From the street, this Edwardian house might seem unassuming,
undeserving of a second glance. From the back, however, the addition
to the Trojan House by
Jackson Clements Burrows, where three children’s bedrooms are cantilevered above a large living space, is anything but ordinary.
The entire addition is wrapped in a seamless wooden skin that conceals
any obvious openings. Windows, covered by shutters that follow the
pattern of the façade, reveal nothing of the interior space.
Incidentally the inside is just as remarkable as the outside. A thermal
chimney and a breezeway hallway allow for passive cooling in the warmer
months as each room was designed to allow for cross ventilation.
Additionally a rain screen provides extra shade from the hot summer
sun, and also insulates the inside in the winter by forming a space for
warm air.
from thecoolhunter
