Harry House is an inspiring two-story home located in Coburg , Australia, designed in 2019 by Archier . Description The Harry House is a family home that proves that efficiency can be generous and joyful. The clients, a family of five, wanted to extend their weatherboard home in Coburg. They didn’t want to just add extra space for the sake of it, they were inspired by a period of living in Japan, so spatial efficiency was a focus. We took time to understand how they currently lived as a family, with three young boys, while also considering their future, to ensure that the house will support their needs as they changed with time. After a thorough analysis of the site, we proposed a discrete two-storey addition to preserve space in the backyard for the garden. Clad in charred timber, the compact addition is hidden behind the original house, creating a home that is spatially efficient while providing everything the family needs: a highly functional ‘services core’; three...