Butterfly House

Butterfly House is a careful exploration of light, volume and material, resulting in an award-winning model for multigenerational living. The two-bedroom house offers a series of volumes that converge into a generous open-plan living space, defined by inverted ‘butterfly’ roof forms expressed through exposed larch beams.

The spaces are unified through a restrained material palette. Polished concrete floors and soft clay plaster walls tie the spaces together, allowing the ceiling forms to be the focus. In contrast to the dark, charred timber exterior, the interior finishes bring a muted, calm mood to the home – a refined backdrop to the warm rich tones of the larch and oak joinery.