Woolley House

Ken Woolley's own split-level family house, Mosman, Sydney (1962), the classic of the Sydney School.

Core Features

• Steps down a steep, bush-covered hillside on staggered garden terraces.
• Built of clinker brick, western red cedar, tallowwood and Canadian pine on a modular grid.
• Won the RAIA Wilkinson Award in 1962 and both state and national Enduring Architecture Awards in 2022.

Architectural Connections

• Ken Woolley: Sydney School's leading practitioner.
• Residential: architect's own house.
• Australian: heritage-listed, NSW register since 2001.

Related Elements & Sites

Terrace (element), Cedar (material), Brick (material)