Booyun St
Brunswick Heads, NSW · 2025
Street
A dark form under the paperbark
From the street the house reads as two quiet black volumes held beneath an old paperbark — the trunk and canopy as much a part of the elevation as the cladding itself.
Entry
Concrete steps, hardwood door
Concrete treads lift you off the gravel to a deep recessed porch, where a tall hardwood door warms the otherwise blackened envelope and a stair rises alongside the planted courtyard.
Courtyard
Concrete porch, planted garden
A covered concrete porch opens onto a sheltered courtyard — elephant ears, palms and ferns held tight against the charred walls, with bridges, balconies and the pool layered through the garden.
Interior
Warm timber, olive tile, filtered light
Inside, the blackened shell gives way to a calm run of timber joinery, olive tile and soft paper lantern light — rooms opening back out to palms and louvres at every turn.
Bedroom
Walnut joinery, soft light, garden outlook
Bedrooms sit quietly behind walnut headboards and full-height joinery — linen curtains drawn against the morning, sliding doors out to the deck, palms and pool just beyond.
Detail
Charred battens, shifting shadow
Two cladding rhythms meet at the corner — fine vertical battens above, wider boards below — both blackened, both catching the soft afternoon shadow of the trees.
Overview
Private residence in Brunswick Heads. A blackened timber home set beneath a mature paperbark — two stacked volumes in charred vertical battens, softened by a hardwood entry door, gravel courtyards and a loose subtropical garden.
Credits
- Build — Morada Build
Charred vertical timber cladding above a battened ground floor, hardwood entry door, concrete steps and stepping stones through gravel and grasses.
Interested in a project like this?
Morada takes on a limited number of projects each year.