Yeronga House

This brand-new family home is both luxe and low-key, designed to capture city skyline views, traverse sloped terrain and filter the bright Brisbane sun. Bringing together complex needs of the physical space and the family’s changing needs over time makes this a considered and interesting home. My approach was to take a contemporary spin on the historic Queenslander. A layered approach sees the heart of the home – kitchen and living areas – on the middle level, with kids’ bedrooms and play zones on the level below and a parents’ retreat on the level above. Everyone has their place. The interiors throughout are robust and calm, with small injections of soft colour and tone. Openings draw light and air into the home, while city vistas are harnessed, and views to the neighbours are screened through dense battening. Complex planning requirements meant that the home needed to be contained within a set envelope. This led to opportunities to create varying floor levels, volumes and pitched ceilings. The sloped site created three levels, effectively split into six levels, which means spaces are constantly revealed as one walks through the home.