Model Timber Home, Heritage timber house in Floreat, Western Australia

The Model Timber Home is a residential building in Floreat featuring Georgian architectural style with a distinctive curved roof. The house displays californian bungalow characteristics combined with a jarrah weatherboard exterior.

In the early 1930s the Royal Institute of Architects of Western Australia ran a Building Revival Campaign to revive home building during the Great Depression. Its competition for a modern timber house costing under £A600 was won by Reginald Summerhayes's Californian Bungalow design. The institute accepted donated blocks in the new suburb of Floreat Park, and the house was built on one in 1934 with donated materials and labour.

The name "Model Timber Home" comes from the 1930s Building Revival Campaign of the Royal Institute of Architects of Western Australia, which built the house from a winning competition design. The garden keeps its original fences, gates, pergola, paving, paths and plants, and the interior retains period fittings and furnishings.

The building preserves its original features from the 1930s, including period fixtures, furnishings, and garden elements in their authentic state. Visitors should understand they are entering a preserved historical residence and should treat the interiors with care for the original installations.

This house ranks among the few surviving buildings of its type from the 1930s in Floreat, as the area later restricted such timber constructions. Its preservation shows a rare example of a period when such structures were still permitted and encouraged by local authorities.