Modern living room with a large window, sliding glass door leading outside, white sofa, brick wall with a small window, fireplace with firewood, minimalist decor, and a patterned rug.

Courtyard House

Yarraville, Melbourne

Status: Completed

Photography by Glenn Hester

Rear extension to a single fronted house in Yarraville.

Briefed to be double the size of the existing house, this was taken literally, mirroring the existing house in scale and form into the backyard. The extension was simplified to contrast the existing heritage house and took on a shed-like form and materiality, something more industrial and striped back. A courtyard was then cut out of this form, opening the house up to the north but also making the outside one of the ‘rooms’ in the new living wing.

Project team:
Sarah Lake

Featured in:

Habitus Living article

Herald Sun article

Lunchbox Architect article

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