Suburban LIFE
Grand Designs Australia|Issue #10.6 2022
With big ideas and a limited budget, this family bungalow was reconfigured and reoriented through a clever manipulation of the roofline
KARSHA GREEN
Suburban LIFE

DETAILS

HOUSE Bungalow 8 House

LOCATION Coburg, Vic

DATE COMMENCED May 2015

DATE COMPLETED March 2020

WE LOVE

THE WAY THE TRIANGULAR ADDITION, STONE FLOORING AND TIMBER CLADDING CONTINUE FROM INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES TO CREATE SEAMLESS FLOW BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTS

bungalows make a great family home, but a lot of the traditional designs lack connection to natural light and exterior environments that most modern Australian families desire. With a limited budget and big goals, Splinter Society Architecture transformed Bungalow 8 House into a comfortable family home that enjoys the simple pleasures of domestic architecture.

“Addressing the lack of connection to the garden and the missing northerly aspect, making the home more sustainable and creating larger family/entertaining spaces were the key aspects of the brief,” says director of Splinter Society Architecture, Chris Stanley. “Beyond that, there were layers of influence our clients desired that related to their personal tastes, including an interest in Japanese design.”

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