Thursday 15 March 2012

Built-environment practice: The Barnacle


Brisbane-based firm Built-Environment practice completed their home, 'The Barnacle', a beach house near the coast in Broken Head, NSW, Australia. The 25 square meter extension offers framed views into the landscape of the community's nature reserve. Lifted on a cluster of inclined columns, the volume's exterior is formed with copper panels and plywood sheets generating diverse textures to create an intentional patch-worked appearance. A surprising burst of green colour surfaces the underside of the roof eave, transitioning into the bedroom. The compact configuration of the built-in interior furnishings invokes the notion of camping or sleeping within the berth of a yacht.








images © David Taylor photography
All images courtesy of built-environment practice

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