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St Andrews Beach House

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Structural engineer
  
Felicetti Pty Ltd

Architect
  
Sean Godsell

Type
  
Residential

Architectural style
  
Contemporary architecture

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Location
  
St Andrews Beach, Victoria

Architecture firm
  
Sean Godsell Architects

Other designers
  
Landscaping by Sam Cox Landscaping

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Kew House, RMIT Design Hub, Back Beach, Australian Pavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens

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The St Andrews Beach House is a residential building located on St Andrews Beach in Victoria, Australia. Designed by Australian architect Sean Godsell, the house was awarded the Robin Boyd Award in 2006.

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St Andrews Beach House is an example of architecture in the Australian Contemporary style.

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Description

St Andrews Beach House is a three-bedroom, two-storey structure that is elevated to engage with the views over the ocean. The form and colour are designed to harmonise with the surrounding landscape. The structure is designed to withstand punishing summer sun as well as the gale-force winter winds whipping across the beach front elevation.

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The plan consists of two distinct elements: a communal kitchen/meals/living space and a bedroom block. This defines the separated public and private spaces in the house. Each element is bridged via a promenade deck, that takes the form of two half-length passageways on opposite sides and at opposite ends of the plan. The crossover for the route takes occupants through the heart of the principal living room which, is situated towards the west end. In order to move from element to element and from room to room one has to go outside and then inside thereby being exposed to the heat of summer and the extremes of winter.

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Other parts of the home - the sunroom, breezeway and sleep-out - are re-organised into a veranda. The open plan also creates an ambiguous relationship of the interior and exterior of the house.

Awards

International Architecture Award - The Chicago Athenaeum USA

Detail Award - Detail Magazine Germany

Premier’s Design Award for the Built Environment - Victoria Australia

South-east Development Award

Finalist Wallpaper International Design Awards UK

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  • The RAIA Robin Boyd Award for Residential Buildings
  • "Honourable Mention - Residential, Public and Private Architecture" in the "Barbara Capochin International Biennial Architecture Competition"

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    References

    St Andrews Beach House Wikipedia
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