Drew Heath Architects

Drew Heath is a Sydney architect and builder. His Lunchbox project, Tír na nÓg, is his own home in McMahons Point, just three kilometres from the city centre.

Arrive blindfolded and you might think you had been taken to a secluded jungle, or a film set. The renovated workers cottage is wrapped in lush foliage, natural timbers and an open-air feel, and the only giveaways that you are in Sydney are glimpses of a terrace house or a passing car through the creepers. Inspired by the overgrown ruins of Angkor Wat, the house uses courtyards, internal gardens, pergolas and battened screens to blur the boundary between inside and out.

See Tír na nÓg on Lunchbox below.

Tír na nÓg: Jungle House Inspired by Angkor Wat Blurs Indoors and Outdoors

If you arrived at this house blindfolded, you might assume you were in a secluded jungle house. But you're actually just 3km from the heart of Sydney!