The Butterfly House
Designed by Peter McIntyre in 1955, the Butterfly House in Kew, Victoria, challenged conservative postwar architecture in Australia through the use of bold colour and experimental design.
Peter McIntyre founded his first architectural practice in 1950 and has held numerous positions as a tertiary educator. He has been the recipient of many awards including the 1990 RAIA Gold Medal. He designed the Butterfly House in response to a difficult and steep site, never intending it to become his family home.
The home of architects Peter and Dione McIntyre ... symbolised the spirit of the new Melbourne house in the mid-1950s ... Form and colour raised the spirits of the converted and deliberately jarred the unconverted into recognition that war was declared on conservatism
Robin Boyd, Australia's Home.
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