Renowned for their public work, this Melbourne-based architecture practice comes with a unique portfolio of residential projects that scream ‘Wood Marsh’! Among this collection is Gottlieb House, completed in 1990. A home of civic proportions, this Melbourne residence is one that can only be produced by an architecture firm that holds Wood Marsh’s extensive experience in public work.

I’ve met Roger Wood before. He was very much an architect that knew exactly where he wanted to steer a building. And how. Together with Randal Marsh, it’s evident that this duo of founding directors have a deep understanding of material and form; it’s something that Wood Marsh have turned into a driving force in each of their buildings time and time again.

Inspired by the work of Donald Judd and Richard Serra, Wood Marsh’s approach for Gottlieb House was to think of it as “a concrete and steel sculpture within a suburban context”. It throws out the “conventions of residential design” and instead, turns to more civic proportions that “explore space, materiality, light”, and above all, form.