CLOISTER HOUSE BY MORQ

There is a certain quality to the sunlight in Perth. It has an intensity and purity that are distinct – sometimes dazzling, often blinding. I have always suspected that Perth’s reluctance to embrace daylight saving came from a desire to end the hot afternoon light and seek relief in the cool and shadowy evening as soon as possible. This desire for respite from the glaring sunlight of Perth was a key departure point for a house recently completed by MORQ, an architectural practice founded by Matteo Monteduro, Emiliano Roia and Andrea Quagliola, that operates between Rome and Perth.

The clients’ request was for spaces that tempered