Nestled in the sand dunes of Bilgola Beach, this 873-square-metre family home by Olson Kundig is located on the northern coast of Sydney, Australia. Passing through palm trees and Norfolk Pines, the site’s entrance leads through the solid volumes of the home’s main and guest wings. Upon approaching the front door, the view opens up […]
Seeking a compact home that could blend with the surrounding trees and soak up sunlight, the owners of Balmy Palmy engaged CplusC on a tight budget and complex site. Situated on a vacant site on the Palm Beach peninsula some 40 kilometres north of the centre of Sydney, Balmy Palmy is for a semi-retired couple, […]
With Point Lonsdale house, Edition Office stays true to its path-breaking form, reimagining the beachside shack as a puzzle of moving parts that transforms spaces from cavernous to intimate in an instant. Point Lonsdale, a coastal township near Queenscliff on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, is known for its weathered terrain, its 100-year-old Norfolk pines and for […]
Designed by Luke Fry Architecture and Interior Design, this contemporary new home celebrates raw concrete and exposed brick, which is then layered with Japanese charred timber battens. With subtle references to Palm Springs mid-century modernism and contemporary pavilion structures, this Torquay beach house challenges the idea of a coastal home. Designed for a retired couple, […]