Mount Martha House
The site is a hillside perch with sweeping views of Port Phillip Bay and Melbourne’s distant skyline. A home for a growing family nestled in the landscape, thrown open to its setting; a place of quiet comforts and shared adventures.
Upon arrival, a bare concrete pavilion rises from the brush. It straddles the sunken landscape and conceals the distant view. The sky overhead is a perfect hemisphere, holding everything in place.
Nearby, a steel shroud thrusts from the ground, leading downwards into darkness. Inside the air is cool and footsteps are the only sound. Guided by an ocean breeze, muted sunlight promises release, gilding stair and rail.
Finally emerging, a full and sparkling view of the bay in brightest blue, and a garden courtyard flanked by chambers of quiet retreat. Through open doorways, whispers of shifting blankets and turning pages wash with the shush of the tides.
| Location | Mount Martha |
| Completed | In Development |
| Budget | $4.5m |
| Details | See site sketch |
Fifty Fifty
Partly inspired by the original 1950s home, partly by the modernist Case Study houses of the same decade. 1950s meets 1950s. About half of each. We’re talking fifty-fifty vision. That’s sharp.Murrumbeena
Fifty Fifty
, that's sharp.
Silver Lining
If every storm cell has a silver lining, it’s that the girls have tired of sodden socks and finally agreed to join us up here in our fancy new living room. The fridge is here too, which can’t have hurt. From where I’m sitting, I can see the weather overhead through the high window. I can also see across the park to where a young family are stranded on the play equipment. If they could get themselves afloat on one of those bright plastic tubes, I reckon I could chuck a rope over and pull them in.Silver Lining
, everybody needs an ark.
Together Apart
Where once they shared a womb, now they share a room; twin girls needing their own space, yet wanting to stay close too.Hawthorn