Tall poppy

A modest-sized extension with an ingenious pop-up gives luxurious new life to an unpromising 1970s project home on the Sunshine Coast.

Emma Scragg

AT A GLANCE - Tired brick veneer home retained and reworked - Designed for flexible, accessible multi-generational living - Passive solar designed extension with a focus on seamless connection to the outdoors 1970s brick veneer is not the typical building stock that people rush to buy and renovate. Instead, demolition is often its destiny. However, Brisbane architects Maytree Studios are changing attitudes with their renovation of a Sunshine Coast home, showing there is potential to transform these ‘ugly ducklings’. Owners Anne and Greg bought their house in Wurtulla 20 years ago for their future retirement. The house was a typical brick veneer project home built in the 1970s, with poor natural light and ventilation, low ceilings, small windows and no real connection to the spacious backyard. Coming from South Africa, Anne and…

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