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Troppo have worked on over 1,000 residential projects, from bathroom and verandah additions through to humble shacks to urban dwellings. Large or small, all seek to keep their footprint to the least, trading more expensive indoor and conditioned space for more economic and fun outdoor space – courts, decks, verandahs, breezeways.

Often projects are staged within a site master plan.

We work with the whole site (and its context beyond). We are not about architecture as ‘object’. We do not plonk a house on a site – we ‘carve’ it from the site, working ‘in section’, in the vertical dimension, to consider the connection between indoor and outdoor space, between ground and sky – and always with due regard for neighbouring conditions and the wider setting.

Each Troppo house, or rework of an existing dwelling, seeks to extend its occupants’ empathy with the site and its very particular environment.

Each piece of residential work reflects the ambitions, stories, and, yes, the nuanced functional needs of its users.

Troppo houses have occupied page 1 of the Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture in its 2 recent editions (2004, 2008); and our residential work, big and small, is widely and highly awarded.

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First Creek House, Tusmore, SA, 2020

First Creek House, Tusmore, SA, 2020

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Outside [the] Box, Goodwood, SA, 2019

Outside [the] Box, Goodwood, SA, 2019

Hawthorndene Well-timbered House, SA, 2019

Hawthorndene Well-timbered House, SA, 2019

Ochota Basket Range Outdoor Room, SA, 2019

Ochota Basket Range Outdoor Room, SA, 2019

Owen Street Rooftops, Adelaide, SA, 2017

Owen Street Rooftops, Adelaide, SA, 2017

Remaking Augusta, Maylands, SA, 2017

Remaking Augusta, Maylands, SA, 2017

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The 'H' House, Byron Bay, NSW, 2016

The 'H' House, Byron Bay, NSW, 2016

Forest & Beach House - Byron Bay, NSW, 2015

Forest & Beach House - Byron Bay, NSW, 2015

Bushby Residence - just out of Albany, WA, 2015

Bushby Residence - just out of Albany, WA, 2015

Friedrichstrasse House - Maylands, SA, 2015

Friedrichstrasse House - Maylands, SA, 2015

Haus Blong Miranda - Efate, Vanuatu, 2015

Haus Blong Miranda - Efate, Vanuatu, 2015

Willaroo Farm House - Kangaroo Island, SA, 2013

Willaroo Farm House - Kangaroo Island, SA, 2013

Strohmayr House, NT, 2013

Strohmayr House, NT, 2013

RK Pavilion Addition - Westbourne Park, SA, 2013

RK Pavilion Addition - Westbourne Park, SA, 2013

Jureidini Living Wing - Beulah Park, SA, 2013

Jureidini Living Wing - Beulah Park, SA, 2013

Creek Chic - Torrens Park, SA, 2011

Creek Chic - Torrens Park, SA, 2011

Mortlock Lee House - Giraween, NT, 2011

Mortlock Lee House - Giraween, NT, 2011

Horseshoe Bay House - Magnetic Island, North Qld, 2010

Horseshoe Bay House - Magnetic Island, North Qld, 2010

Whale of a Beach House - Port Elliot, SA, 2010

Whale of a Beach House - Port Elliot, SA, 2010

Pied-a-terre - Glen Osmond, SA, 2010

Pied-a-terre - Glen Osmond, SA, 2010

Spring’s House, Applecross, WA, 2010

Spring’s House, Applecross, WA, 2010

Martin-Hetzel Beach House - American River, SA, 2010

Martin-Hetzel Beach House - American River, SA, 2010

Levitzke Additions, Kensington SA, 2009-2010

Levitzke Additions, Kensington SA, 2009-2010

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Tennyson Beach House - Tennyson, SA, 2009

Tennyson Beach House - Tennyson, SA, 2009

Buttfield Townhouse - North Adelaide, SA, 2007

Buttfield Townhouse - North Adelaide, SA, 2007

Brammy Kyprianou Townhouse - North Adelaide, SA, 2007

Brammy Kyprianou Townhouse - North Adelaide, SA, 2007

Bastian Lakehouse - Auburn, SA, 2003

Bastian Lakehouse - Auburn, SA, 2003

Wallaby Way House House - Magnetic Island, North QLD, 2007

Wallaby Way House House - Magnetic Island, North QLD, 2007

Retreat at Cap du Voltigeur - Kangaroo Island, SA, 2005

Retreat at Cap du Voltigeur - Kangaroo Island, SA, 2005

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Rozak House - Lake Bennett, NT, 2002

Rozak House - Lake Bennett, NT, 2002

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Thiel House - Cullen Bay, NT, 1996

Thiel House - Cullen Bay, NT, 1996

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