LB 23: SJB — 19 Waterloo Street examines a compact brick and timber house in Surry Hills as SJB's sharpest argument for what crafted, place-specific modernism can achieve within the constraints of Australian urban infill.
About This Book
Part of the AMAG Livret series, this monograph focuses on a single project — SJB's 19 Waterloo Street in Surry Hills, Sydney — as a lens through which to read a broader design philosophy. The house sits in the same neighbourhood as SJB's studio, and that proximity is deliberate: it positions the project as both a test case and a statement of intent. SJB frames compact residential work like this as urban acupuncture — precise interventions that mend, rather than overwhelm, the grain of Australian cities. The book traces the studio's interest in doing more with less: maximising spatial and material quality within tight urban lots, and advocating for a modernism that is efficient without being generic.
Key Features
- 64 pages of project photography, drawings, and critical text focused on 19 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills
- Published by AMAG Publisher
- ISBN: 9789893561799
What You'll Discover
- SJB's concept of urban acupuncture — the idea that small, precise residential infill can repair and reinforce an Australian urban neighbourhood's character
- How brick and timber are deployed not as nostalgic references but as materials calibrated to place, scale, and craft
- The design logic behind maximising spatial quality on a constrained urban lot, reframing limitation as a generative condition
- The relationship between SJB's compact residential work and their larger, more complex projects — and how each mode informs the other
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 64
- Dimensions: 230 x 290 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789893561799
- Publisher: AMAG Publisher
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and students interested in residential infill design, Australian urbanism, and the design arguments behind compact housing in established city neighbourhoods.