Day: March 4, 2021

North Stradbroke Island is untouched and unpretentious – a wonderful stretch of wilderness ample with native flora and good ocean wildlife like dolphins, turtles, manta rays and whales. No surprise the those that enterprise there for holidays hold quiet about it!

This architectural seaside retreat is positioned at Level Lookout, on probably the most northeastern tip of the island. ‘As we appeared from the balcony in the direction of Moreton Island we noticed breaching whales on their yearly migration,’ stated proprietor, Judy Bauer, of the primary time she visited the property. ‘It was an indication!’

Judy bought the seaside home in 2017 from the architect, Shane Thompson. His three-storey design privileges the location’s expansive views out over the Coral Sea, and employs intelligent operable equipment to unfold the home throughout summer time. The outside is clad in terracotta tiles is a nod to the cement sheeting of conventional seaside shacks

The house owners of this South Fremantle home have an informal seashore way of life – one thing that wasn’t beforehand mirrored of their residence.

To open up the present closed and internalised property, the purchasers engaged David Barr Architects to design a brand new extension. 

‘The undertaking prioritises an informal structure that kinds a assured background to our purchasers’ lives,’ explains Stephen Hicks, director of David Barr Architects.  ‘It’s constructed to resist on a regular basis use: seashore sand on the ground, spilt meals on the benches, and books piled on stairs.’

The brand new extension takes the type of a two-storey brick quantity, with giant openings ‘carved’ into the elevation to disclose a softer, inside layer of timber. Inside this new constructing are new eating and kitchen areas, opening to a floor flooring courtyard, with the primary bed room above. 

Whereas not instantly apparent, the extension was influenced