The rear service area is separated from the entry by a timber gate between the house and the brick store behind the carport. The laundry passage opens to the rear yard parallel to the entry. Along the central southern section of the house are the wet areas and a small store room. The roof is partly open behind the continuous fascia with a pergola to allow northern light into the living room maintaining the rectangular roof form. The room is recessed further into the house creating a deeper porch area. The room has full width glazing to the north with glazed doors that open out onto the porch and garden beyond. Along the short passage and next to the kitchen is the family room that extends into the passage. Directly to the north of the entry and off the passage is the kitchen with benches and cupboards to four sides, a servery opening to the family room to the west and a central northern window. Externally this alcove forms the 1800mm brick return wall that combines with a matching return wall at the western end to define the northern porch. To the right of the glazing the brickwork extends out forming a 900mm deep by 1100mm wide corner alcove. Two thirds of the northern wall is fully glazed with timber framed windows and a glazed swing door that looks out over and opens onto the porch and beyond to the garden. The location of the window allows a view along the passage out into the front garden. of 5ΔΆ The living room is the full depth of the house and has a large eastern window that looks towards the street and is set opposite the two adjacent sliding doors that open from the entry and the passage. The entry lobby is formed as an airlock with two internal sliding doors located at the corner, one opening into the living room to the east and the other opening into a passage that extends to the west. The main entry is to the south beyond the unbroken brick wall of the living room. The single carport is open to the side and has a brick storeroom at the western end. The entrance to the house is approached from the street along a passage between the carport and the house, all under the one flat roof line. The composition provides roofed recesses into the masonry rectangle envelope to form a long northern porch and protection to the west and south glazed and paneled external walls. The cavity cement face brick house is rectangular in plan with a flat metal deck roof without projecting eaves overhang. The site contours have been raised to provide level access off the interior. The site slopes down to the west and the width of the block increases to the rear. The house is located near the end of the cul-de-sac with the front of the house facing east. Description The house at Furphy Place, Garran, 1967, by Scollay Bischoff and Pegrum, with Tony Pegrum as the design architect, is a good example of the Late Twentieth-Century International Style (1960-) with its cubiform overall shape and plain smooth wall surfaces. The architecture of this residence may contribute to the education of designers in their understanding of Late Twentieth-Century Architectural styles by locating the building in its historical and environmental contexts and placing it within the knowledge domain of architectural, urban and environmental histories. The following design features are of additional significance overhang for shade, contrasting texture, the glazing, face brickwork, fascia, open carport that contrasts with the solid masonry form, return walls, detailing and finishes. The design incorporates features that are specific to the style cubiform overall shape and plain smooth wall surfaces. The residence is a good example of the Late Twentieth-Century International style (1960-). 1 Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture RSTCA No: Name of Place: R122 House at 13 Furphy Place Garran Other/Former Names: Address/Location: 13 Furphy Place GARRAN Block 42 Section 10 of Garran Listing Status: Registered Other Heritage Listings: Date of Listing: November 2004 Level of Significance: Local Citation Revision No: Category: Residential Citation Revision Date: Style: Date of Design: 1965 Designer: Construction Period: Client/Owner/Lessee: Date of Additions: 1981 Builder: Contractors Statement of Significance The house at Furphy Place, Garran, 1967, is an example of significant architecture and an educational resource.
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