Ultimate Beach House
Awards:
Commendation in Gold Coast Regional Architecture Awards from RAIA QLD Chapter 2003
High Commendation in Harry Marks Award for Sustainable Architecture from RAIA QLD Chapter 2003
lahznimmo architects were one of the fourteen architects invited to participate in a paid short listed competition to design the Ultimate Beach House at Casuarina Beach. lahznimmo architects’ design was one of three designs selected to be built.
The design has a simple strategy – that of an open breezy relaxed living pavilion juxtaposed with a two storey shuttered timber box for sleeping in. The design aims to integrate the house into the whole site by pushing parts of the building fabric to the extremities of the site and capturing external space within various levels of enclosure. The house creates a series of spaces that can be inhabited in differing ways, experiencing different aspects of the same site depending on time of day, time of year or predominant breezes.
