Glebe Red
"Carving out geometries and fusing a new language with the old, Benn + Penna‘s Glebe Red is a subtle balance of form, materiality and light, creating a future-proof family abode."
The Local Project
"A series of purposed geometries, extracted from a larger form, create a series of intimate spaces, and moments for pause between the functions."
The Local Project
"The ‘uluru red’ brickwork is recycled from regional Queensland, bringing immediate new life to a recently dilapidated material."
The Local Project
"There was a lot of time spent experimenting with pigments and oxides in the mortar to achieve the closest colour match, to give the house a monolithic/singular appearance and feel that would last generations to come."
Andrew Benn, Architect + Director
"While traditional formalities of the Victorian home are stripped bare into a series of continuously meandering space; it is the carved out courtyards, allowing light and highlighting the connection between the inside and outside, and the harmony between the existing and the new that adds a level of depth to the planning."
The Local Project
"The landscape moulds the internal spaces either side, making inside and outside inseparable."
The Local Project
"Glebe Red is a beautifully executed example of [a poetic] approach to form, site sensitivities and domestic life."
The Local Project