Tucked into the inner fabric of Adelaide CBD, East End Residence sees the coming together of the classical and the timeless through a layered approach.
As an exercise in personal expression, the reconfiguration of this three-story townhouse home ensures an imprint of its current owners is an additional chapter to its existing narrative. From the entry and lowest level, movement is funnelled upward into the main living area on the first floor, where walls have been removed, and the ceiling levelled to increase the sense of flow and emphasise calmness.
Home to an ex-ballerina and current Pilates instructor and her family, a delicate elegance is expressed throughout, balanced by an underlying foundation of strength. Contrasting materials come together to enhance movement and align with a more contemporary occupation of the spaces.
The immersive softness of the palette is bound by an underlying blush tone that takes form in different ways and iterations across the home’s multiple levels. As the base for the vertical and horizontal surfaces, its warmth inspires the use of brass as the nuanced and detailed accents within joinery and the kitchen. The reflective nature of the refined metal combines with other surfaces to enhance the internal scale and bring external light inward.
Using the verticality to their advantage,
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