Exploring an Extraordinary Sub-Tropical Modern Architecture Garden Home (House Tour)
Exploring an Extraordinary Sub-Tropical Modern Architecture Garden Home (House Tour)
By creating a sub-tropical modern architecture garden home, Justin Humphrey Architects employs concrete, timber, dark tones and green life to respond to the client’s brief. Desiring a family home that was equal parts building and garden, the clients needed a home that could provide privacy and areas for entertaining. Handling the combination of public and private spaces with ease, the architect has also challenged the traditional entrance sequence of the home. From its exterior, Cove House strikes a formidable presence, yet with its singular floating plane roof and plant life, Cove House establishes itself as a modern architecture garden home.
To create a modern architecture garden home, the architect has offset the concrete and dark tones of the exterior with warm timber battens to soften the entrance. Starting the house tour, the green landscape spine runs down the centre of the home, separating the public entry and the private living spaces. Additionally, the green spine guides guests towards the rear of the home, where the living and entertainment spaces are situated. Contributing to the interior design of the Cove House, concrete and timber are combined to establish a flowing effect from outside in, honouring the client’s appreciation of climate-responsive materials and architecture.
Answering the client’s love of boating and water, Cove House embraces open plan living and joins with the natural reserve, Coomera Island, which sits opposite the home. By opening the rear glass doors, the owners can increase the entertaining size onto the back deck and the passion pit – a curved lounging area that embraces outside living. Providing the clients with a space to grow into, the modern architecture garden home also offers privacy from its neighbours on either side.
Following critical passive design principles for the modern architecture garden home, the large roof-span provides wide-set eaves that protect from rain, provide deep shade during summer and curate cool breezes through the home. Additionally, the natural stone floor and concrete were employed as a thermal mass element to help regulate the home’s temperature all year round. As the house ages, Justin Humphrey Architects has specifically chosen the material palette to influence an alternative approach to address the natural climate setting.
00:00 – Introduction to the Extraordinary Garden Home
00:11 – The Architect’s Favourite Aspects
00:40 – A Queensland Location
01:08 – The Well-Travelled Clients and their Desire for Sub-Tropical Modern Architecture
01:26 – A Strong Form and Sense of Materiality
01:48 – A Walkthrough of the Home and its Materials
02:29 – The Spine of the Home
03:00 – The Owners
03:20 – A Response to Natural Light
03:39 – Accommodating for Entertaining
03:56 – Implementing Passive Design Principles
04:50 – Seeing the Clients Grow into the Home
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Photography by Andy Macpherson
Architecture and Interior Design by Justin Humphrey Architects
Build by BJ Millar Constructions.
Landscape by Dan Deshon Landscaping.
Structural Engineering by NGS Engineers.
Filmed and Edited by Dan Preston.
Production by The Local Project.
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So beautiful. It became one of my favorite house 👏
I love this home! I love the Cove house! Smart design yet nature feels. Thanks Local Project! 😎💖
One of the most beautiful designs I’ve ever seen, exquisitely to watch. 😍
Gorgeous! I love the fact that it rear opens up to a deck that sits right on the waterway.
Phenomenal!❤
Gosh this is such a beauty
Amazing job! Just beautiful!
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Snakes would love that …………
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The steady rhythm of rain on the roof
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This is absolutely gorgeous and looks so peaceful!
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it looks so cozy and well define material used.
I would love to see a time lapse of the build- from design, and start to finish
Simple and stunning i love it
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That’s cool looking house! But didn’t get much of it…
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How do you stop the rain from pouring in?
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I’ve seen many homes with the indoor / outdoor spaces and they are just fantastic. The owner of the property is so lucky to live there( although I’m sure she worked hard for it)
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Truly, it’s a place where modern luxury meets the tranquility of the natural world, offering a sanctuary for mind, body, and soul. 🍃
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I love your projects and the videos, but the music is always too loud and drowns out the person talking about their project. Maybe just me. Keep up the good work.
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Interesting that she buys into a “community” and then says “it feels like we have no neighbours”. Because you built a FORTRESS from boundary to boundary.
Que casa linda!!!!
How the other half-lives, eh?
Looks like haunted house😅
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I want to live on this house 😍
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What’s the roof material?
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