Brent Yttrup Architecture

Brent Yttrup Architecture Beautifully functioning architecture for a simple life

Hillcrest House in , fully utilises the sites opportunities, and north solar access, whilst facilitating the , thro...
15/08/2025

Hillcrest House in , fully utilises the sites opportunities, and north solar access, whilst facilitating the , through the connection of the kitchen with outdoor .

The feature planters are filled with and different , allowing to be used straight away in meals.

Sliding doors open right up, ensuring this modest feels bigger than it is, borrowing space from the surrounding , and allowing the house to be flushed out on warm summer nights. The shading was optimised to ensure hot sun is kept out in , but allowed in during , reducing heating and cooling, with the array on the roof and producing more that the house consumes.

To attain your sustainable, bespoke home of your dreams, please get in contact for guidance on how to start.

Hidden in suburban North Manly, Hillcrest House reveals the quiet of suburban renewal. Brent Yttrup's thoughtful inter...
13/08/2025

Hidden in suburban North Manly, Hillcrest House reveals the quiet of suburban renewal. Brent Yttrup's thoughtful intervention transforms a modest post-war into a light-filled sanctuary, where a majestic gum tree takes centre stage. The architect's own home, the deftly navigates a challenging to intimate connections with despite neighbouring apartment blocks.

Here is proof that with skilled thinking, our suburban heritage can be preserved and reimagined for contemporary life, creating homes that enhance private amenity and neighbourhood character through sensitive adaptation rather than demolition.

Shortlisted for the 2025 award, if you are looking to create your sustainable, bespoke dream home, get in contact.

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It's with delight to announce that 'Hillcrest House' has been shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects, 20...
12/05/2025

It's with delight to announce that 'Hillcrest House' has been shortlisted for the Australian Institute of Architects, 2025 NSW Architecture Awards for Sustainable Architecture.

Hillcrest House demonstrates the quiet art of suburban renewal in North Manly. Brent Yttrup Architecture's thoughtful intervention transforms a modest post-war home into a light-filled sanctuary where a majestic Angophora gum tree becomes both inspiration and organising principle, creating intimate connections between architecture and landscape.

The project embeds sustainability throughout its design and construction. Extensive use of locally sourced blackbutt timber creates significant carbon storage to offset the embodied energy of necessary structural steel.

The passive solar design minimises energy requirements with precisely calculated eaves that admit winter sun while excluding summer heat. Cross-ventilation pathways reduce reliance on artificial cooling, taking advantage of cooling breezes.

The house operates with a positive annual input into the grid through solar and batteries. Vital solar passive elements such as eaves and sunshades aren't simply removed for aesthetic reasons but are instead sleek, cohesively integrated components of the design.

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Finally got to the Fern Tree House by , built in 1969. Was an amazing place to wake up in.
21/06/2024

Finally got to the Fern Tree House by , built in 1969. Was an amazing place to wake up in.

After … and before. North Manly renovation with landscaping settling in.
03/06/2023

After … and before. North Manly renovation with landscaping settling in.

Experimenting with epoxy embedment of steel balusters into timber and using o-rings to keep the resin where it needs to ...
22/02/2023

Experimenting with epoxy embedment of steel balusters into timber and using o-rings to keep the resin where it needs to be, and also centre the rods. Drilling the holes and testing fitting went well… epoxy pumping starts 7am 😬

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