Kiama Terraces ELK Architecture South Coast

01 — Selected work

Kiama Terraces

Fourteen dwellings arranged around a shared north-facing court.

Brief: A local developer required a medium-density scheme that would gain support from council and neighbours, at a delivery cost that stayed within a conventional builder's capability.
Site: A consolidated corner holding on the edge of an established low-scale neighbourhood, with a fall of four metres north to south and a heritage-listed cottage opposite.
Response: Fourteen terraces in four broken runs, each capped at two storeys with recessed upper levels along the neighbour boundary. Parking is tucked under the fall, freeing the court for planting rather than pavement.
Outcome: Approved without objection at the first determination. Every dwelling has northern living space and direct access to the shared court, and the scheme reads as houses from the street.