More New Lambton

On the slightly less grand side and definately more quirky....

The local church (now a house apparently) is a excellent example of dometic scale 50's architecture. Note the layering of textures, nothing goes better than ashlar and brick.
This house astounds me, it's so funky with an unabashed use of vibrant colour and texture. There are quite a few examples of red brick, blue roofed houses in Newcastle, but this I should imagine is the best example.
I love the bold colour combination. No one is this brave anymore.

Immaculately neat

This unasuming house is a really interesting take on Ventura style. Window profiles in both fire engine red and canary yellow. 2 different brick materials and the letter box is oversized. v postmodern

New Lambton, Newcastle's Answer to the Hollywood Hills

As promised here are some snaps of some of what I consider some of Newcastle's underrated beauties. I took these on one of my leisurely strolls, this time through New Lambton and New Lambton Heights.

Very Hollywood Regency, this Inter-War Mediterranean house is a well known house by most Novocastrians.


Another very well known house, this Inter-War Old English house is hard to photograph due to its rather dominating yet rather appealing ivy covered brick boundary wall. Coined in the 1930's as 'Stockbroker Tudor' to identify a brand of brashly eclectic domestic architecture favoured by the nouveaux rich

This International style house actually sits beautifully with neighbours of venacular style. It's a little faded but still so smart, and imitated widely.

New Lambton and its Heights houses have amazing gardens, lush and well kept.

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Here are some of the residential projects I worked on and covet.

This is only one tiny part of this amazing house in the Southern Highlands but my favourite part.


Retro chic besser block heaven. The staircase behind literally floats off the wall. Stunning.

North Sydney apartment. Stark does Space Odyssey

Adorable little Woollahra townhouse. Twee in the best possible way. Joan Crawford would approve.

Newcastle

As part of my ongoing adoration for my hometown I will be posting some of the highlights of Newcastle. Newcastle has an amazing variation of architectural styles dating from its Colonial heritage, to its incredible Art Deco theatres, apartment blocks and facades right up to its Post War vernacular suburbia.

COMING SOON!