Australian architect couple Rob McBride and Debbie Ryan have revealed the influences on their extraordinary designs - from driftwood to Harry Potter.
Klein Bottle House won 'World's Best House' at the World Architectural Festival in 2009. Photo: SUPPLIED
As the co-founders of Melbourne architecture studio McBride Charles Ryan, they have received endless prizes.
These include - in 2009 - 'World's Best House' for Klein Bottle House, which is designed to give the illusion of spiralling back through itself.
It was inspired by the mathematical problem of the same name.
They are currently on tour for Architectural Design New Zealand's Stirring the Imagination seminar series, and spoke to Sunday Morning's Wallace Chapman:
View Radio New Zealand's full photo gallery of the couple's work
The couple also designed the brightly-coloured Dallas Brooks community primary school. Photo: John Gollings Photography
Rob McBride and Debbie Ryan's 'Cloud House' Photo: John Gollings Photography
The couple's so-called 'Letterbox House' features a striking wood panel. Photo: John Gollings Photography
