Steffen Welsch Architects

House in House

House in House
© Shannon McGrath

HOUSE IN HOUSE

Steffen Welsch Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Shannon Mcgrath

AREA
227 M²

MANUFACTURERS
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (Ash), Sculptform, Adbri, Timber Tech Windows

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Melbourne, Australia

CATEGORY
Houses

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Our designs go beyond the image: we explore ideas of ‘quiet architecture’, informed by Austrian architect Hermann Czech’s interpretation of ‘Architecture as background’.

House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath

Our buildings may go unnoticed at first sight, but reveal themselves gradually and become appreciated over time.

Our House in House follows a paradigm that individual - as structure and as inhabitant - is part of and reflects something bigger.

This idea is manifest in this house through its integration into the street, to the plan layout, building form and the architectural detail.

House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath

The built outcome of the design process may appear coincidental, even banal, but it is the result of a sequence of carefully considered design decisions.

We developed the idea of ‘the house in the house’ through the spatial planning of the site, creating an array of spaces arranged along a central spine.

House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath


House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath
House in House
© Shannon McGrath


House in House
Plan
House in House
Front Elevation
House in House
Axonometric

Steffen Welsch Architects
T +61 417 137242
Steffen Welsch Architects
7/23/25 Gipps St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia