INDOOROOPILLY HOUSE BY OWEN ARCHITECTURE WITH LINEBURG WANG
Beyond the compact footprint of the CBD, Brisbane is a city of sprawling suburban enclaves, carved out by the serpentine course of the Brisbane River. Twenty-first-century densification challenges the twentieth-century suburban pattern of pavilions in the landscape, making it difficult to uphold low-density ideals in the context of diminishing green space and expanding building footprints. Indooroopilly House, designed by Paul Owen of Owen Architecture and Michael Lineburg of Lineburg Wang, tackles the rigorous demands of building new on a steep and narrow site, committing equally to the experience of architecture at the scale of the city and the person.
Despite the favourable
