Grant Pirrie is a House can Provide a Cinematic Experience

It is rare that a house can provide a cinematic experience. Grant Pirrie House frames the second chapter of a client’s life with art and architecture with the adaptation of space that originated with the already highly accomplished work of Graham Jahn. Jahn’s work acts as a springboard to a further developed interior to suit a new stage of life. The return-movements upon one’s own paths is reminiscent of Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre in Paris. Concurrently the design develops into a contemplative piece work of darkness and shadow as it does a work of light and detail. 

The masterful play of colour and materiality originally developed by Jahn are progressed by Kerridge, who acknowledges the composition’s dual authorship, providing a respectful deliberation into the earlier work. The life and loves of the client are evident as you sequence through space, reminding us that a rich palette is as much the client’s animation as it is the hand of a great architect. 

Pragmatic at times but mostly artful, this interior develops the idea of working over the respected achievements of a peer, honouring their mastery and feeling comfortable to edit as required. It also considers that the entirety of the architectural profession may indeed be ‘one’ if it embodies respect, reverence and reticence in everything that it does as a whole. This is the work of a culture and profession at its best.

Project Information

Architect: Virginia Kerridge Architect 

Photography: Nicholas Watt