18 Walter Street, Bondi Junction, NSW 2022

The award-winning redesign of this early 1900s worker's cottage by acclaimed architect David Boyle has resulted in a masterful adaptation of a classic that delivers a dynamic sense of light and space with a raw and robust beauty. Immaculately crafted to bring in the northerly sunshine, a creative response to the site features a series of interlinked spaces with the living room featuring dramatic 4.3m high ceilings and the upper level devoted to a mezzanine style retreat. Recycled brick serves as the hero of the design by unifying indoor and outdoor living spaces with a soaring palm tree as a striking focal point. Winner of the NSW Australian Institute of Architects Award in 2015 and featured in numerous design and architectural journals, the three-bedroom home's imaginative layout affords remarkable flexibility of space while its location is perfect for an easy 450m walk up to Bondi Junction's retail precinct and 800m to Queens Park and Centennial Park's wide open spaces, nature trails and cycleways.

• Impeccably constructed
• A creative design and robust palette of recycled materials
• 3 double bedrooms, mezzanine master suite with built-ins
• Australian hardwood floors, extensive custom joinery
• Huge central living room, soaring double-height ceilings
• Reclaimed brickwork, potbelly fireplace and banquette seating
• Bright marble-topped gas kitchen, herringbone brick flooring
• Landscaped courtyard designed around a centrepiece palm
• Dynamic interplay of light and space, huge highlight windows
• 2 designer bathrooms with underfloor heating
• Ducted reverse cycle air throughout
• Generous attic storage space
• 2015 NSW AIA Award for Residential Architecture (Houses)
• 2015 National AIA Architecture Awards (commendation)
• 2016 Waverley Design & Heritage Awards (commendation)