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Short St at dusk from the street: whitewashed brick, hit-and-miss brick screens and lit rooms above a sloping lawn

LA II House- Birchgrove

New Home- Birchgrove

Winner, 2025 HIA Custom Built Home ($2.5m–$4m)

Short St is a new home in whitewashed brick, with hit-and-miss brick screens, steel window shrouds and bronze metalwork. The owner led the design and set an exacting standard of finish, delivered by our team. Nominated and awarded HIA Custom Home award.

Steven Whiting - Whiting Architecture. Pics by Various including Traianos Pakioufakis

" Such a special build - in a unique spot. Very happy to hand this over to its new owners"-Builder
Street view of Short St: whitewashed brick, hit-and-miss screens and a garage behind a hedgeShort St from the side: layered whitewashed brick forms, a balcony and an arched windowHit-and-miss brick screen above a garden bed at Short StShort St above its sloping lawn, with hit-and-miss brick screens along the lower levelShort St kitchen: walnut joinery and a terrazzo-topped island in front of louvred windows screened by hit-and-miss brickGalley kitchen at Short St with walnut cabinetry, a curved walnut rangehood and a terrazzo islandDining area at Short St looking through tall windows to the Harbour Bridge, with amber pendant lightsLiving room at Short St opening onto a covered balcony, with bagged brick walls and views over the treesGround-floor living room at Short St beside a courtyard enclosed by a hit-and-miss brick wallBedroom at Short St with a window framing the Harbour BridgeBathroom at Short St screened by a wall of hit-and-miss white brickCurved walnut joinery with a fluted timber band beside bagged brick at Short St

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