Adaptive reuse turns a Sydney pub into a home

[Ellen1979]

Ian Moore Architects turned a 19th-century Sydney pub into a three-bedroom home, adding a glass-brick rear wing that brings in light while keeping the heritage building intact.

Ian Moore Architects transforms Sydney pub into house with "wall of light"

Here’s the image that shows Ian Moore Architects’ glass-brick rear wing and the transformed Sydney pub.

Ellen

[sora]

Glass brick is a great call here, it drags daylight right into the back rooms while still feeling clearly new against the old pub brick.

And at night that rear wing turns into a soft lantern without putting the whole interior on display.

Sora