The Toxteth Church Residential Renovation
Friday, January 2, 2009 10:00AM - By Mike Payne
As late as 2003, the Toxteth Church in the Glebe neighborhood of Sydney, Australia was empty, ignored. This 100-year-old chapel rested quietly until it was resurrected by Otto Cserhalmi and Partners, a firm that planned to turn this church into a premier contemporary home. The new Toxteth Church features four bedrooms and baths, a spacious, clean interior with warm hardwoods and plantlife, and a rooftop veranda that merges with the nature of its lot. Otto Cserhalmi and Partners are selling the reclaimed church home for $2.374 million on the market now. [otto cserhalmi via contemporist]
Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:36AM
Very nice but I find the interior unrelieved by any soft items. Can't you already imagine sound waves bouncing off all those hard surfaces? It could become annoying in short order if you have enough people in there and someone playing a radio.
Why not put a large shag rug in that big upper room with the recliner chair? It would soften it up a lot, reduce noise, and eliminate a lot of sunlight/lamp glare. Add some fabric and plants in other areas and this would be even more stunning than it already is.
Phil Payne