Completed in 2012, this project is located on a beautiful sloping site in the Millbrook Estate, Yallingup; a large luxury home built for a middle-aged couple and their four children.
The challenge involved the design of a spectacular weekender, short term luxury rental, and future residence for a rural, steeply sloping, bushfire-prone, and high-clay-content site with its best views facing west. The result was an ultra simple, minimal, and elegant L-shaped plan that embraced the building envelope and was physically locked into the landscape while floating above it.
Living areas are located on the upper level with bedrooms on the lower level to maximize views.
Back-to back double fireplaces heat both the inside and outside lounge areas, while a covered alfresco deck with built-in kitchen connects to a separate studio/library.
Other design features include fully retractable, all-weather, external venetian blinds to the west elevation, a kitchen and butler’s pantry designed with the help of Must Winebar’s Russell Blaikie, and a large concrete rainwater tank hidden beneath the double garage.
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