Sculptural Modern Homes Throw Architecture A Few Curves

According to a statement on its website, Australia’s Dale Jones-Evans Architecture generates “‘multivalent structure’ — structure which incorporates sculptural and painterly space with ecological and contextual performance.” To put it another way, its buildings are influenced by several things, like the way they relate to man-made and natural contexts and the way they integrate sustainable architecture. Yet what stands out most are the sculptural aspects of the layouts, a veering from the orthogonal that is particularly evident from the homes. This ideabook looks at four of the firm’s houses, focusing on the way the sculptural forms are transported from outside to inside.

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The Mound House greets people as a copper-clad wall perched upon a garage. The steep incline of the landscape is evident, more in relation to the curve of the roof.

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From the rear of the home the curved profile is apparent, but it’s actually a double curve, such as a two-humped camel. The solidity of the front wall gives way to this slatted wall on the back, which faces the pool and retaining wall.

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The roof’s curves are found inside, rendered in white drywall.

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The Sydney Harbour House No. 1 also greets people at the garage with its curved forms, but here it goes in another direction. Rounded corners and a roof incline hint at what happens beyond.

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The garage extends back to another volume, also coated in aluminum, a conical form that houses a room. Both are above orthogonal walls that actually follow the footprint of their former house on the website (most likely the foundation was reused).

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The bridge is a good approach to the home, one that takes in the expansive sky. The roofing cuts a fantastic profile against the blue and the clouds.

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Much like the Mound House, the curve of the roof is felt inside, yet it’s rendered in white drywall. The curved walls create a great backdrop for these vertical sculptures.

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Elsewhere in the home, curves look as rounded corners. This is barely an inexpensive option, but it’s one that makes a noticeable difference.

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Like the previous examples, the Folded House has copper roofing, but as the name suggests, the forms are angular instead of smooth. On the pool side, the roof angles around let more light inside and also to visually connect inside and outside.

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However, on the other side of the home, the roof comes down to the floor, actually meeting it with a broad and very low opening.

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Back on the pool side, this glimpse from the outside shows some interesting things happening with all the ceiling inside.

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This view from inside shows the way the roof opens up the visual connection between the interior and the pool, but we can also see the reverse shape of the roof coated in white shingles. Yet the profile in the right foreground is rather different, curved instead of regretting.

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One final look at the Folded House reveals how the curved ceiling is related to the wood bar below it, like they are both part of one form that is cut in the middle.

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The previous project from Dale Jones-Evans is the Roozen home, which benefit from a stunning website by cantilevering one volume.

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The cantilevered volume is coated in the builder’s favorite substance, aluminum.

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The prow-like type gives the home its sculptural quality while providing colour, opening up the view and directing the gaze to the horizon.

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