Cranky Corner House | Bourne Blue Architecture pty ltd
Cranky Corner House / NSW Australia / 2012 New South Wales / Australia
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Cranky Corner House is a modest single family house, situated within farmland in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia
Cranky Corner House was designed for a couple nearing retirement. It is situated within a rural area in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool, often windy and wet. The building is modest in scale (2400 sq ft), and presents a minimal frontage to the road. It has been finely crafted with timber being the dominant construction material. A slab is used for thermal mass, to moderate temperatures through the seasons.
Concealing a building partially within a stand of Eucalypts, at the lower part of the ridge positions the inhabitants at the edge of the forest, with a view over the valley. There is prospect and refuge. The building is screened from the road and has minimal visual impact.
Striking a low, sharp horizontal line with the building was an important approach as this contrasts with the organic branch structure of the trees above. The building seems to straddle the ridge and the living space cantilevers towards the main North view. The building height is kept well below the canopy level, which forms it’s own space, as an outer shell to the building.
Cranky Corner House was designed for a couple nearing retirement. It is situated within a rural area in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool, often windy and wet. The building is modest in scale (2400 sq ft), and presents a minimal frontage to the road. It has been finely crafted with timber being the dominant construction material. A slab is used for thermal mass, to moderate temperatures through the seasons.
Concealing a building partially within a stand of Eucalypts, at the lower part of the ridge positions the inhabitants at the edge of the forest, with a view over the valley. There is prospect and refuge. The building is screened from the road and has minimal visual impact.
Striking a low, sharp horizontal line with the building was an important approach as this contrasts with the organic branch structure of the trees above. The building seems to straddle the ridge and the living space cantilevers towards the main North view. The building height is kept well below the canopy level, which forms it’s own space, as an outer shell to the building.
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Cranky Corner House is a modest single family house, situated within farmland in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia Cranky Corner House was designed for a couple nearing retirement. It is situated within a rural area in the Hunter Valley of NSW, Australia. Summers are hot and dry, winters cool, often windy and wet. The building is modest in scale (2400 sq ft), and presents a minimal frontage to the road. It has been finely crafted with timber being the dominant construction material. A slab...
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