Queenslander home
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Project • By Tim Bennetton Architects • Private Houses
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
News • News • 16 Sep 2022
Phoenix House by Harley Graham Architects becomes a metaphor for a personal rebuild
Situated in an old part of Byron, Australia, an early 1900s Queenslander home became filled with water and significantly destroyed by southerly storms. In undertaking a repair and renovation the resulting Phoenix House became a metaphor for the architect’s personal rebuild with a team of engineering, landscape designers, and contractors rising alongside Harley Graham Architects to the challenge.
Andy MacPherson
Stripped back, with non-rotting components retained and reassembled, the project is described by the architect as a ‘sustainable jigsaw puzzle’ of sorts. Old casement windows were transformed into kitchen splashbacks, dark rich teak decking used to clad bedroom walls, and so on.
Andy MacPherson
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