floats above the garden with tree canopy views to the north and south. Every space is a testament to restraint and intention, reflecting Craig Rossetti’s commitment to creating a home that is both beautiful and enduring, designed for a family and even the household pet. Sustainability and environmental integration are key. Roof panels are separated with glass, allowing water to cascade visibly into the garden. The existing pool was reinvented as a 30,000-litre stormwater tank feeding the garden and new cisterns. A greywater system nourishes plantings, while double-glazed Viridian glass, R10-rated insulated walls, and cross-ventilation ensure year-round comfort. The architecture works with nature, not against it. Throughout the house, light is not simply an element; it is an inhabitant. Skylights become shifting artworks. Clerestory windows catch the sky like held breath. Tall windows act as invitations to the landscape. The house and the sun share a constant conversation. But perhaps the most striking aspect of 17A Power Street is not the design itself, but how it feels. Like a home that understands the chaos and beauty of family life. A home that expands when celebration demands it and contracts when peace is needed. A home that holds both silence and laughter with equal grace. The outdoor spaces continue this quiet brilliance. Garden zones provide places for contemplation, conversation, and play. With a secret orchard linking the house to the busy Power Street, making the most use of a compact walkway. The landscape architecture murmurs, never shouts. Rossetti’s construction details highlight the mastery behind the calm: extensive steel framing hidden from sight, intricate sliding door systems engineered to near silence, thermally broken glazing, and clever site use. Watching the transformation from compact footprint to spacious haven reveals the pure joy of construction meeting imagination. The house may feel simple, but simplicity is the greatest complexity of all. And yet, despite all its innovation, the home remains deeply human. It is a place for families, for laughter, for quiet coffee mornings, for evenings that stretch lazily into night. A place where the architecture moves like a companion. It is responsive, supportive and unobtrusive. 17A Power Street is both playful and profound. An expandaball made architectural. A home that delights in transformation. A home that breathes. It welcomes change without ever losing its centre, folding and unfolding around the shifting rhythms of those who live within it. Light drifts through the spaces like a familiar friend; rooms open, contract, and reshape themselves with an ease that feels almost intuitive. Children find corners to play, adults discover places to pause, and every visitor senses the gentle intelligence of a home designed to evolve. And if you are lucky enough to walk through it during Open Houses 2026, you will hear it. Not the sound of a falling tree, but the unmistakable whisper of a house alive. “A house that expands, contracts, and adapts to life’s rhythm like a great architectural lung” 6 8 6
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