Less is More, Kellyville

The brief started with a blank canvas and a clear challenge: create a space that met the family’s needs while genuinely connecting the house to the outdoors.

The answer was a sloping insulated pergola paired with an aluminium deck. It effectively doubled the usable living area and merged the boundary between inside and out. The sloping design sheds weather properly, and the insulated roof keeps the space usable year-round — cooler through summer, and comfortable on cold evenings rather than the tin-shed effect an uninsulated roof gives you.

The aluminium deck was chosen for the same reason as the roof: it looks sharp, and it stays that way with almost no maintenance.