About Queenslander House
The Queenslander is a house that solved its own climate. Raised on stumps so air moves underneath, wrapped on two or three sides by a deep verandah, skinned in weatherboard and VJ board, and vented through jigsaw-cut lattice and fretwork valances cut at the local joinery mill.
Its palette is documented, not invented: muted greys, stark whites and soft biscuits on the body; Brunswick green and Indian red held back for joinery, balustrades and window hoods; galvanised iron overhead; oiled hardwood underfoot. This system builds interfaces the way the house is built — base, body, screen, roof.
- Origin
- Queensland, Australia — Brisbane, Toowoomba, Rockhampton, Townsville
- Era
- 1900–1950 (Federation and inter-war), on late-19th-century precedent
- Key figures
- Robin Dods · Richard Gailey
- Movements
- Federation and Edwardian domestic architecture · Colonial verandah tradition · Australian subtropical vernacular
Queenslander House design spec
Colors
Typography
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