Woollahra, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Burley Katon Halliday

Burley Katon Halliday creates an unexpected interior sequence at the Bartlett Pennington house in Sydney, Australia.

David Kayton & Ian Halliday

By David Clark

Behind the black door of this sandstone 19th-century workers' cottage lies an unexpectedly modern interior. Open the door and, like a surreal carpet runner, a straight path of glass (dramatically underlit at night) beckons you into a rigorously composed and detailed sequence of interior and exterior spaces. The project, a renovation and addition to a small house in Sydney, was designed by Iain Halliday of Burley Katon Halliday, an Australian firm known for its contemporary, Minimalist interiors, and recently, such large-scale projects as entire apartment developments.

See the September, 2001 issue of Architectural Record for the full story. See the people and products behind this project.