Bardon House by bureau proberts

Photographer: © Alicia Taylor Photography

Liam Proberts, Managing and Creative Director of award-winning Brisbane-based architectural practice bureau^proberts, has designed his family home.

• The house is situated on a wide, ridge-top block in the hilly Brisbane suburb of Bardon (within 5km of the CBD), falling steeply due-north to a tree reserve.
• The design is grounded in – and strongly connected to – the landscape and characteristics of its sloping site.
• A seamless connection with the landscape is expressed throughout the house, and proliferates from the entryway to an internal courtyard on the main living level.
• The materials and textured screening draw on its context as a “Queenslander” home, referencing the traditional hip and gable roofs, and exposed timber framing of this form.
• Liam’s understanding of subtropical living and passion for the Queensland architectural vernacular stems from his childhood, growing up in the tin and timber cottages of inner-city Brisbane, in the suburb of Spring Hill.

Bureau Proberts

Photographer: © Alicia Taylor Photography