The new house replaces a long-dilapidated farmhouse on a property that has been in the clients’ family for over fifty years. With sweeping views across to the rural farmland plains and the Main Range beyond, the new residence is a grounded and sculptural ode to memory and place.

For the owners, the property has always been a backdrop to family life; weddings, birthdays, milestones, and spirited gatherings around long tables, all framed by the wild beauty of the Snowies. The brief was to honour these moments in a new architectural language that could welcome three generations, all at once. Fourteen beds, endless conversation, and space to both retreat and come together.

Our design response was through a series of single-storey pavilions that sit gently in the landscape. Clad in a grey-toned palette of brick, concrete, weathered timber and galvanized steel, the home is designed to withstand the alpine elements, while offering a sense of sanctuary and warmth within. Sloping gable roofs reinterpret the traditional farmhouse vernacular, while quietly echoing the nearby mountain ranges. Beneath these forms, living spaces stretch out, while bedrooms are tucked discreetly below, nestled into the contours of the hill and accessed by a sweeping curved staircase.