The Thornbury House is a low cost, compact family home set within a quiet, inner-suburban context. The design is underpinned by its playful roof form which references its surrounding context and is stretched and pulled to accommodate a double story residence in what appears to be a single story dwelling.

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Architects: BENT Architecture

Location: Thornbury, Australia

Porject Team: Paul Porjazoski, Alice Davies, Merran Porjazoski

Area: 176.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Tatjana Plitt

Builder: Poles-A-Part Design and Construction P/L

Structural Engineer: I.W.Scott and Associates P/L

Site Area: 475 m2
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Text description provided by the architects. The Thornbury House is a low cost, compact family home set within a quiet, inner-suburban context. The design is underpinned by its playful roof form which references its surrounding context and is stretched and pulled to accommodate a double story residence in what appears to be a single story dwelling.

© Tatjana Plitt

The project is firmly embedded in the scale, materiality, and form of its context both in its overall expression and detailing. The building references and reinterprets the roof forms and lightweight cladding of adjoining properties. The pitched roof form is immediately recognizable as a distorted version of neighboring roofs. Where adjacent properties empl...