Minnie Water House | Neeson Murcutt Architects

Minnie Water House
The Minnie Water House is located adjacent coastal reserve above a beach. The extended family weekender incorporates a separable flat at an upper level, generous living spaces and bedrooms at the mid level, and an undercroft ‘sleep-out' for additional overflow accommodation. A balcony is positioned within the body of the house - an outdoor escape during windy weather. The house is built on a simple structural grid and uses inexpensive but durable materials to achieve a high degree of economy.....more

Neeson Murcutt | Zac's House | Melbourne , Australia

"The house is set hard up to the rear and side boundaries of its site and behind a pre-existing tennis court that occupies the entire front two-thirds of the allotment. The shared nature of this court across three sites sets up an interesting prototype for distributing suburban amenity, and its presence reduces the available site area for the house and garden from 1200sqm to approximately 450sqm (160sqm of which is required for the subsurface dispersal field from the septic tank). It also provides a useful visual buffer from the street and allows the new dwelling to ‘borrow’ the open space created above its surface. Such a give-and-take relationship within and between sites is critical to the siting strategy in Sorrento. It also is the key to considering the broader application of this strategy in more normal suburban locations, as suggested by Neeson Murcutt through its suburban density diagrams showing the hypothetical application of this plan type in a broader context."


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Neeson Murcutt Architects | Whale Beach House | Australia

Whale Beach House
The house is an extended family weekender organised over three levels that terrace with the slope. The project explores proximity and distance, invoking the special dualities of the site - the rock outcrops and native forest behind are given equal consideration to the front coastal panorama. Each room is considered almost autonomously, coordinated with site and view. Outdoor living spaces at each level are equally varied - house and landscape are integral. It is finely detailed and built by exceptional trades people.
Neeson Murcutt Architects