An interior, custom-made steel staircase with floating treads and a minimal handrail, lead to the roof deck above.
The sharp ridgeline and soaring soffit reference a tent-like experience in an architecturally elegant way.
The trip from garage to first floor is through a wood-clad spiral staircase that resembles a giant slatted barrel.
At street level, the wooden garage door opens its toothed maw.
A sculptural staircase elegantly brings visitors down to an additional gallery space.
Full of bohemian soul, the heritage neighborhood of Fitzroy in Melbourne is known as a real estate hot spot. But rather than capitalize on their block and exploit a vacant garden east of their property, the family of four who own King Bill decided to create a new pocket park to bring more greenery to the streetscape. When it came time to renovate their double-story terrace home, the owners sought out local studio Austin Maynard Architects—a firm known for its sustainable ethos—who incorporated the empty garden to the east, and an old stable at the rear, to the new floor plan. A large, curved, sliding wall separates the master bathroom from an open net lounge area above the study.
The previous owners had created the duplex by linking two apartments with a spiral staircase. A pendant lamp by Muuto now overlooks the staircase, which has been reinvigorated with a new birch plywood surround. The material is a unifying motif: The shelves and cabinets designed by Delaunay, including those in the kitchen, are made of it.
Chickens foraging in an enclosed garden with vertical planters.
Cole worked with two landscape companies, Sydney Organic Gardens and Pepo Botanic Design, to create the plant and vegetable gardens and other permaculture features.
Upstairs, a breezeway is used as a workspace. Metal and glass louvers by Maxim bring light and air into the master bathroom.
A cylindrical glass staircase with Western red cedar and painted steel mullions dominates the front of the house. The stair treads, along with the floor, are made of recycled spotted gum.
A counterweight pulley system makes easy work of lifting the large glazed walls flanking the courtyard. Brick walls extend from the home's interior out into the courtyard.
