Tower House by Andrew Maynard Architects is a renovation and extension to a weatherboard home located in Alphington, Victoria, Australia. The architects restored the original, two kids’ rooms, a bathroom and living spaces. A studio, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and dining occupy the new part of the house. Tower House is anti-monolith. Tower House is village externally and a home internally. The house defies logic as the exterior appears to be a series of small structures, while internally the spaces and functions are large and connected. Like the Tardis, it’s small on the outside and large internally. Tower House is the result of endless conversations with a trusting, enthusiastic, patient and encouraging client. As homes increase in size they increasingly appear as hostile monoliths. When a home is extended, often the monolith crashes into the original. The later looking like an alien cancerous growth on the former.
