Client: Private
Scale: 250sqm
Completion: In progress
Description:
Importing the ideas behind Torre Guinigi from Lucca in Tuscany to Wilston in Brisbane, this house starts with an entry tower topped by a lookout with views of the city from under the shade of a tree's canopy.
The house then unfolds in stepped terraces down the north-facing hillside site, with a central courtyard between the double-height living spaces and the sleeping & bathing spaces in the rear portion of the house.
Cladding is lightweight, as dictated by town planning regulations, and is anchored off chimney-like heavy brick stacks.