PHILIP STEJSKAL ARCHITECTURE
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BROOME STREET HOUSE
COTTESLOE
COTTESLOE
2021 - 2024 (COMPLETE)
Project Team: Philip Stejskal, Louise Allen, Nathan Allet, Tessa Ansell
Photography: Jack Lovel
Builder: Assemble Building Company
Located on a prominent site in Cottesloe, this house for an architect and a librarian plays with various dichotomies, capitalising on its elevated position and engaging with its surroundings, while offering privacy and protection.
Responding to a dramatic 3m fall across the site, addressing two street frontages and foot traffic from an adjacent train station and nearby beach, the team benefitted from design opportunities inherent in the significant site complexity and constraints.
Subdivided from the adjacent heritage cottage, the northern elevation presents as a respectful single-storey form. From here, rising to two levels plus roof terrace to the south, the home captures panoramic views across the Indian Ocean, Fremantle Port, Perth CBD and Darling Escarpment.
The result is a considered arrangement of horizontal and vertical spaces and volumes, enhanced by careful material choices – including the defended base of heavy brickwork topped by a lighter informal board and batten beach shack, which is punctuated by timber-lined cutouts and sliding timber screens that adjust to suit sun, views and privacy.
The internal design sets up mediated views in multiple directions, with places to pause and enjoy them. An “occupied landing” to the internal staircase combines seating and mini-library with an urban vista of Mosman Park. A day bed on the first floor curates views toward ocean and internal connections across living room to the garden.
By making gestures across three dimensions – at street, neighbourhood and urban scales – the design contributes to its urban realm while comfortably accommodating our clients’ lifestyle.
Project Team: Philip Stejskal, Louise Allen, Nathan Allet, Tessa Ansell
Photography: Jack Lovel
Builder: Assemble Building Company
Located on a prominent site in Cottesloe, this house for an architect and a librarian plays with various dichotomies, capitalising on its elevated position and engaging with its surroundings, while offering privacy and protection.
Responding to a dramatic 3m fall across the site, addressing two street frontages and foot traffic from an adjacent train station and nearby beach, the team benefitted from design opportunities inherent in the significant site complexity and constraints.
Subdivided from the adjacent heritage cottage, the northern elevation presents as a respectful single-storey form. From here, rising to two levels plus roof terrace to the south, the home captures panoramic views across the Indian Ocean, Fremantle Port, Perth CBD and Darling Escarpment.
The result is a considered arrangement of horizontal and vertical spaces and volumes, enhanced by careful material choices – including the defended base of heavy brickwork topped by a lighter informal board and batten beach shack, which is punctuated by timber-lined cutouts and sliding timber screens that adjust to suit sun, views and privacy.
The internal design sets up mediated views in multiple directions, with places to pause and enjoy them. An “occupied landing” to the internal staircase combines seating and mini-library with an urban vista of Mosman Park. A day bed on the first floor curates views toward ocean and internal connections across living room to the garden.
By making gestures across three dimensions – at street, neighbourhood and urban scales – the design contributes to its urban realm while comfortably accommodating our clients’ lifestyle.