This is contemporary house design located on a south facing ravine adjacent to one Brisbane’s oldest ridgeline roads – Dornoch Terrace. This house designed by Brisbane based architects Richard Kirk collaborated with Keiron Gait as project architects.

The steepness of the rectangular site has resulted in a verdant and mature landscape consisting of a mixture of native and exotics, which created the opportunity to place the house within a rich landscape environment. As a result of the steepness of the site and the desire to connect the house to an outdoor …

Built on a double lot on one of the many ravines located in and around central Toronto, the house was designed for a private, communal family lifestyle, with a rear façade that opens up toward the ravine, essentially turning its brick-and-aluminum-clad back to the street. The architects, Cindy Rendely has created a stepped arrangement of volumes that open forthrightly into the landscape. Openness to the ravine and awareness of the changing seasons are reinforced by the many full-height glazed walls and doors at various vantage points, which also bring light, …