Glenn Murcutt Butterfly Roof

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Glenn murcutt butterfly roof.

Text taken from the architecture of glenn murcutt and thinking drawing working drawing published by toto japan 2008. 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. It s designed to get the light into the house in winter and provide shading in summer.

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. Architecture awards roof architecture sustainable architecture glen murcutt quonset homes butterfly roof arch house steel roofing australian architecture. 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. The windows received triple glazing and the walls floors and ceilings were refurbished with high density insulation to achieve air tightness.

The butterfly roof is the visiting card of this building. The corrugated iron the big cylindrical water tanks and the shed and garage doors. Pritzker prize winningmurcutt has designed. Heneghan gusheh lassen seyama.

Glenn murcutt glenn and ruth murcutt house woodside south australia 1995 6. See more ideas about glen murcutt architecture architect.