Mont Albert B&W House

by Ben Callery Architects

The Mont Albert B&W House is a modern contemporary home of open spaces and natural light.

This house was the result of a collaboration between the home owner; who is also the owner of Sam Egan Gardens, their bespoke cabinet maker Cantilever Interiors and designers Ben Callery Architects.

The client; a family of four, including two horticulturalists with a landscape design, construction and maintenance business, wanted to owner-build the project, in order to create a modern contemporary home filled with plenty of light and open spaces.

Designers were given the amazing opportunity to create many unique spaces which would compliment and accentuate all of the elements associated with each area of the house.

The addition is an elegant and compact L-shaped plan with the Kitchen at the knuckle, the Dining space to the north side opening onto an outdoor entertaining area and Living at the rear overlooking the sort of beautiful lawn that only horticulturalists have.

A raking roof lifts up over a north-facing clerestory window to bring light and warmth deep into the house. The restrained palette of materials is all black and white except for the plywood roof and timber windows framed in timber. The raking ceiling and corner ‘bay’ window pull light in from the side and connect the occupant with the environment.

As with the key elements in the cabinetry, these architectural elements are accentuated and the warm timber glows in the natural light against the backdrop of black, white and of course the horticulturalists’ green.

Photography by Tatjana Plitt

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