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High Country House
Armidale, Australia
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High Country House
Armidale, Australia
Project Featured on Oct 11, 2014
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2012
BUDGET
Undisclosed
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This hill top house is a concrete expression of Armidale’s unique meeting of rural life and culture, “agri-culture,” in a town with a university and many other cultural institutions.
The clients seamlessly combined their flourishing agribusiness with their white collar occupations. Their modern homestead is located at the peak of the property overseeing the health of the cattle in the valley below.
The 3,280-foot-high altitude is felt outside with cold winter fog covering the valley, while inside the house is a refuge enhanced by strongly integrated passive solar design principles. The sheds and barns are located remotely.
Keeping nature intact, the grassy slopes of the hill continue all the way up under the concrete platform. The slab and the corrugated steel skirt are a protection against grass fires and conceal large water tanks. Additionally, the concrete and the tanks provide ample thermal mass to balance the temperature extremes that the high country encounters.
The interiors are an urbane and cultured refuge including a collection of art and indigenous artifacts from Africa and Asia. Coincidentally, there is no place for whips, saddles, or country-style clichés.
Credits
Location: Armidale, NSW
Design Architect: Luigi Rosselli
Project Architect: Luigi Rosselli, Edward Birch, Corrado Palleschi
Builder: Jeff Rolley
Structural Consultant: Charles Blunt of Rooney & Bye (Australia) Pty Ltd Consulting Engineers
Joiner: Kirrawee Kitchens
Landscape Architect: William Dangar
Interior Designer: Darryl Gordon Design
Electrical Contractor: Troy Miller Electrical
Plumbing & Hydraulics Contractor: Damien McCann Plumbing
Photography: Edward Birch
The clients seamlessly combined their flourishing agribusiness with their white collar occupations. Their modern homestead is located at the peak of the property overseeing the health of the cattle in the valley below.
The 3,280-foot-high altitude is felt outside with cold winter fog covering the valley, while inside the house is a refuge enhanced by strongly integrated passive solar design principles. The sheds and barns are located remotely.
Keeping nature intact, the grassy slopes of the hill continue all the way up under the concrete platform. The slab and the corrugated steel skirt are a protection against grass fires and conceal large water tanks. Additionally, the concrete and the tanks provide ample thermal mass to balance the temperature extremes that the high country encounters.
The interiors are an urbane and cultured refuge including a collection of art and indigenous artifacts from Africa and Asia. Coincidentally, there is no place for whips, saddles, or country-style clichés.
Credits
Location: Armidale, NSW
Design Architect: Luigi Rosselli
Project Architect: Luigi Rosselli, Edward Birch, Corrado Palleschi
Builder: Jeff Rolley
Structural Consultant: Charles Blunt of Rooney & Bye (Australia) Pty Ltd Consulting Engineers
Joiner: Kirrawee Kitchens
Landscape Architect: William Dangar
Interior Designer: Darryl Gordon Design
Electrical Contractor: Troy Miller Electrical
Plumbing & Hydraulics Contractor: Damien McCann Plumbing
Photography: Edward Birch
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