Article source: Shaun Lockyer Architects

The Browne Street House is a reinterpretation of the Queenslander cottage. It reinvigorates the plan to offer alternatives to how spaces are used. The interplay and juxtaposition of the new and old is through material expression and form, and the cantilevered cottage is a deliberate subversion of the Queenslander paradigm and aims to recalibrate the perception of the house.

Main View (Image Courtesy Aperture)

• Architects: Shaun Lockyer Architects
• Project: Browne Street House
• Location: New Farm, Brisbane, Australia
• Project Team: Shaun Lockyer – Design Principal; Lucy Hyndman – Project Architect; Corinne Bolton – Interiors
• Structural Engineer: Westera Partners
• General Contractor: Focus Build
• Project Year: 2011
• Floor Area: 330m² (all inclusive of indoor, outdoor and garage areas)
• Photographs: Aperture Photography
• Software used: AutoCAD

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