About our aspirations
Glyde_Bautovich are architects, urban designers and planners who work together and separately to transform resources, regulations, programs, and ideas into places of beauty.
We believe in the ‘spirit of place’ or genius loci and passionately engage in the art of making meaningful places of distinctive character through a careful process.
We research and analyse client aspirations, economics, demographics, urban structure, history, building typologies and appropriate precedents.
We re-use and revisit these layers that are beneath the surface to inform an appropriate outcome.
The place becomes a palimpsest set within its context.
The experience of the public space, what makes the city or place stick together, becomes rich, activated and vital.
Our analysis feeds into the architectural process which becomes form driven whereby we mould the fabric of the building to engage with nature, capture light and air, in a way that we know will lead to joyful inhabitation.
We breath in information, aspirations and breath out a new space or building as an offering to the people of the city and those who occupy them.
About our aspirations
Glyde_Bautovich are architects, urban designers and planners who work together and separately to transform resources, regulations, programs, and ideas into places of beauty.
We believe in the ‘spirit of place’ or genius loci and passionately engage in the art of making meaningful places of distinctive character through a careful process.
We research and analyse client aspirations, economics, demographics, urban structure, history, building typologies and appropriate precedents.
We re-use and revisit these layers that are beneath the surface to inform an appropriate outcome.
The place becomes a palimpsest set within its context.
The experience of the public space, what makes the city or place stick together, becomes rich, activated and vital.
Our analysis feeds into the architectural process which becomes form driven whereby we mould the fabric of the building to engage with nature, capture light and air, in a way that we know will lead to joyful inhabitation.
We breath in information, aspirations and breath out a new space or building as an offering to the people of the city and those who occupy them.
Nelson Lane House
Annandale, Sydney
Glyde_Bautovich were commissioned to undertake urban planning and architectural services for this house which is located in a heritage conservation area in the inner west suburb of Annandale in Sydney. The site has a laneway frontage and is opposite a park. Most of the adjoining buildings along the street are brick garages that were formerly used as stables and together form an eclectic contiguous street wall. A streetscape analysis of the existing and desired future character provided valuable information to shape the design to ensure that privacy impacts to neighbours was mitigated.
Our concept for this home was retain the existing brick fabric to maintain context with the lane and insert a form within the existing brick walls leaving 750mm of space between the new house and the old walls. This gap allows plants, air, light and access to the perimeter of the house. Importantly it allows the textural quality of the brickwork to be amplified by light above but most importantly the dog can run from the backyard to the street to see what is going on.
The geometry of the curved central courtyard allows filtered sun in and the internal spaces to be hinged around it. Its empty space becomes the centre of the house.
The interface with the public realm is mediated by a single large sliding timber screened door which opens the living area directly on to the lane and park.