Leonard’s Hill Victoria, Australia
(Lovell Burton Architecture)
A lightweight adaptation of a rural brick bungalow within a bushfire zone with
Lovell Burton Architecture, the new extension hangs between two anchoring masonry walls. The building’s simplified gable roof form slides across the top of the masonry, projecting outward into the landscape as if a kind of telescopic lens. A homogenous band of hardwood timber wraps the rectangular form. On the northern facade, the opaque envelope morphs into
operable, battened screens that provide protection
to large, glazed openings. Within the extension, a series of suspended blades give distinction to separate programs, while the ground plane retains the fluidity of an open plan arrangement. Category Built, Residential