Glenn Murcutt Butterfly Roof

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Glenn murcutt butterfly roof.

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. Text taken from the architecture of glenn murcutt and thinking drawing working drawing published by toto japan 2008. Glenn murcutt glenn and ruth murcutt house woodside south australia 1995 6.

The butterfly roof is the visiting card of this building. 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 corrugated iron the big cylindrical water tanks and the shed and garage doors.

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It s designed to get the light into the house in winter and provide shading in summer. A slender translucent roof overhangs this year s mpavilion which australian architect glenn murcutthas installed in melbourne s queen victoria gardens.