Wrightmann House

Practice
Athfield Architects Limited

Category
Housing

Location
Canterbury

The brief called for a home that doubles as a private art gallery. The architectural solution deftly balances public and private space, announcing itself via a pared-back white gable form cantilevering over a black fence. The fence line was pulled back from the site boundary to create a public space; a tiny pocket park on this suburban street. Living spaces hang from the central corridor in an offset grid, with rooms designed around a series of specimen trees to create ‘pavilions in the garden’. Internally, natural light is carefully curated and corralled across walls that hero the owners’ extensive art collection.

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