Hill

Hill House Kitchen Bench detail birdseye view of marble counter with a grey and orange vein

Hill House side shot of kitchen bench stools in a light timber with a light tan seat black pendant lights above

Hill house dining space timber joinery, timber dining table and leather tan chairs in the foreground

Hill House hallway with colourful artwork and travertine floors

Hill House living room, stone coloured sofa, pink velvet armchair in the foreground with colourful artwork and travertine floors

Hill House Entry travertine wall with dark wine coloured console and big vase of pink florals

Hill House staircase curved rendered balustrade with metal handle. one large indigenous work of blue, pink and white and second colourful abstract artwork. Big glass Smokey grey pendant

Sculptural curved staircase with a dark timber handrail, white walls and vibrant abstract artwork in a contemporary interior.

Sculptural white stairwell with curved architectural forms, a skylight and contemporary glass globe chandelier.

Hill House pink bathroom - purple, pink and cream stone vanity. Circular mirror

Hill House pink bathroom - purple, pink and cream stone vanity.

Hill house formal dining room artwork of a landscape with a blue console below

Hill house formal dining room. Light green velvet dining chairs with a dark timber dining table. Glass bubble pendant above

Luxury bedroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, layered purple and blue bedding, and panoramic harbour and city views.

Contemporary bedroom seating area with deep purple chaise lounge, abstract artwork, sheer curtains and a sculptural side table.

Sculptural purple glass side table beside a velvet chaise, styled with purple flowers and overlooking a sunlit harbour.

Hill house primary bedroom WIR in dark timber

Contemporary balcony lounge with blue patterned cushions overlooking panoramic harbour and city skyline views at sunset.

Close-up of a blue and purple mosaic stone coffee table styled with glassware.

Perched high on a Sydney hillside, this forever home unfolds around its steeply sloping site, revealing the city skyline and harbour foreshore gradually as you move through the house. Designed for a family of six, the topography, once a constraint, became the project's great asset: a constantly shifting outlook that is never static, yet never allowed to upstage the life within.

The architecture itself carries a classic European inflexion, and Decus answered it in kind in the interiors - layering timeless materials with moments of personality and warmth. Solid timber, solid stone and large-format travertine run throughout the home, with woven bronze mesh and travertine slab doors announcing the entry. Furnishings are kept deliberately light and almost translucent, using linens and silks, so that the view remains the protagonist rather than a backdrop. The interiors are fresh: a palette of blue, green and grey, sharpened by hits of mustard and pink.

Light floods every corner. In the stairwell, a five-metre organic pendant echoes the architect's sculptural staircase, while the curved, bronze-banded dining room stages a sculptural Christoph Delcourt table beneath a pair of Gallotti e Radice pendants, hung like two beautiful earrings. The result is playful and enduring - a house luxurious enough for a lifetime, yet lived in fully and warmly without a trace of preciousness.

Hill is built on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.

Build Critharis
Architect Luigi Rosselli
Photography Anson Smart
Landscape Tropic of Sydney

Collaborators include Enth Degree Projects World Stone Granite Marble Works CDK Stone Candana Simple Studio Winnings DeDeCe Euroluce Est Lighting Articolo Whitecliffe Armadillo Ondene Cult Design Jardan Society Limonta