Whale Beach Australia

A white-brick house by Chenchow Little Architects gives a solid nod American modernism at Whale Beach on Sydney’s northern beaches. The use of brick in the house was a response to a key requirement of the client’s brief. He wanted a white house and not just a white-painted house. Rather than the walls simply being laid in a traditional stretcher bond, they have been composed in layered bands punctuated with strips of butter coloured bricks. Walls around the courtyards and terrace are articulated further using a “hit and miss” pattern that allows indirect light to filter through. The interiors are sophisticated, relaxed and simple crisp white walls, travertine and timber veneers. One of my most loved parts of the house is the pool deck, a white brick plinth containing a pool and sun deck hovering above the ground with all the safety of a pool fence without the design restrictions. I know … to die for …right?

Stewart House by Chenchow Little Architects images credited to John Gollings and Katherine Lu