Caravanserai, French Island
Lai Cheong Brown · 2015
Projects / Project
Borrowed Sky
An inward-looking courtyard house frames the sky using familiar brick-veneer construction and a tiled roof.
The planted courtyard framed by dark timber walls and glazing.
- Practice
- Lai Cheong Brown
- Year
- 2023
- Photographer
- Jaime Diaz-Berrio Photography
The project
Lai Cheong Brown explored a courtyard house as an alternative to the familiar freestanding suburban home. Borrowed Sky looks inward towards an enclosed outdoor space, framing the sky through its own elevations rather than relying on a distant landscape view.
The project uses common brick-veneer construction and roof tiles to support a less conventional plan. Its courtyard arrangement also challenged thermal modelling systems designed around more centralised building forms. Smart Building Concepts is credited as builder.
A dark bathroom vanity beneath a broad mirrored cabinet.
The recessed timber entrance between pale brick walls.
The kitchen beside a glazed courtyard door.
The open kitchen and living space overlook a timber deck.
Credits
- Architect
- Lai Cheong Brown
- Builder
- Smart Building Concepts
- Photographer
- Jaime Diaz-Berrio Photography
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