This project is a renovation to a modernist house on a steeply sloping site overlooking trees and Yarra river flats.

The existing and new portions of the house remain as distinct parts, linked by landscaped courtyards and roof gardens. The new pavilion takes cues from the modernist roots of the existing house, a minimalist but sculpted interpretation in concrete and glass. Thick wedges of concrete anchor the house to the site, offset by walls of fine lined glass to create a house that feels at once permeable and grounded.