Solid Air

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Interior Design / Apartment
  • Company/Firm
    ANNA.CARIN
  • Lead Designer
    Anna-Carin McNamara
  • Design Team
    Anna-Carin, Lauren Ryan
  • Architect
    ANNA.CARIN
  • Interior Designer
    ANNA.CARIN
  • Lighting Designer
    ANNA.CARIN
  • Const. Company
    Kilbri Pty Ltd
  • Photographer Credit
    Justin Alexander
  • Location
    Elizabeth Bay NSW Australia
  • Client
    Anna-Carin
  • Project Date
    December 2023

Meticulously detailed and curated, Solid Air delivers on the brief to be serene, cosmopolitan and evocative. Situated amongst the trees on a busy corner in Elizabeth Bay this apartment cultivates contemplation and discovery inside and out in every room. A timeless home nobody wants to leave.This is the designer's own home and was created to retreat to in the third act of life. A place to surrender in, watch the trees and listen to music. The art-deco apartments' magnificent arched windows and window seats were highlighted by removing all window treatments and seamlessly integrating them into the rooms with tone on tone seats and cushions. To heal, restore and reveal was more important than to add and hide. The rooms were crying out to be seen - where they previously had been hiding behind heavy curtains, carpets and misplaced joinery they were opened up to breathe and see the light. The neutral material palette grew from a handful of natural objects collected on a special memorable trip to the coast.