Holiday Home Design | Emu Bay House in South Australia by Max Pritchard

This beautiful holiday home design with spectacular panoramic ocean view in Emu Bay, South Australia is designed by Max Pritchard, An Australian Architect. Timber decked terraces either side of the living area provide outdoor seating options for different wind directions. The sheltered rear courtyard, framed by the building, large water tanks and timber screens focuses on a wood fired pizza oven.

Corrugated colorbond, timber windows, flooring and decking, reinforces the relaxed timeless holiday atmosphere whilst the floating roof form adds drama to the exposed site. With an exposed site of sweeping views, the clients required a relaxed holiday home that maximizes views, but provided sheltered outdoor areas.

The living area, with its dominant floating “lid” roof, emphasizes the drama of the exposed site. Two bedroom wings radiate from this core, and enclose a rear sheltered courtyard focusing on a wood fired pizza oven. Indented timber decks, either side of the living area, provide other options for sheltered outdoor living, with the choice dictated by wind direction.

The building is elevated a meter above the ground to maximize the view and reinforce the dramatic form. Double glazing and high performance glass, cross ventilation and fans for cooling and a highly efficient combustion heater for heating, minimize energy use. Hot water is from an efficient electric heat pump.

An inspiring architectural residential design has been created by Tony Owen Partners located in Sydney, Australia for a client who is a concrete contractor who built the house himself.

From the architects:

The house was designed to make maximum use of concrete and solid construction. Because of the client’s heritage, the design was influenced by the materials and forms of Mediterranean Architecture. The curved shell forms reflect the sails of the fishing boats from the Greek Islands. In addition the client does a lot of entertaining and wanted a house which maximized the connection to a large outdoor space.

The house has an ‘L-shaped’ configuration to maximize the solar aspect for the living spaces. There is also a central courtyard to the west which allows for light to penetrate the middle of the house and also serves to break up the massing of the facade.

Blairgowrie Court Residence by Frank Macchia

This architectural residential project from australian architect Frank Macchia is located in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. The Blairgowrie Court residence is a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home.

For more information you can try to visit the architects website Frank Macchia here.

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

The new architectural residence design projected by Andrew Maynard Architects located in Anglesea, VIC, Australia.

Words from the architects:

More frequently holiday homes are becoming little more than transplanted suburban ugliness; the great Australian tradition of the ‘shack’ is in danger of being superseded by bloated mansions with four bathrooms and all the trappings of modern life.

With this project we wanted to celebrate the shack and have kept close to the original building’s footprint to avoid taking over the rugged coastal block.

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Our clients came to us with a brief for ‘much more room’ for their aging family holiday home. Our response was a series of finely-crafted timber boxes nestled around the bulk of the existing house. The bedroom addition opens up the northern facade of the house to the rugged bush block, doing double duty as the roof becomes an expansive deck to extend the living space out into the treetops.

Other additions include extra storage space and a glass-ceiling shower for more of those precious tree-top views.

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Anglesea House by Andrew Maynard Architects

Beaumaris House by Maddison Architects

Beaumaris House is a Luxury Modern House designed by Maddison Architects and located in the Beaumaris suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

From the architects:

Formally, the house is split into two rectangular boxes. The black, zinc clad southern box encloses living, kitchen and outdoor spaces, and cantilevers out beyond its groud floor enclosure to capture 270 degree Port Phillip Bay views. The discrete activities of the house, such as sleeping and bathing, are accommodated with the separate masonry northern wing.



About Maddison Architects:
We pride ourselves on creating an original and appropriate architectural solution for each design problem. We always endeavour to complete the projects within our client's budget and time frame.



We have a good rapport with builders and consultants and encourage a team approach by involving them at an early stage. This approach adds to the smooth running of projects.Our office is skilled and experienced in the disciplines of Architecture; Interior Design ; Landscape Design and Furniture.



For a holistic project environment we recommend the engagement of as many of these disciplines as are applicable.

Visit the website of Maddison Architects - here.

Highbury House in Queensland, Australia

This beautiful paradise residence consists of 5 bedroom, 7 bathroom contemporary house with 2496.00sqm land area is located in the Sanctuary Cove suburb of Surfer’s Paradise in Queensland, Australia.



This superb waterfront residence has it's own privacy & gated security and heaps of classic style & space. Meticulous attention to detail and quality framed by superb construction & innovative design. The massive 2,496m2 land area classifies this one of the largest private estates within The Cove. Commanding hilltop position with views North East over glistening calm waters across to Ephraim Island and Surfers Paradise.



Deep waterfront with timber decked pontoon suitable for up to 52 foot boat on 25m pool with two diving blocks, spa, terraced & timber decked entertaining area, surrounded by cascading gardens.

Waimara House by Herriot Melhuish Architects

Located in Waimarama, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, this modern family residence designed by Herriot + Melhuish Architecture makes the most of its magnificent beachside setting by incorporating large outdoor living areas into the design.The client sought a family house on the beach, with four bedrooms plus studio and study. In this coastal setting, sun, views and habitable outdoor spaces alternately protected from and catching sun and wind were a priority.




















Combining a rational geometrical sensibility with a romantic attachment to the land and tradition, the house consists of two interlocking volumes: a white bedroom wing, loosely derived from the repetitious plan of ‘shearers’ quarters’, inserted into a double height 'timber ‘crate’. More than just a 'beach house', this is an all-year round dwelling.




















However, the need to relocate the building if required ruled out concrete construction. Instead high levels of insulation, heat pump technology and solar panels on the roof, augment the large double glazed openings that capture sun and trap heat in winter, but cool through sea breezes in summer.




















The composition of natural oiled cedar weatherboards, painted plywood and weathered zinc sheet both connects the house to the landscape and some older local traditions, but equally clearly sets it apart from much of the local built context. This is a house strongly connected to the land but prepared, if the sands and tides shift against it, to move.