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Location
New South Wales
Year of completion
2023
Project cost
$3m - $5m

Sometimes the beauty of a project is not purely about the building, but equally about its surrounds. This once vacant lot on the hill of Cobbitty with sweeping views of agricultural crops and distant mountain tops, becomes the underlying basis of the projects core. It asked for an architecture that wouldn’t impede, but rather firm in its character to allow for framed views to enhance the beauty of what already existed. The Base draws you deep into the experience of place with a refreshing inventiveness of robust materials, simplistic framing, and lightness of whole hearted Australian pavilion architecture.

Builder: MLJ Constructions
Photography: Katherine Lu and Tom Ferguson
Interior Stylist: Distinguished Interiors

Awards and
recognition

2024
Australian Glass & Window Association
Design Award - Finalist
J Mammone Architecture
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The home is honest it its approach to siting and planning, taking full advantage of the northern aspect and incorporating large areas of glazing for natural daylighting

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A combination of natural and robust materials, exposed in their raw finish, to compliment and frame the expensive landscaped views beyond

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Stretching along 73m with a modest kink to the end, particular emphasis has been given to creating a deliberate and repetitive structural framing language to the rear. Each room is flanked by pre cast concrete blades, clearly outlining thresholds between functional spaces, as well as creating picturesque frames of the natural landscape beyond.

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About the
Professional

J Mammone Architecture is a dynamic, progressive firm located in the Macarthur Region of NSW. We offer our clients the highest level of architectural service. Our team have been involved in a wide range of design-led architectural projects across residential, interiors, commercial and public sectors, with a focus on a collaborative approach to each project working closely with clients, consultants and builders.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.