Therefore: D House is the first edition in Shantanu Starick's photographic survey series, training its lens on D House by Timothy Hill of Partners Hill — recipient of the 2025 AIA Gold Medal Award — to examine how a modest urban infill can redefine the boundary between domestic life and the street.
About This Book
D House is not a grand gesture. It is a considered inner-urban infill — designed not only for its current incarnation as a dwelling but with the foresight to accommodate other uses as its neighbourhood continues to redevelop. What makes it worth sustained photographic attention is its spatial logic: a large portion of the site is enclosed as a 'public room', a threshold space that holds both interior and exterior simultaneously. A generous window between this zone and the street means that occupation here contributes to the streetscape rather than retreating from it. Starick's photographic study traces how natural light — direct, filtered, shadow — reinforces this architecture's quiet authenticity across the course of a day.
Key Features
- 112 pages of photographic studies documenting D House by Timothy Hill, Partners Hill
- Photography by Shantanu Starick
- Notable project: D House by Timothy Hill, Partners Hill — recipient of the 2025 AIA Gold Medal Award
- Published by Self-published, 2025
What You'll Discover
- How a domestic infill can function as a threshold rather than a barrier between private occupation and public streetscape
- The spatial logic of a 'public room' that encompasses both inside and outside within a single diagram
- The role of natural light — its direction, filtration, and shadow — in reinforcing a sense of authentic place across daily and seasonal cycles
- How architecture can be designed for current use while anticipating future programmatic change as an urban neighbourhood transforms
About the Author
Shantanu Starick is the photographer behind the Therefore series, a body of work using photographic surveys to explore built environments. D House is the inaugural subject of this ongoing publication project.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 112
- Dimensions: 148 x 210 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: Self-published
- Publication Date: 2025
Perfect For: Architects and students interested in Australian residential design, urban infill strategy, and the intersection of photographic practice with architectural documentation.