Two dedicated climbers, a professor and a gallery owner, teamed up to build a weekend house in the Sydney Blue Mountains area to host fellow climbers and guest artists. The brief they gave was to design a simple one storey, 3-bedroom dwelling, which would contain a sauna for tired climbers, a studio for dedicated artists and a space for entertaining. The brief lead us to the form of the building, which was divided into two parts and connected by a butterfly roof.

Situated in a BAL 29 bushfire zone, the house is clad in tough materials with restrictions around glazing and openings.

Our clients liked the house so much that we are now building The Scriptorium opposite the existing house. A place that allows them to work and rest. The main house was clad in core-ten, the Scriptorium, its dark twin is to be clad in Shou Sugi Ban.

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