This brick clad home wraps itself around a sheltered and private courtyard, providing a focus to the main living areas and a perfect location for outdoor entertaining. Tall elegant windows in the living spaces create a strong, almost classical rhythm to the edge of the courtyard while blurring the boundary between inside and out. The open plan living areas feature high raking ceilings, heightening awareness of the dramatic shape of the roof from the interior. The house is well positioned for the sun and designed with passive solar principals in mind, with all major rooms facing north and no openings at all to the south. This maximises free heat from the sun to keep the house healthy and warm throughout the year with less heating.