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Andrew Burges Architects is a design-focused studio in Surry Hills, Sydney, with expertise in houses, multi-residential housing, civic and public buildings, and master planning. It was founded in 2001 by principal Andrew Burges, a registered architect, after he returned from working and teaching in the USA. Today the studio has around a dozen architects and support staff, and its work ranges from aquatic centres in Parramatta and Pyrmont to early learning centres and a long list of Sydney homes, including Gully House, Surfside House and Plywood House.

On Lunchbox, Skylight House fixes a common problem with Federation and California bungalow homes on Sydney's north shore: poor orientation for natural light and no real connection to the garden. The clients, a family of six, assumed they'd have to go up, but the architects found a more compact and affordable single-level design that draws natural light deep into the house and opens it to the garden.

See Skylight House on Lunchbox below.

Skylight House: Natural Light and Seamless Connection to the Garden

The old house faced the wrong way and missed out on natural light. With the help of a clever skylight, this renovation turns things around…