ACUTE HOUSE

Acute House is the transformation of a 'renovator's nightmare' into a compact 21st century family home. The severe limitations of a tiny, very triangular site and the demanding heritage context have resulted in a pointy new wedge of house that is designed to exploit its problems.

The original, and extremely decrepit, Victorian weatherboard cottage had become impossible to inhabit but was well loved by the neighbourhood as well as its new owners.

We tried to retain its weathered character by re-using as much original fabric as possible from warped weatherboards and fence palings to random accumulations such as door knobs, vents and street numbers. Like fragile museum artefacts, these were carefully removed, labelled, stored and re-installed in their original location on a new mount that not only highlights their charms by contrast but allows the house to live again in a new way.

THIS HOUSE IS FOR

👸 + 🤴 + 👦 + 👶 + 🐕

AWARDS

ARTICLES ABOUT ACUTE HOUSE:

• Vertical Living | 2021 | Gestalten | Extreme Site Specific Design

• AEC Cafe | Acute House in Melbourne

• Archinect | Experimenting in Historic Neighbourhoods

• Australia By Design | Ultimate Architectural Statement (TV)

• ARCHI-LAB | Volume 1 | Small House

• Architect AIA (USA) | Acute House

• Urbis | Hot House: The Acute House

• TreeHugger | Wedge-shaped Acute House

• Casa e Jardim Brasil | Casa Triangular Surpreende

• Design Milk | A Jaw-dropping Triangular Shaped House

• Green Magazine | Issue 54 | Past + Present

• Sveriges Arkitekter | Innovativt aterbruk

• Archina | 澳大利亚 Acute House 老房子改造

• AD Germany | Messerscharf: Wohnen auf kleinem Raum

• Catálogodiseño: visibilidad creativa | Casa Aguda

• ArchitectureAU | 2016 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards

• The Vocket | Rumah Tirus Ini Mungkin Yang Paling ‘Cool’ Ada...

• Curbed | Head-Turning "Acute House"

• Gooood | 楔形街角住宅

• LunchBox Architect | Transforming a Renovator's Nightmare

• Web Urbanist | Against All Odd (Shapes)

• New Atlas | Wedge Shaped Family Home

• Fubiz | Surprenant Belle Corner House à Melbourne

• Inhabitat | No space is too awkward for a home

• ArchDaily | The Acute House

• Elle Decor Italia | Come Ristrutturare Casa Quando La Pianta È Difficile

• Designboom | Wedge Shaped Home

• IndesignLive | ArchiTeam's Little Architectural Heroes

• Houses Magazine | PDF | Issue 112 | Acute House

• That Architecture Student | A Pretty Sharp House

• Sydney Morning Herald | A Rare Look Behind Closed Doors

• The Herald Sun Home Magazine | Acute Solution for Albert Park Home Design Challenge

• IndesignLIVE | Open House Melbourne: Not Just the Weekend

• The Weekly Review | Houses That Engage With the Street

• The Herald Sun | Victoria’s Quirkiest Designer Homes

• Re-Thinking the Future | Acute House

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