Oak 363 is a restored four–bedroom country house located on over two hectares on the Central Coast. New additions in sandstone complement the existing home. Extensive landscape works including a new pool were carried out in conjunction with Chistopher Owen of Fieldwork, connecting the built works to the bush setting.
Expand ContentA generous entrance was added, creating a connection between two existing cottages. The interiors were remodelled and replanned to create sight lines to the landscape beyond. The resulting plan is balanced and organised around two axes.
Quietly luxurious materials like limestone, timber, brass and corian were chosen internally to offset the split-face sandstone that unites old and new. Spaces were divided by floating white boxes rather than full height walls in order to leave the impressive gabled ceilings uninterrupted.
The landscaping was integral to the transformation. The black mosaic lined pool was constructed adjacent to a lily pad filled pond creating reflections of sky and landscape. A combination of Miesian blade walls and bands of trees draw the eye past the manicured immediate surrounds to the natural landscape beyond.
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