Ruffey Lake House by Inbetween Architecture

Ruffey Lake House

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This was a serious renovation. Presented with a traditional 1970s layout — pokey, dark, poorly arranged spaces — we were tasked with creating a light, bright, functional family home, while also making the most of fabulous views out to the adjacent park. It’s rare to be able to deliver light, open living, intimacy, and a stunning outlook all in one renovation, making this result at Ruffey Lake House all the more satisfying. For this brief, the existing house was unsuitable to a modern way of life. Rather than demolishing the home — which had some great architectural bones — we essentially removed and rebuilt the entire upper floor, to enable spaces more suited to a modern lifestyle. The ground floor would contain the living spaces — which worked with the existing split-level suspended floor slab to define new kitchen, dining, and living areas — with quieter private spaces, such as the library, music room and TV den, nestled snugly into the sheltered western side. Photography: Tatjana Plitt

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A transformative renovation of a 1970s home, enhancing functionality and natural light while preserving its architectural integrity, resulting in a harmonious blend of open living spaces and intimate private areas with stunning park views.

For this brief, the existing house was unsuitable to a modern way of life. Rather than demolishing the home — which had some great architectural bones — we essentially removed and rebuilt the entire upper floor, to enable spaces more suited to a modern lifestyle. The ground floor would contain the living spaces — which worked with the existing split-level suspended floor slab to define new kitchen, dining, and living areas — with quieter private spaces, such as the library, music room and TV den, nestled snugly into the sheltered western side.

Photography: Tatjana Plitt

8990h 32m

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“John Liu and Steph Richardson of Inbetween Architecture have delivered us a truly remarkable and beautiful home. From the outset, they took time and listened to what makes our family of three tick, our backgrounds, our interests and what we wanted from a home. We already knew we liked Inbetween’s work. It is understated, yet so clever in form, proportion and use of space. That topped with creativity we could never dream of is what has made our house a wonderful place to be. With any building project, there are challenges and ours came with a few. John and Steph navigated through the tricky planning, heritage overlay requirements of the existing dwelling and meticulously resolved any technical challenges that came with the new design. All dealt with before building commenced. Their choice of a quality builder with architect pedigree, attention to detail and a high level of organizational skills, resulted in a build with exceptional quality across all trade sets. All driven by a schedule that started on time and finished on time. We’ve been back in our home for 3 months and we all still marvel at the beauty of it and feel overwhelmed by the functionality of the design. It’s like we’re on a dreamy holiday. I hope I don’t wake up and find it’s not real.”

- OWEN & JUDY, ESCHER HOUSE