{"id":7040,"date":"2026-04-12T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=7040"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:26:29","slug":"ian-moore-architects-transforms-sydney-pub-into-house-with-wall-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/ian-moore-architects-transforms-sydney-pub-into-house-with-wall-of-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Moore Architects transforms Sydney pub into house with “wall of light”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian studio Ian Moore Architects<\/a> has transformed a 19th-century pub<\/a> in Sydney<\/a> into The Corner House, a home<\/a> with a rear wing clad in glass bricks<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located in the inner-city suburb of Surry Hills, the project involved the adaptive reuse of the heritage building to create a three-bedroom house.<\/p>\n

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Ian Moore Architects has transformed an old pub in Sydney into a house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bookending a row of Victorian terrace houses, the building was originally constructed in 1869 as a public house called The Moore Park Hotel. It was converted into a grocery store in 1921, before becoming a corner store in the 1960s, which remained until 2022.<\/p>\n

Ian Moore Architects<\/a> has now converted the project into a home, fittingly named The Corner Store, which celebrates the building’s original design while having a contemporary extension.<\/p>\n

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A steel frame and glass-brick facade were added to the existing structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Due to The Corner House’s location in a Heritage Conservation Area, the local council requested that any additions or changes be clearly distinct from the building’s original architecture.<\/p>\n

One of the main changes was to repair its brick shell, which was in a delicate condition. It has been supported with a steel portal frame that doubles as the structure for the extension.<\/p>\n

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The main living areas and kitchen are on the lower level of the house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The major issue was that the building was collapsing into the street,” principal architect Ian Moore told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“There was an outward lean to the walls of up to 300 millimetres, which required urgent stabilisation,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“We wished to retain not only the original building but also the cultural heritage associated with it in the local community.”<\/p>\n

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A central courtyard facilitates natural light and air flow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The steel framework extends underneath the original facade, all the way to the back of the site, where it is encased in translucent glass bricks, marking the distinction between the new and old architecture.<\/p>\n

The modern addition is set back slightly from the rest of the street, allowing the heritage structure to remain front and centre.<\/p>\n

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The flooring is a mix of oak and terrazzo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“This makes for a particularly dramatic sight at night,” said Moore. “Illuminated from within, the glass bricks form a wall of light.”<\/p>\n

As part of the project, the studio also removed additions to the building made in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n