The Subiaco Oval Courtyard by Luigi Rosselli Architects

Luigi Rosselli Architects has designed a courtyard garden enclosed that is a magnet for all the rooms and activities of the house; and outdoor room immediately adopted by the family.  The Subiaco neighbourhood have also enthusiastically adopted the new house as the small scale of the pitched rooves, reinvented verandah, and the criss-cross pattern of the recycled brickwork have all been respectful to the early 1900’sintact streetscape of Subiaco, which is one of the best preserved federation period suburbs of Perth.

The interiors reflect the constructive tension between the timeless pitched roof form, the tsraditional timber trusses, the small paned windows and the modern materials such as vertical sun louvres, curved glass, polished concrete and Scandinavian furniture.

The façade is animated by patterns in the recycled brickwork, pitched roof gables and the reinvention of a front verandah.  The project was approved by Subiaco Council with an unusual public ovation, perhaps because of the relief that modern architecture could sit in an historically intact setting without upsetting it.