Wonderful Architecture in the Waterloo House is made of the Best Story Telling

Wonderful architecture is made of the best story telling. Where the architect so completely understands the story of the building they inherit and that of the clients they seek to design for that they can gather all the strands together and recompose them into a compelling new narrative.

Anthony Gill’s deep affection for this grand row of rudimentary but intrinsically special terraces of a ‘cricket pitch’ sized roof along with a second level datum that allows the spatial arrangement of terraces to change as the street rises and falls provides a rich foundation from which to craft his careful, but minimal interventions to make sublime spaces.

Rarely do you see such an unpretentious and client-focused work deliver such outstanding architecture. Every move appears so appropriate it is hard to imagine this work is not part of the original intent of the terrace house project.

Materially rich and crafted alterations and additions make each room not only functionally satisfying but joyful moments simply just to be in. An ideal for every home, but an ideal rarely realised. This is highly skilled and disciplined architecture that is characterised by knowing exactly what to do but, importantly, knowing what to leave alone.

Project Information

Architect: Anthony Gill Architects

Photography: Peter Bennetts