Australian interior designers and architects Crone Partners have designed the Good House project. Completed in 2010, the stunning high performance house can be found in a Sandringham, Melbourne, Australia. The Good House was all about creating a home for its occupants; within the relatively tight inner suburban location and restrictive building envelope. A home that not only delivers a warm, beautiful and inviting place to live in; but also a home that allows for growth and change for the family to insert the detail of their changing lives. The project was realized through a series of simple intersecting and overlapping rectangular forms, with each ‘box’ offering a zone within the home. This creates private and shared spaces that flow into one another. This interior is warm and welcoming, but equally sophisticated. The interior is essentially a blank canvas that allows the family to add their personality to each individual space. These modern interior spaces can be opened up and connected or locked down for restricted, intimate use; the rooms cater for the variance of their day-to-day lives. Fresh, clean and bright, every room feels luxurious without being fussy. The sleek kitchen features white, handle-free storage complemented by stainless steel and white enamel appliances. “A timber storage unit clad in “curly birch” defines a spine through the ground floor, adding warmth to the space and creating contrast in a room otherwise decorated in tones of grey and white”
Images courtesy of Derek Swalwell and Peter Clarke.