Shellbank living room with timber battened walls, a red sculptural armchair and a round column

Shellbank, Cremorne

Shellbank steps down a steeply sloping Cremorne site across five levels, built around and beneath an existing structure that pushed right to the boundaries of the property, work that called for real engineering skill and significant temporary propping to hold everything safely in place while the additional levels below took shape.

Details
Site Area SQM
822
Built Area
940
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
8
Levels
5
Year Completed
2023
Kitchen island resting on cylindrical marble columns
Shellbank kitchen with a marble island on stone columns, an orange armchair in the foreground
Round skylight above a curved rendered wall
Timber batten screen beside a staircase
Curved shower wall in small stone tiles
Timber handrail on a rendered stair wall
Entry with dark timber battened walls, a round timber handle and basketballs on a stand
Blue joinery with a stone benchtop and sink beneath timber battens
Red gorilla sculpture in a courtyard, seen from the stair
Sandstone stair and glass balustrade beside the pool, under a fig tree
Rendered powder room with a sculpted basin and a mosaic niche
Dark battened door with a round timber handle opening to a hallway
Games room at Shellbank with a table football, a large portrait artwork and timber battens

The finished home is rich with imported detail: fittings, fixtures and tiles brought in from Italy by the container, timber flooring throughout, and extensive home automation woven quietly into the background. FS Hough coordinated architecture and interiors as one continuous process, delivering the project's first geothermal floor-heating system along the way, all through the disruption of Covid, and for an overseas-based client.

A genuinely collaborative build between FS Hough, Hampton Architecture and Studio Minosa, Shellbank shows what's possible when architecture and interiors are closely coordinated from the ground up.

Living room with a marble fireplace hearth and a ring of pendant lights
Kitchen and dining room opening to the terrace, with a marble splashback and a long pendant
Living room with a large portrait artwork, timber battened wall and fireplace
Pool terrace with a sandstone wall and stair beneath the timber lined roof
Living room with a red sculptural armchair and views to the harbour
Kitchen with a timber battened wall, table tennis table and blue joinery
Collaborators
  • Architecture by Hampton Architecture
  • Interior Design by Studio Minosa
  • Photography by Sugerman Creative
  • Videography & Drone Images by Ben McKay
Accolades
  • Winner ACFA Design of the Year (Australian Cabinet and Furniture Association)
  • Winner ACFA Best Kitchen Design
  • Finalist KBDi NSW Kitchen Plus Category (Kitchen & Bathroom Designers Institute)
  • Highly Commended Blum Design Awards for Technical Hardware Integration
Timber and rendered ceiling detail in raking light at Shellbank
FS Hough