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Mornington Beach House by Clare Cousins Architects

Design Team: Clare Cousins, Tara Ward, Jessie Fowler
Photographer: Shannon McGrath

The brief was to provide additional accommodation to an existing 1970’s Merchant Builder’s home in Mornington, Victoria. Located on a sloping block, the existing single storey house is sited well back on the block with limited access to ocean views. Rather than demolish or renovate the existing building our approach was to keep the building in tact and design a new pavilion to sit adjacent to the original at the front of the site. The new pavillion includes a new master bedroom wing with living room and deck for outdoor dining that captures broad views of Port Philip Bay. Planning regulations permit only first floor structures that are located over car parking or storage areas which informed the elevated ‘stilt’ design. Timber construction is used holistically both internally and externally while an enclosed circulation stair clad in translucent polycarbonate connects the original to the new structure.

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Crosswaters Ecolodge 

Simón Vélez, architect and pioneer in the contemporary use of bamboo as an essential building component.  He invented a new method to build foundations and roofs, which transformed one of the world’s oldest building materials, namely bamboo, into a modern resource.

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So proud of this editorial I shot with Shawn Cruz.

Shot by Carl Chisholm

Thanks to chase models for posting!