Glenn Murcutt Butterfly Roof

A slender translucent roof overhangs this year s mpavilion which australian architect glenn murcutthas installed in melbourne s queen victoria gardens.

Glenn murcutt butterfly roof.

The corrugated iron the big cylindrical water tanks and the shed and garage doors. Gallery roof the done house by glenn murcutt. It s designed to get the light into the house in winter and provide shading in summer. Pritzker prize winningmurcutt has designed.

Text taken from the architecture of glenn murcutt and thinking drawing working drawing published by toto japan 2008. The windows received triple glazing and the walls floors and ceilings were refurbished with high density insulation to achieve air tightness. Sited on a vast coastal plain 155 miles from sydney this house elaborates on schemes murcutt had developed in previous projects such as triple layered exterior walls and rainwater collecting systems while adding a distinctive butterfly roof that improves ventilation and daylight inside the residence. See more ideas about glen murcutt architecture architect.

The design aspect has allowed the house to be entirely one room in width so that glenn s unique system of cross ventilation can operate throughout the house. Heneghan gusheh lassen seyama. Glenn murcutt glenn and ruth murcutt house woodside south australia 1995 6. In a house that he designed for himself in south australia murcutt used many of the architectural elements that are familiar in the country he loves.

The gallery roof is a butterfly roof so that water is collected in the middle and runs down to the rooftop garden. The external sun blinds are adjustable to control the amount of sunlight reaching the art gallery below.