20 Campbell Drive Wahroonga NSW 2076
20 Campbell Drive is rare Pettit+Sevitt design from the mid 1960s that speaks of an international modernist lineage. The MkV, or Two-Storey MkV, as is is sometimes referred to was the largest and most expensive Pettit+Sevitt model available from the period. Although the plan was one of the most highly aspirational designs, the price meant only a handful were ever built. Today, we can evidence no more than fifteen surviving examples across NSW and ACT, and few of these houses offer so many of the key original features.
Approaching the house, one is struck by the timeless, simple elegance of the design – a modernist cube protected by a wide overhanging roof, allowing for winter sun and protecting from the summer sun. A rare piece of architecture in the suburbs – a very special modern house.
