Set in the leafy Melbourne suburb of Caulfield, the Concrete Conceal House by Tecture is a bright and contemporary home that celebrates minimalism in its geometry and palette, and family in its spatiality and detail.The design is literally and conceptually centred around family . The architects took this as the focal point, working with this idea through the project to create a home that is calm and minimalist, yet deeply imbued with meaning.

The Concrete Conceal House combines a minimalist design approach with calming natural materials.Metallic finishes enliven the space.Soft furnishings and pops of colour balance with the minimalist architecture and interior design.Four beams in the courtyard symbolise the four family members. The hallway and master bedroom are positioned so as to encourage the children to walk past their mother’s bedroom which is in the heart of the house.

The site also greatly influenced the design,with the front of the site facing west, the architects chose to place as much of the building as possible toward the front of the block. This allowed space for a northern courtyard to introduce more natural light into the home, and enough room in the backyard for the children’s half-size basketball court. With North Caulfield being a mixture of mid-century, art deco and 1970’s ‘suburban’ architecture,esign a home that was contemporary to reflect the many new homes being built on the street, including opposite the site.

For an interior grounded in minimalism and restraint, The Concrete Conceal House is not afraid to add soft luxurious elements through brass fittings, timber veneers, curved mirror details and bold metal fixtures. In the kitchen, the monolithic stone island bench echoes the datum idea of the exterior in the form of a contrasting brass band and the stone kicker that extends from the kitchen and beyond. The soft grey stone is used again in a floating shelf in the living space, and echoed in the deeper stone used in the bathroom and concrete finishes.