This project designed by Brooke Aitken is a major renovation of an older apartment with incredible views of iconic Sydney Harbour, particularly The Sydney Opera House and The Sydney Harbour Bridge. The design work was significant. Walls were knocked out to combine the kitchen with the dining and living rooms. Doors and windows were modified to maximise views from every angle, opening the most lived-in spaces up to the beautiful and ever-changing view. Photography by Prue Ruscoe.

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The interiors of this exquisitely re-imagined residence are a juxtaposition of the sincere and the playful. They do not rely on the iconic views for their impact, rather, they use them as one wall of artwork that has a conversation with those on other walls.
The design is a personal journey for the client, one that reaches across to France to reference her love of Paris and Hotel Costes. It is a home that speaks of the client’s playful fashion sense, and her delight in entertaining. The kitchen needed to complement our client’s extensive art collection. Think Calcutta Vagli marble and chevron-style parquetry. Ben Quilty’s “The Pink Skull” takes pride of place on the dining room wall and Lindy Lee’s “Listening to the Moon” sculpture is mesmerising. This piece, hung over the newly formed stairwell, is set so that it creates ripples in the ceiling it descends from and across the backdrop wall, referencing the curved planes of the interior of the Opera House it faces.