Cylindrical Henley House is a Light-Drenched Planetarium Style Abode

When they commissioned this beautiful light-drenched home in Australia, the owners jokingly requested a planetarium. They didn't get one, but their jesting did inspire <a href="http://www.jcba.com.au/#/projects/114/?showInfo=1&amp;photo=9">Jackson Clements Burrows</a> to take the circular form seriously. Built on the grounds of a 1950s building that was too damaged to repair, it is <a href="http://inhabitat.com/stunning-tang-palace-restaurant-is-wrapped-in-a-geometric-bamboo-skin/">wrapped in a vertical skin</a> that shields the Henley house from the sun. And the eye-catching home also has a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/sun-tracker-skylights-pump-daylight-indoors/">skylight that allows for generous daylighting</a>.

This pretty home is wrapped in a vertical cedar skin.

The skin creates continuity between the home and surrounding landscape.

It also provides significant shading and privacy.

Modeled after a planetarium, the Henley house also has a large circular skylight.

The skylight permits plenty of natural light.

Albeit quite simple, this home exudes a tremendous warmth.