Compact Warmth – Darlinghurst Apartment by Brewer Architects

A compact and efficient use of an internal volume, Darlinghurst Apartment is imagined as a considered series of parts, bound by an innate flexibility. Brewer Architects integrates a series of adaptable and moving gestures throughout that embed a fluidity to the planning and functionality of the home.

Intended to be a temporary inner-city residence, Darlinghurst Apartment combines an almost hotel-like approach with the familiarity of a home. Able to be opened or tucked away, the main joinery that runs the length of the home plays a vital role in the everyday functions. Stretching along the main spine of the home, the integrated and custom timber veneer wall conceals several core elements. Brewer Architects takes inspiration from the sizing and efficiencies of the traditional pied-à-terre apartments of Europe whilst also ensuring a unique connection to context is felt throughout.

Intended to be a temporary inner-city residence, Darlinghurst Apartment combines an almost hotel-like approach with the familiarity of a home.

As you enter the home you arrive into the open living, kitchen and dining space, which features extensive glazing that allows the eye to be drawn out towards the views. To one side, a transitional room allows for dual usage as either a bedroom or a study, with supporting moveable parts to facilitate both. The bathroom then sits tucked away and is brought together with a similar efficiency. Throughout the home, the connection outward and beyond the bounding walls ensures that the owners remain engaged with the Sydney landscape.

Despite the restrictions of the size and the limitations on changing those parameters, the internal skin works to open and connect the spaces, whilst an undercurrent of warmth is maintained throughout. Together with a light timber veneer used within the joinery, timber flooring runs underfoot and brings both texture and an outward connection into the heart of the home. Natural stone then integrates the notion of longevity whilst also being a traditional reference among the newer insertions.

Brewer Architects takes inspiration from the sizing and efficiencies of the traditional pied-à-terre apartments of Europe whilst also ensuring a unique connection to context is felt throughout.

Darlinghurst Apartment captures the open spirit of contemporary living. Brewer Architects focuses on overlaying an enduring and quality driven approach to integrating essential elements that elevate and ground the home.