Yarra House / Bryant Alsop Architects
Originally designed by mid-century architect Geoffrey Danne in the early 1950s for his family, Yarra house was purchased in 2021 by architects Sarah and Richard Bryant as their own family home.
Originally designed by mid-century architect Geoffrey Danne in the early 1950s for his family, Yarra house was purchased in 2021 by architects Sarah and Richard Bryant as their own family home.
The challenge was to transform a somewhat dated 1980s compact house into a sophisticated, bush-inspired family residence suitable for a lockdown environment and beyond, accommodating a family of six.
Located at the end of a dead-end street, Xavier house breaks away from its neighbourhood context by eliminating a front fence – a simple gesture that allows the site to spatially appropriate well beyond its title boundaries.
The Brooks House required a full scale renovation, and 2-storey addition to create a cozy family-home in the inner east of Melbourne. Indoor – outdoor living using the abundance of natural light in this combined area.
Set on approx. 400 acres of open tableland, Bryant Alsop carefully considered the beauty of the nature’s canvas and seasonal weather extremes when siting a contemporary ranch house from which the owners could run their working cattle farm and enjoy semi-retirement.
Presented with an Edwardian house wrapped in a stoic 1990s renovation, the conversation quickly turned to what to keep, re-use or remove. The natural response was to demolish and start again, but with strong bones
This old Victorian style house now has been given a new life as a contemporary family home that embraces and celebrates its past and future. This boom-time terrace in Melbourne’s inner north under-took a significant overhaul as the internal spaces were opened up to create connection and flow throughout an a previously internal and dark Victorian interior.
he journey through the Glen Isla house takes visitors along a timber-clad wall punctuated by slot windows framing views to the garden. The interior scheme of the ground floor reflects the formal materiality – solid, grounded concrete terraces and rendered block balanced with polished-concrete screed floors and charcoal coloured ceilings.