Terabithia House’s metal roof looks like a butterfly about to take flight. An oculus opens cheekily like an eye, throwing light on the pool below. Behind this dramatic and playful facade, an airy home unfolds downhill, drinking in light and views. Jade-tinted lattice makes this family haven delightfully private from every angle.
Entering via an intimate courtyard garden, the multilevel living spaces immerse you in the Northbridge panorama. Beside you, the pool sparkles under the oculus and two semi-circular roof cutouts, which invite you to look skyward. At night, the oculus glows with strip lighting, floating over swimmers like a halo.
The home’s circular signature softens its practical lines, humanising the disciplined architectural language to bring balance, lightness and transcendence. Outside, it’s present in the circular windows and roof openings, curved roof and brickwork and barrel-shaped custom mailbox. Inside, it forms the kitchen bench, cabinet handles and the bathrooms’ round mirrors and orb lights. It’s wittily elaborated in the pool’s cylindrical steam room, with its penny round tiles and another oculus shedding light through a sky tube in the ceiling. Most breathtakingly, it’s embodied in the bright yellow triple-height spiral stair that coils through the living space.
The home is energy self-sufficient with a 13.28-kilowatt photovoltaic solar energy system and two rainwater tanks with a total capacity of 10,000 litres. The kitchen bench, stair treads and hardwood flooring are made of recycled timber. Energy-efficient hydronic underfloor heating and cooling ensures year-round comfort.