At first glance, Stumpy Gully House seems very simple: a straightforward skillion-roofed post-and-beam construction that would go unnoticed in its context if it weren’t so different to the generically suburban homes around it. But that difference is not only intentional, it’s also a result of architect Adam Markowitz’s respect for the character of the older homes that remain in Balnarring, a beachside suburb on the Mornington Peninsula: modest fibro shacks that disappear behind extensive native gardens. It was this unobtrusiveness that inspired Stumpy Gully House, a project designed by Adam’s practice Markowitz Design with Stavrias Architecture. “You might glimpse a skillion through the trees,” Adam says.
These glimpses clearly made an impression on Adam, whose hope is that the
