Locke is a contemporary double-courtyard house in New Farm, Brisbane, formed beneath an existing Queenslander to maximise indoor–outdoor living within a constrained urban site.

The architecture is defined by two courtyards that organise the plan, establishing privacy while maintaining openness and cross-connection across the dwelling.

Functional spaces are arranged around these outdoor rooms, with operable walls enabling a range of spatial configurations across seasons. The house is conceived as a series of pavilions within a landscape, allowing spaces to expand or contract in response to use, climate and level of occupation.

Clad in warm, natural materials, the dwelling maintains a restrained material expression that reinforces the continuity between built form and landscape.