Glenn Murcutt Butterfly Roof

Pritzker prize winningmurcutt has designed.

Glenn murcutt butterfly roof. The windows received triple glazing and the walls floors and ceilings were refurbished with high density insulation to achieve air tightness. Glenn murcutt glenn and ruth murcutt house woodside south australia 1995 6. It s designed to get the light into the house in winter and provide shading in summer. The corrugated iron the big cylindrical water tanks and the shed and garage doors.

Gallery roof the done house by glenn murcutt. Architecture awards roof architecture sustainable architecture glen murcutt quonset homes butterfly roof arch house steel roofing australian architecture. 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.

May 5 2020 explore emmyj201 s board glenn murcutt on pinterest. A slender translucent roof overhangs this year s mpavilion which australian architect glenn murcutthas installed in melbourne s queen victoria gardens. 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. Text taken from the architecture of glenn murcutt and thinking drawing working drawing published by toto japan 2008.

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. The gallery roof is a butterfly roof so that water is collected in the middle and runs down to the rooftop garden.