Fairfield house

This home had a beautiful existing Poinciana tree in the back garden and a pair of clients with young children & a tendency towards exhibition – in response we designed this addition to provide a ‘theatre’ for the drama of growing up in a suburban home in mid inner city subtropical Brisbane. Shantanu Starick Shantanu Starick Shantanu Starick A typical early 20th century Queenslander (the local vernacular) the existing house suffered the usual problems of tacked on additions and uncovered decks that were functionally not very useful & had a poor relation to the outside landscape. The usual design response with a Queenslander is to build in under the home, this was considered but the final design choi... More