Creewood House | Concord
Awards & Recognition
Winner – Heritage / Adaptive Reuse
Winner – Alterations / Additions up to $250K
Winner – Paul Dass Memorial Award
Building Designers Association of NSW — BDA NSW
Winner – Best New Development Involving Heritage
Canada Bay City Council Design Awards
Featured in: The Daily Telegraph Home Magazine — “Sense and Sustainability”
Project Overview
Creewood House in Concord was our first major project on Creewood Street and became an important benchmark for our heritage renovation work. Set on a conservation-listed site, the challenge was to move beyond the expected heritage addition and create a home that felt light, open and modern while still respecting the history and character of the original dwelling. The result was a contemporary rear extension that gave the owners a highly functional family home without compromising the property’s heritage setting.
Passive Solar Design & High-Performance Living
The stepped glass rear extension was designed to accommodate the new kitchen, dining and family living areas.
By carefully focusing on passive solar design, we used high-performance glazing, polished concrete floors and retractable northern sunlight to create a home that gives the family strong control over their internal environment.
This design approach helped produce a home that requires almost no synthetic cooling in summer and very minimal heating in winter.
Heritage Design & Council Approval
Navigating the Canada Bay Council Heritage Office required a professional and highly technical approach.
The design needed to balance old and new carefully, ensuring the modern rear addition enhanced the home without overwhelming its original character. This project demonstrates how a well-considered heritage renovation can deliver modern family living while remaining sensitive to its conservation area context.
Client Outcome
For the owners, Sean and Tabitha, the completed home delivered the “wow factor” they were looking for while remaining a practical and functional space for active family life. For us, Creewood House became a foundation project in our heritage-sensitive design portfolio and helped establish our approach to eco-friendly, modern living within historic residential settings.
Planning a Heritage Extension in Concord or Sydney?
Distinct Innovations provides building design, architectural drafting and council approval support for heritage renovations, conservation area extensions and high-performance home alterations across Concord, Canada Bay and Greater Sydney. If you are planning a heritage renovation, home extension or sustainable residential upgrade, we can help guide your project from early concept design through to council approval.
Award-winning high-performance extension to a heritage conservation home, featuring passive solar design that eliminates the need for mechanical cooling.
