Purcell Residence I

Ovida Studio's brief was a home with no hard corners in the rooms people use most. Curved plaster returns replace square cornices, and two archways line up through the living wing so light from the rear courtyard reaches all the way to the front door.

Every wall between the kitchen and the dining room was set out on site with a laser level before a single stud went in. Building architectural homes in Canberra often comes down to moments like this, because a curve that's a few millimetres out reads as a mistake, not a feature.