Cera Stribley has completed a detached house in Toorak, Melbourne, Australia. In the irregular geometry of the site, Myvore radiates from its central cyclic element as the sculptural spine of the house. In close consultation with owner Peter Kerr, Cera Stribley teamed up with AV-ID Design to Design a brutalist and contemporary home for Toorak's backdrop.

As a new build in its Toorak locale, Myvore sits prominent and bold, comfortably on its generous allotment in the inner south-east of Melbourne. With neighbouring properties of similar scale and grandeur, the house sits back from its bounding entry behind a landscaped courtyard, injecting a welcomed formality to the arrival experience. In contrast to this imposed formality, the site affords its own challenges through an irregularity of form, and the resulting home emerges in response to that, interpreting brutalist monumentalism through a contemporary lens. 

The six-metre fall in terrain of the site then adds an additional level of complexity, yetin spite of that, embedding a grounded sensibility was key. Internally, and in navigating its less than regular site, the spaces radiate from a central circulation element that doubles as a key sculptural feature at the same time. In breaking the traditional formality of a typified home, a series of spaces emerge as wings that are accessed from this central gesture, opening outward, each with their own unique feels.

Similar to the warm embrace of the familiar, the team wanted Myvore to feel enveloping, protective and as if it was from the earth. Through a mix of contrasting and tonal layers of texture, the enriching materiality offers an encasing warmth that is further emphasised by the curved formal gestures throughout. Each space has its own identifiable presence, all within an overall combined natural and time-wearing approach. Inspired by a 1960s and 1970s Brazilian brutalism, limestone is used alongside warm walnut and concrete, connected through an openness in planning, while large glazing elements bridge the conversation between built and natural.