When I took my son to see the house in the midst of its completion, through his eyes, it unfolded as an endless structure, ‘a house that never ended’ – in his young mind, it appeared as a house stretching far beyond its actual boundaries.
The Toorak House is a study of scale and materiality, enriched by the presence of shadows. Solid glass bricks create a translucent veil upon which to glimpse this tranquil passing of the day and imbue a surreal luster and humility to the surrounds.
A spacious and peaceful family home surrounded by its lush long garden. Like many of our clients, the owners of Long Garden House engaged Bower when they purchased a suburban block to gain space for their growing family.
This renovation to a 100 year old Victorian cottage is located in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Australia. The context is unique in its proximity to an historic brickworks factory that contains striking brick chimneys that form a backdrop to this urban site.
Bellbird House actively preserves this important area of natural habitat within suburbia. It is a house of activity and togetherness, a home where a family can connect with the natural environment and each other.
The Coastal Court House achieves a seven-star energy rating and the design performs well passively in terms of light, temperature control, and natural ventilation.
The Brighton White House achieves an energy rating of over 7 stars and features efficient thermal mass internally effective sun shading and a delightfully simple arrangement of natural ventilation.
This brick and glass extension fits snugly onto the back of a double fronted weatherboard worker’s cottage in Clifton Hill. Designed to capture light from the north, as well as views of an existing bottle brush tree to the south
