Designed to decompress.

Conceived by architect Nicholas Tang in collaboration with award-winning builder and developer Dallad, the newly completed residence sits in a high setting, with sweeping outlooks stretching across Cooper Valley toward the city skyline and Centrepoint Tower. Yet despite its scale, technology and precision, the defining quality of the home is a feeling of restraint and nourishment.

The architecture unfolds in sequences - sculptural curves giving way to skylit voids, warm stone offset against Venetian plaster, and expansive glazing calibrated to frame landscape rather than dominate it. The result feels less like a statement residence and more like a private retreat that just happens to exist within one of Sydney’s most tightly held postcodes.

Wellness, here, is not decorative. It is structural, an integral part of the design, and it invites you to partake.

A full level of the home has been dedicated to physical and mental restoration: a gym wrapped in terracotta tones, sauna, plunge bath, spa and relaxation zones positioned beneath the remarkable glass-bottom swimming pool above. Elsewhere, a private cinema, integrated automation systems, lift access and layered entertaining spaces speak to a home also designed generational longevity.

“Double Bay is one of Sydney’s most premium suburbs, and we felt the home should reflect that by delivering the highest level of lifestyle, comfort and amenity possible,” Dallad director Alistair Jones says.

“The goal was to create a residence that not only feels prestigious architecturally, but also genuinely enhances the everyday wellbeing and experience of the people living within it.”

That philosophy informed the project from the earliest stages. Rather than treating wellness as an addition or afterthought, the spaces were embedded directly into the planning and circulation of the home itself.

“We intentionally positioned the wellness spaces separately from the upper living areas to create a genuine sense of retreat within the home,” Alistair says. “That separation helps create calmness, privacy and a feeling of escape.”

The distinction is subtle but important. Unlike many high-end homes where amenity risks becoming performative, the spaces here feel deeply usable - integrated into everyday rituals rather than reserved for spectacle.

That same intentionality carries through Nicholas Tang’s architecture.

“Our work is guided by a deep exploration of light, volume and spatial experience,” Nicholas says. “This design is shaped around the movement of natural light through the home.”

Large skylights draw daylight through the central stair void, connecting the dramatic double-height eastern entry with western views over the valley. Curved forms soften transitions between rooms, while ceiling heights expand and compress rhythmically throughout the interiors to create moments of pause and release.

“Subtle curved forms gently articulate the entry sequence,” Nicholas says, “creating a refined transition between walls and ceilings while lending the architecture a sense of calm elegance and fluidity.”

The material palette mirrors that restraint. Arabascato marble, limestone and copper appear throughout the home, though never excessively. Instead, textures are layered carefully against neutral tones and natural light.

“The palette was selected to create a refined, contemporary and timeless canvas,” Nicholas explains. “Natural limestone introduces softness and quiet elegance, providing a subtle counterpoint to the richness and warmth of the copper detailing.”

At the rear of the home, the landscape falls away toward an infinity-edge pool that appears suspended above the valley. Water spills over the edge toward dense greenery below, while a floating day bed extends outward like a private resort pavilion. From inside the gym beneath, filtered light refracts through the glass-bottom pool overhead - a detail of cinematic drama.

Yet even here, the architecture remains connected to the landscape rather than imposed upon it.

“The rear gardens cascade gently down the site toward the pool,” Nicholas says, “creating a seamless visual transition between architecture, water and the sweeping vista beyond.”

Landscape design by Apex Studios reinforces that sense of retreat. Greenery wraps terraces and outdoor spaces with softness, balancing the clean geometry of the architecture with a more organic calm.

For Alistair, the home also reflects something increasingly evident across Sydney’s upper-end market - a shift away from pure prestige and toward homes that genuinely support wellbeing.

“Buyers at this level are no longer simply looking for size or luxury alone,” he says. “They want spaces that enhance the way they live, entertain, recharge and disconnect from the pace of everyday life.”

That mindset feels especially relevant in Double Bay, where harbourfront glamour increasingly intersects with a quieter, more wellness-oriented approach to luxury living. From Redleaf Beach to the village’s wine bars, cafés and harbour walks, the suburb has evolved into something softer and more liveable than its reputation once suggested.

The home features high-end appointments to match its craftsmanship - the Austrian Loxone automation, V-Zug steam ovens, Wolf appliances, integrated sound systems and Barduva lift - leaving a lasting impression that’s emotionally all-encompassing.

With technology and wellness embedded quietly into everyday life, instinctive privacy, and effortless entertaining capabilities, this is architecture, landscape and ritual coming together to create something increasingly rare in luxury residential design: calm.

View the listing: 41 Carlotta Road, Double Bay