Scaling up

SUSTAINABLE, solid materiality gives the owners of this FAMILY HOME a robust backdrop for active daily LIFE.

- Carli Philips

Architect Sarah Bryant is a firm believer that bigger doesn’t necessarily mean better. It’s the ethos of her practice, Bryant Alsop, and this Melbourne home is proof positive that the approach works.

The Edwardian house had been extended in the 1990s, but the addition was awkward and covered in an unappealing lemon-coloured render. The structure was sound, however, so Sarah and her team took great pains to consider what could be retained and reused.