Prior Barraclough has designed Bank Street House in Melbourne, Australia.

At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Northcote – which transforms each weekend into a lively communal space animated by neighbourhood children – lives Bank Street House.

As a compact, single-storey dwelling capped by a large, habitable green roof, Bank Street House reimagines the suburban home through its modest scale and generous engagement with both landscape and community.

The front facade folds down to meet the footpath, transforming the roof into an extension of the public realm, blurring the threshold between public and private space and allowing the informal play of the court to extend up onto the house itself.