Model Timber Home

Model Timber Home is the name, for heritage-listing purposes, of a timber-framed house in Floreat, Western Australia.

In the 1930s, Western Australia's Royal Institute of Architects (RIA) established a Building Revival Campaign, aimed at stimulating the home building industry, which, like all industries, was suffering the effects of the Great Depression.

Following the competition, the campaign sought donations of land, materials and labour, so that houses might be constructed from the winning designs.

The authenticity extends to the garden, which contains the original fences, gates, pergola, paving, paths and plants.

Also, since Floreat was one of the first Perth suburbs built according to the principles of the garden city movement, the entire streetscape has significance as one of the first in Perth to be subject to planning regulations controlling urban design criteria such as setback.