BY DES I GN MAGAZI NE - TR E NDS 2022 JAMES HAR DIE
REIMAGINING DESIGN POSSIBILITIES FOR
Contemporary Residential Architecture
Leading architects collaborate with James Hardie using Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding
James Hardie has partnered with forward-thinking, leading architecture practice, Retallack Thompson to reimagine the Australian home using a new innovation, Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding and its supporting range of corner and junction accessories. Sydney architects Jemima Retallack and Mitchell Thompson were challenged to explore the material and spatial possibilities of Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding. The result is Corner House, a conceptual extension of a traditional Federation-era brick bungalow in a typical inner-city Sydney suburb, a vision that underscores the brand’s ambition to create exceptional cladding solutions for design savvy homeowners.
is proposed to wrap the contemporary living room and galley kitchen as well as establish the perimeter fence. The concept gives a unified expression to both the house and garden wall, suggesting that the interior and exterior realms both contribute to making meaningful living spaces.
Embracing distinctive textures, sweeping scale, and every inch of space available, Corner House showcases the design potential and impact of using a singular cladding material across the entirety of the extension creating a new perimeter for the site, reclaiming the edges and underutilised areas of the property as part of the home. With an ‘L’-shaped backyard extension paired with a central courtyard garden, Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding
“Our ambition was to create
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something distinctive that suggests a way we could live in a casual way with an intimate connection to the garden,” says Jemima. “The idea of a perimeter wall containing the whole site allows the building and fence to merge, so it suggests the garden might be a place you can spend time in, as much as inside.”
