A suburban Melbourne mansion throws a curve ball with its hemispherical zinc roof and arced concrete walls.
Melbourne-based architecture practice Wood Marsh is known for pushing its singular, site-specific approach. And Towers Road House, a two-storey home in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak, is no exception, as its expressive volume composition and bold manipulation of geometry attest. ‘Our alignment is much more with the visual arts, music and film, with things that we find inspiring,’ explains the firm’s co-director Roger Wood. ‘Our clients liked our work and came to us because they were prepared to take a risk. They certainly didn’t want a facsimile of other peoples’ projects.’
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FLASK FORCE
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SECOND NATURE
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