"The original house by Stan Symonds is the most remarkable object on the cliffs," says Paul Connor. "The extension we proposed was aimed at achieving two things. Firstly, it was not to compromise the presence of the original form - a sculptural, brutalist building, which was out of favour for a time but has now regained respect. Secondly, we were to provide the house with a link to its site. We wanted to provide a view of the foreground in relation to the view beyond, i.e. capture the more intimate mid-ground foliage of banksia and bush, and then the beach and ocean beyond."
