The Kite House by Architecture Architecture

The Kite is a modern house in Australia that has the roof is designed like barely tethered kites in the sky. A stand of silver birches marks the place. Their trunks are white heat, tempered by pools of black. Everything here is light and shade. Taking cue from their slender friends, black downpipes score the white walls of the house, disappearing into the canopy above.

Architect: Architecture Architecture
Location: Australia
Year: 2016
Builder: KLE Building Group
Photographs: Peter Bennetts

According to the architects: Approaching the threshold, the visitor is welcomed by pockets of shade nestled among protective brick walls. A large pivot window and a large pivot door throw themselves wide open, exposing the full throat of the house to the garden.

Inside and out, the roof rests like a canopy. Sky and foliage are ever-present. Light filters in from all sides marking the passage of a day, while overhead, triangles beget triangles, folding and multiplying against the sky like barely tethered kites.

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