Sam Crawford Architects

Sam Crawford Architects is a Sydney-based studio in Newtown known for beautiful, liveable homes as well as thoughtful, people-focused public and urban projects. For more than 20 years it has designed houses, community buildings and public spaces that balance creativity with practicality, grounded in listening, collaboration and care.

The practice listens to clients, helps them define their needs, and delivers creative design solutions to budget. It works across residential, multi-residential, heritage and adaptive reuse, education, child care, community and public buildings, parks and urban design, and has led projects of up to $30 million in construction value. Its experience includes navigating council, heritage issues, public procurement and community consultation.

On Lunchbox, Cooper House reworks a 1980s addition to a heritage-listed home in Bronte into a bright, open living space on a modest budget, while Waverley House shows how the studio can guide a renovation while its owners live overseas.

See Cooper House and Waverley House on Lunchbox below.

A Tumble of Rooms in a 1980s Extension Becomes a Bright Living Area

A disorganised and poorly oriented extension to the rear of heritage listed home is reconfigured into a beautiful open-plan space.

Could You Live Overseas During the Construction of Your Home?

With a good architect, much of the stress of building can be alleviated. This home was renovated while the owners were overseas!