minimizes contact of new walls and fitments with the original building fabric and enabled the modern apartment installations to sit comfortably within the old stone walls.
STATUS:
Completion August 2005PHOTOGRAPHY:
Richard Eastwood
