Luigi Rosselli Architects creates wave-like facade for Bondi Bombora house in Sydney
Turquoise and sea-green tiles wash over the undulating facade of this family home in Sydney, designed by local practice Luigi Rosselli Architects.
The Bondi Bombora house is occupied by three generations of a family and their gang of dogs, cats and chickens.
The swelling ocean waters of nearby Bondi beach informed the design of the three-storey home, which Luigi Rosselli Architects has named after bombora ? an indigenous Australian term used to describe a wave which forms over submerged fragments of reef or rock offshore.
"It's an homage to that surfers' haven; to the swell and the waves that have formed a rich intertidal culture for millennia," said the practice.
Elements of the home have been made to emulate the shape of a wave, like its undulating front elevation. Slim turquoise and sea green-coloured tiles arranged in a herringbone pattern cover the bottom third of the elevation, which the practice hopes will "shimmer in the daylight like the surface of the ocean".
Ripple-edged frames made from black steel also surround the windows and doorways.
Black steel has additionally been used to clad the top third of the house, which the practice likens to an "armoured battleship".
Inside Bondi Bombora are a series of airy, light-filled living spaces with high ceilings, which Luigi Rosselli Architects created with the help of interiors studio Alwill.
The practice had been inspired by the lofty proportions of piano nobiles, or "noble floors&...
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