Taringa House and Studio is the private residence of architect Rex Addison and encompasses a contemporary South-East Queensland 'style'. The dwelling repsonds to formal origins and aims the embellish the daily lives of its occupants. It also demonstrates an appropriateness to the local venacular and accomodates a number of difficult plannning constraints.
Longituduinal Section. The design not only takes advantage of a number of passive design opportunities but also as outlined by Neale (2010) it further accomodates setback and town planning regulations, avoids existing underground stormwater pipes and overland gully flow, preserves existing mature trees and provides privacy for the new and adjacent neighbours.
The studio roof is sloped at either end to catch light from the north and turned at either end to give views back south into the garden.
Skinner (1999) best terms Addison's work as 'organic architecture'. It's interconnectedness is not just a geometric coherance between earth, floor and roof but also a conceptual congruence between a specific response to place, a particular pattern of domestic life and a precise shaping of environmental experience.Addison, R. (2010). Taringa House and Studio. Retrieved March 5, 2010 from http://www.rexaddison.com.au/buildings/taringa_house_and_studio.php.
Neale, D. (2005). Archetypal Addison. Architecture Australia. Retrieved March, 5, 2010, from http://www.archmedia.com.au/aaissue.php?issueid=200505&article=11&typeon=2.
Skinner, P. (1999). Jungle Rhythms. Architecture Australia. Retrieved March 5, 2010, from http://www.archmedia.com.au//aaissue.php?article=8&issueid=199907&typeon=2.
Taringa House and Studio. (2010). Photos by Patrick Bingham-Hall. Retrieved March 5, 2010, from http://www.rexaddison.com.au/buildings/000826.php
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