Waverley Archives - Luigi Rosselli Architects

La Casa Rosa

Under the reign of Queen Victoria, the residential architecture of the British colonies was immersed in a nostalgic and late romantic borrowing of gothic architecture in its idealised interpretations of John Ruskin’s essay, The Seven…

Pacific View Point

Docked into the steep rocky strata of the Pacific Ocean coast, this home in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs is a place for contemplation; a place to observe and absorb the shimmer of the water, each fold…

Tama’s Tee House

A Coastal Concrete Unipod ‘Tama’ is short for Tamarama: a Sydney beach suburb, famous for its hedonistic surf culture, gradually being gentrified by a population that exchanges stock market tips while running barefoot to the…

The Bow Window Penthouse

Flying High Over Bondi In a first for Luigi Rosselli Architects the camera has left the ground to pan over the penthouse additions to a classic Art Deco style apartment block built in the late…

Luigi Rosselli, Chimney, Unique Chimney, Western Red Cedar Garage, Cement Render, Concrete

Chimney by The Beach – Ten Years Later

The first of a series of rediscoveries of earlier Luigi Rosselli Architects designs, Chimney by the Beach is a house built on Tamarama Beach in Waverley, on a ridge with views of the ocean, a…

Luigi Rosselli, Concrete, Stone, House on Rock, Balcony, Modern Curved Balcony, Cliff Perched House

Cliff Top House

Perched on the top of a rock escarpment in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, overlooking Queens Park and Centennial Park, the cliff top house is an example of vertical living. Four storeys high, only to above the…

Luigi Rosselli, Balcony, Bronte Beach, Swimming Pool, Swimming, Sandstone, Stone, Lawn, White, Concrete

Balcony Over Bronte

Black is back in the latest house to be completed by Luigi Rosselli Architects. This new house, built for a young family on a battle axe block overlooking Bronte, acts as a big balcony built…

Luigi Rosselli, Exposed Off Form Concrete, Textured Concrete, Curves, Volumes, Timber Shutters, Anodised Aluminum Shutters

The Growing House

Hastings Parade Better late than never! Ten years after it was designed, the Hastings Parade house is finally endowed with its third floor. Designed in 2007 and reduced to two storeys owing to the enforced…

Luigi Rosselli, Slatted Timber Shutter, Shadows, Balcony, TImber Deck

Fletcher Street

Sandra and Scott’s young family have moved in to the four storey house placed on a ridge overlooking Bondi Beach. The council allowed such a tall development because it did not appear to be taller than…

Luigi Rosselli, Timber Screens, Curved Glass, Curved Concrete, Curved Windows, Timber Roof

Henry Street

Located on the escarpment above Queens Park this new contemporary addition to the eclectic collection of residences aligned along the edge of the park greets you with its proud bow projecting into the front garden…

Luigi Rosselli, Timber Screens, Narrow Slim Thin Roof, Curved Glass, Curved Concrete, Timber Roof, Stained Timber Garage, Sandstone

Carlton Street

This suburban Sydney house is situated on a difficult southerly orientated site dominated by a two storey house to the north, and half a dozen adjoining backyards to the south. The issue of the orientation…

Luigi Rosselli, Timber Shutters, Timber Screens, Sandstone, Stone Wall, Glass and Timber Balustrade, Frameless Glass Fence

Hopetoun Avenue

If a Mosman house has a water view it will be a generous broad harbour view, and nothing should stand in its way. This particular 1960s house had a forest of steel columns in the way….

Hewlett Street

Fundamentally this house is a cube and we hollowed out the front section of the cube to recess the entrance. The skylight is a continuation of this concept, we excavated the middle of the cube to…

Luigi Rosselli, Timber Garage Door, Sandstone Wall, Roof Garden

Trafalgar Street

This house has been designed to relate to its natural context – big skies, swelling surf and steep sandstone cliffs – rather than be constrained by its dense urban surrounds. Rising from its solid sandstone foundations,…