Stirling.
Renovation and extension of a 1900s bungalow in Stirling, Adelaide Hills — a dark-clad pavilion addition that works around heritage, bushfire and a sloping site to open the home to its garden, its light and its views.
- Title
- Stirling
- Category
- Renovation
- Location
- Stirling, SA
- Completed
- 2025
- Size
- 310 m²
- Status
- Completed
This renovation transformed a character 1900s bungalow through the addition of a contemporary open-plan living space and skillion-roofed alfresco. The design carefully balances heritage charm with modern family living, creating a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor spaces while enhancing natural light, functionality and year-round entertaining.
Heritage overlay, bushfire compliance constraints, sloping block, nearby highway.
Carefully balancing heritage, bushfire and topographical constraints, the design introduces a contemporary pavilion-style addition that opens the home to natural light, captures elevated views, and provides acoustic separation from the nearby highway while respecting the character of the original bungalow.
Stirling sits in the Adelaide Hills Council. Three constraints usually apply at once up here: a heritage overlay, bushfire compliance, and a block that slopes. Add a highway nearby and acoustic separation joins the brief. The pavilion addition answers all four.
We didn’t want a different house. We wanted our house to finally make sense — and now it does.
The owners
