LRA x TLP : Family Heritage

In collaboration with The Local Project we present Family Heritage – The Short Film, which explores the connection between the old and the new of a restored heritage home on Sydney’s North Shore.

Luigi Rosselli, and Alice Benn of Alwill Interiors discuss how they achieved a light, spacious, and infinitely livable modern family home while honouring its historic origins.

Film: O&Co. Homes
Production & Editing: The Local Project
Original TLP Article: Charmed Reinvention – Family Heritage by Luigi Rosselli Architect & Alwill Interiors

Design Architect: Luigi Rosselli
Project Architects: Harry Pham & Simon Hassall
Heritage Consultant: John Oultram of John Outram Heritage & Design
Interior Designers: Romaine Alwill & Alice Benn for Alwill Interiors Pty Ltd
Builder: Aranac (Contracting) Pty Ltd
Rammed Earth Construction: Earth Dwellings Australia Pty Ltd
Joinery: BWO Fitout & Interiors
Landscape Architecture & Installation: Will Dangar & Dangar Barin Smith
Photography: Prue Ruscoe

Luigi Rosselli, the frontage of the white heritage house is lined with terraced rows of short shrub, and a woman in pink walks along the porch — © Prue Ruscoe

Beneath a filligree adorned porch, the front door, which consists of fluted glass panels set in a timber white frame, opens into the hallway — © Prue Ruscoe

A masterfully landscaped path lined with native shrubs and tall trees, and framed by the Victorian filigree porch one stands under — © Prue Ruscoe

Two palm trees framed in a 'V' against a backdrop of neatly trimed tall hedge, while a neutral outdoor sofa and wooden table are in the foreground — © Prue Ruscoe

The garden itself is an outdoor room of its own bordered by tall hedge walls and shielded from the elements by a retractable canvas awning, it houses the cool and inviting appeal of a swimming pool to while away sunny summer afternoons. — © Prue Ruscoe

A long kitchen island bench topped with thin white marble, with woven timber panelling along its sides designed by Alwill Interior — © Prue Ruscoe

Opposite the dining area, the living room painted in a creamy palate and blond timber flooring, with pink voluptuous sofa and woolly white armchairs — © Prue Ruscoe

The glass door from the living room to the rumpus is framed in white timber, with two fixed glass panel on either side and a glass arch over the door — © Prue Ruscoe

The rumpus sports dark oak flooring and furniture and grey-painted walls, with a reflective atmosphere perfect for studying — © Prue Ruscoe

Ample sunlight from large window and doors floods the dark rumpus, and the luxury of the place is emphasised by the blue velvet lounge chair — © Prue Ruscoe

A bathroom vanity, sink and flooring of pink marble with streaks of white — © Prue Ruscoe