37 Steve Irwin Avenue, Wright, ACT 2611

This stunning, award winning home from Judd Studios forges a wonderful connection to outdoors via a series of insets creating private outdoor spaces. Alive with muted tones and texture, inset.house is a celebration of the magnificent surrounding landscape. 

Concrete and timber introduce the soft grey and golds of the bush, alive with grain and patina. White washed walls let nature do the talking as a series of well positioned windows and sliders float the outside within. We love the way the courtyard reads like an interior room, deeply private and providing a seamless transition from outside to in. 

The build follows the contours of the long block, stepping down to create upper and lower living areas. Nathan Judd wanted to rethink the typical family home and has created a light filled environment with banks of warm light within the poured concrete floors. 

The low lying form seems to merge with the sky on approach, the garage seamless within the matching deep blue panelled walls. Clean lines, flat roofline, raw concrete walled front courtyard, further the natural integration within the landscape.  

Clever use of interior louvres, clerestory windows and low level joinery allows the light to penetrate deep into the home. Solar passive principals, and packed with sustainable features – thermal mass, solar array, thermal double glazing, solar hot water, ideal orientation, excellent insulation – gift a house that is temperate and efficient, all year round.

The darker shade of the kitchen is complimented by the lighter glow of timber, the long galley design, highly efficient and packed with storage. The fridge, coffee bay and pantry are hidden behind timber sliding doors, while banks of soft touch drawers provide a spot for everything. A linear window softly illuminates the poured concrete bench and the floating island embraces the natural light of the courtyard. 

Bankable sliders mean the adjacent fourth bedroom/office can be closed for privacy or opened to connect with the happenings of the home. The second living combined dining space is in constant dialogue with another sun drenched outdoor room, while the upstairs living room flows to the walled front courtyard. The whole home gifting the feeling of being a part of the landscape while cosy within a warm nest, serving up a choice of arenas for connection and repose.

There are four bedrooms, all with excellent built-in-storage. The master with fixed window framing a magnificent Manchurian pear and merging to an ensuite bathroom with a generous rain shower. Both the ensuite and family bathroom are playfully finished in a combo of white and black with feature honeycomb mosaics. 

The backyard is curated to perfection with sheltered alfresco dining area, soft lawn, raised vegetable garden, sunken trampoline and side utility lane hiding a 2000 litre water tank. It is yet another lovely recreational space for the family to enjoy, cohesive and easy-care, in-tune with the considered yet relaxed, livable vibe of the entire home. 

Wright is one of Canberra's newest and fastest evolving suburbs, with its array of modern builds resting at the foothills of Mount Stromlo. Despite its urban feel it is very much informed by its bush setting…sweeping skies, the ever changing moods of the ranges and the myriad of bush trails that snake their way to the summit. It is fitting that this sight is named after the poet and activist Judith Wright, who wrote so richly about the Australian landscape.

features.
.stunning award winning four-bedroom home designed by Nathan Gibson Judd, architect
.two separate living areas
.solar passive principals
.light filled and deeply private
.linear step-down form, inset with two sun drenched courtyards
.front living area with timber flooring flowing to walled courtyard 
.lower level kitchen, living and dining room with concrete floors
.kitchen and dining combined family room opening to internal courtyard and rear entertaining area
.kitchen in warm timber with floating island and banks of soft touch drawers
.combo of timber and poured concrete worktops
.side cabinet with sliding timber doors concealing fridge, pantry, coffee bay
.De'Longhi oven, induction and gas cooktop and integrated dishwasher from Bosch
.adjacent office/fourth bedroom with bankable sliding doors
.master bedroom with wall of built-in-robes, ensuite bathroom and RC split system
.two additional bedrooms with built-in-robes
.family bathroom with bathtub
.both bathrooms finished in floor-to-ceiling tiling, monochromatic with honeycomb mosaics
.back garden with sheltered alfresco area, soft lawn, vegetable garden, sunken trampoline and water tank
.thermal double glazing
.insulated slab for thermal banking
.hydronic under slab heating
.RC split system within upper living space
.solar hot water 
.solar panels 10.5kw
.single garage with auto door and internal access 
.laundry in the garage with ample storage
.surrounded by green spaces and playgrounds including Stromlo Forest Park, Molonglo River Corridor and the National Arboretum
.close to the National Zoo and Aquarium, Royal Canberra Golf Club, Woden precinct and a mere 18 minutes to the CBD by car

EER: 5.5
Rates: $3,255 pa (approx)
Uv: $607,000
Land: 450m2