Looking to the sea

Surely this is natural living at its finest – a plethora of wood finishes and an elegant pool connect this intelligently designed home to its enviable dune and sea setting

Looking to the sea - brown | white brown, white

Looking to the sea - black | white black, white

Looking to the sea - gray | brown gray, brown

Turning a corner on good design – the gray, white

Stepping into nature – several wood species were brown

Clerestory windows bring additional light into the interior gray

Much like the wider house design, the spacious gray

Designed by architectural designer Jason Macdonald, JMAC Architecture

From the designer:

Having lived on the site for a decade our clients sought to replace their existing outlived dwelling with a new home which had a sense of naturalness within the beachfront location, and celebrated the memories and lifestyle they had enjoyed from the site. Our clients wished to retain the functional layout of the old, with a considered approach to the new.

The design seeks to maximise the attributes of this outstanding beachfront site by placing the living on the upper level with extensive glazing along the front of the house to access the views over the dunes to the ocean horizon. Kids living and bedrooms are placed on the ground living, with bedrooms opening out to the pool area below the elevated living decks.

The design is comprised of a series of symmetrical boxes with a centrally pitched and cantilevered steel roof projecting to the horizon. A harsh coastal climate called for hard wearing materials.

An arboretum collection of woods have been used throughout the project including hardwoods, plywoods, oaks and two contrasting cedar weatherboard profiles which will weather in the manner of driftwood. This combination of wood, natural tones echo the surrounding beachfront environment.