An Architect’s Own Home Designed as a Functional and Liveable Space (House Tour)

Nestled within a leafy suburb of Brisbane, Uxbridge House by Tim Stewart Architects is the quintessential of an architect’s own home. The final structure was built up from a very small house. Typically, a Queenslander home is a weatherboard house with battens underneath – Uxbridge House flips this tradition. Still maintaining a connection to the local community, the house now creatively has battens on the upper level to protect the architect’s own home from the sun and provide extra privacy, whilst the lower level, still weatherboard, now sits on darker base below. As the family grew, so did their home. Tim Stewart of Tim Stewart Architects accepted the challenge of designing his own home, balancing the aspirations of the client and the responsibilities of the architect. As an architect’s own home, Uxbridge House reflects the personality of Tim and his family, acting as a functional, liveable space. With the building surrounded by trees and landscaping, light catches the interior spaces in diff