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GRAY HOUSE

ELWOOD

GRAY HOUSE

Gray House is 2 residences expressed as a single house. It is a 21st century interpretation of ‘house-ness’ epitomized by the 1920s Arts + Crafts houses typical of this area.

The most outstanding feature of these houses are their roofs - spectacularly huge and heavy roof ‘mountains’ – carrying with them rich associations of warmth, protection, private retreat and a quality of ‘house-ness’ rarely achieved by other periods of housing. The upper storey is designed as a large roof or ‘inhabited attic’ type element over a low and heavy base with windows and balconies recessed into the roof and peeping out under roof ‘flaps’ typical of these ‘attic villas’

Photographs: OOF! architecture

THIS HOUSE IS FOR

🏠1 - 🤴 + 👦 + 👧

🏠2 - 👸 + 🤴 + 👦 + 👧

AWARDS:

2005 | City of Port Phillip Design and Development Awards
Winner | Best New Development: 2-4 Units

2005 | ArchiTeam Awards | Commendation | Built Work: Large


DESIGN TEAM

Architect: Fooi-Ling Khoo
Planning + Heritage: Fooi-Ling Khoo
Structural Engineer: Meyer Consulting Group
Building Surveyor: Anthony Middling & Associates

CONSTRUCTION TEAM

Builder: Owner Builder

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