Knockdown rebuild / Sydney

Knockdown rebuild. Sydney, site first.

A considered path from the block you know to a home designed around how you want to live next.

Beauchamp / Kirribilli / SHORE project

01 / The proposition

Keep what is right about the block. Reconsider the home.

A knockdown rebuild begins before demolition. The existing house, the site's orientation and access, the planning pathway and the new brief all need to be understood as one sequence.

SHORE starts with the client and the site, then aligns architectural design, interiors, documentation and construction around the decisions that follow.

Architectural design
Interior design
Construction

The first decision

Renovate, extend or begin again?

The right direction depends on the existing fabric, planning controls, site conditions and what the new home needs to do. The useful first step is to test those constraints against the brief, not to force the site into a pre-selected answer.

One working sequence

From site and brief to the first year in the home.

Every block and approval pathway is different. These are the decisions SHORE coordinates, with the scope and sequence confirmed for the project.

Site and brief
Understand the block, the existing home, access, orientation and the way the new home needs to be lived in.
Feasibility and direction
Test the brief against the site's constraints and establish whether rebuilding is the appropriate path.
Architectural design
Develop the plan, form and material direction with constructability considered as the design takes shape.
Approvals and documentation
Coordinate the required consultants, approval pathway and construction documentation for the agreed scope.
Pre-construction
Resolve programme, procurement, site logistics and demolition planning before work starts on site.
Build and handover
Carry the documented work through construction, finishes, handover and the first year in the home.

How SHORE can engage

Begin with SHORE, or bring an existing design team.

The project can be carried through an integrated design and construction scope, or SHORE can join when the architectural documentation is already established.

Integrated design and build

Architectural design, interiors, approvals, pre-construction and building are coordinated through one SHORE workflow.

Construction from existing documentation

For clients already working with an architect or designer, SHORE can review the documentation and define a construction scope around it.

Sydney

A site-specific conversation, wherever the block sits.

SHORE welcomes knockdown-rebuild enquiries across Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Lower North Shore and South East Sydney. The site, planning context and brief determine whether the rebuild pathway makes sense.

Questions to bring early

Knockdown rebuild, before the drawings.

What is a knockdown rebuild?

It is the replacement of an existing house with a new home on the same site. The sequence usually brings demolition planning, design, approvals, documentation and construction into one project pathway.

How do we decide between renovating and rebuilding?

Start with the condition and constraints of the existing home, the planning controls, the site and the new brief. Those inputs can then be tested before a direction is confirmed.

Can SHORE build plans prepared by another architect?

Yes. SHORE's construction-only pathway is for clients who already have an architect or design team and want the documentation reviewed for a defined construction scope.

Can architectural design, interiors and construction sit in one scope?

They can. SHORE's integrated pathway coordinates those disciplines through one workflow, with the exact scope agreed for the project.

Where in Sydney does SHORE take knockdown-rebuild enquiries?

SHORE welcomes enquiries from the Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Lower North Shore and South East Sydney, with every project assessed against its site and brief.

Start with the site