Our innate desire for connection materialises in many forms, as simple as an unspoken gesture, or in this case, as concrete as a family home. Once an empty corner block in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, today this truly singular post-modernist residence vibrates with an esoteric energy that connects its inhabitants to each other, to their loved ones and to the natural environment.
When the owners, a couple with two teenagers, engaged Seidler Group to design their new home, they insisted that the architecture shouldn’t conform to the local suburban vernacular and, secondly, that it should showcase timber. For architect Luke Seidler, their desire to diverge from the residential context emboldened a design that referenced Brighton’s iconic bayside surrounds instead. On a more holistic level, Luke says “the client was…
