Off Shore

This small site dominated the hillside both from the street and the beach. Our challenge was to create a home that looked like it belonged without overpowering the streetscape.

This was achieved by stepping the home up the site and using earthy materials such as stone and exposed timbers to give it the beach side look.

The strength of Limestone is balanced by the softness of cedar and the curves of the glass. By finding a balance between council's maximum floor space ratio and what the client wanted, we were able to create maximum living space on a difficult site.

Bridgewood

The brief was for a Healthy home with little to no impact on the ecological and visual aspect of the site. The main criteria were a comfortable solar passive home with the influence of feng shui design principles.

The home was terraced up the site on its east west axis to gain solar access into the living rooms.

A large home was not a priority, so consideration for good zoning between rooms was necessary for the feel of space. The use of sustainable building materials such as Limestone, recycled hardwood and native Australian timbers, where selected for construction so to lower energy consumption.

Copa

Our client contacted us with a renovation for an old elevated Steel pole home on a difficult site.

On inspection it was discovered the existing foundations were defective, hence the renovation became a new home. The advantages to this were the chance to reposition the home for a more efficient solar aspect by both rotating and lifting the home.

Wanting to keep the feel of a light weight modern beach home we chose composite materials for the cladding and curved corrugated steel for the roofing. Hardwood decking gives both strength and warmth to the home and the use of glass for handrails kept an uncluttered look.

Yarrabee

Our Clients wanted a home like no other

This home has been designed and built to make its low environmental impact as important as its creativity and quality of construction. The home is curved around the northern aspect so as to maximize the absorbance of winter sun and minimize the summer morning and afternoon heat. The home is finished with recycled Australian Hardwood flooring, decking and featured timbers. Skirtings, feature ceiling plates and double glazed windows were built from plantation grown Tasmanian Oak.

Highly detailed ceilings throughout the home not only creates unique lighting, they also house the bathroom ventilation systems, recess the ceiling fans, and provide a recessed elevating drying rack in the laundry.

In spite of its complexities, the highest quality of construction and detailing has been maintained. The home has a great sense of place, picking up on design cues from the local agricultural vernacular, and with locals building it, and many materials coming from nearby.