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Veil House

Veil House

A compact house named for its veil — an upper volume wrapped in a screen of terracotta dowels, floating over an open carport and filtering the Pattabiram sun.

Veil House takes its name from that screen: the upper floor is wrapped in a veil of terracotta dowels — a brise-soleil that floats over an open carport, filters the western sun and casts a shifting field of shadow across the rooms behind it. The white volume folds and tilts above the entry, set by the proportion of the court and the path of light through the day.

Behind the veil the palette is plain and tactile — exposed brick, steel-framed reeded glass and teak, chosen to serve the geometry rather than set it. A brick spine grounds the living room, reeded glass opens the rooms to the fields, and at the heart of the plan a single tree climbs past a floating timber stair lit through the clay screen.

Gallery
Courtyard — a single tree climbing past the floating timber stair
Courtyard — a single tree climbing past the floating timber stair
Stair hall — cantilevered treads against the glowing terracotta veil
Stair hall — cantilevered treads against the glowing terracotta veil
Living — carved teak screen and brick-tile wall under the gold pendant
Living — carved teak screen and brick-tile wall under the gold pendant
Living — exposed-brick media wall, reeded glass to the fields
Living — exposed-brick media wall, reeded glass to the fields
Living — daybed and lounge in the full-height glazed corner at dusk
Living — daybed and lounge in the full-height glazed corner at dusk
Living — reeded-glass partition and floating console
Living — reeded-glass partition and floating console
Living — brick and reeded screen filtering the low evening light
Living — brick and reeded screen filtering the low evening light
Carport — twin bays tucked beneath the floating veiled box
Carport — twin bays tucked beneath the floating veiled box
Street view — folded white volume and the terracotta veil
Street view — folded white volume and the terracotta veil
Side elevation — timber-notched box over a brick base band
Side elevation — timber-notched box over a brick base band
Approach along the street edge
Approach along the street edge
Aerial — roof, carport and the twin light-courts
Aerial — roof, carport and the twin light-courts
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