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Issue 60 - The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

Issue 60

The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

HABITUS has always stood ahead of the rest with a dedicated Kitchen and Bathroom issue of exemplar standards. For issue 60 we have taken it up a notch with our Guest Editor the extraordinary, queen of kitchen design, Sarah-Jane Pyke of Arent&Pyke, speaking directly to Kitchen and Bathroom design with some increadable insights.

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Winnings x Habitus House of the Year shortlist: Burnt Earth Beach House by Wardle
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Winnings x Habitus House of the Year shortlist: Burnt Earth Beach House by Wardle

Australia

Habitus House of the Year 2024 Nominee

Architecture

Wardle

Photography

Trevor Mein

Burnt Earth Beach House by Wardle has been shortlisted for Winnings x Habitus House of the Year 2024.


Burnt Earth Beach House replaces a dilapidated beach shack at the end of its operational life in the coastal town of Anglesea in Victoria. It’s a multi-generational home that utilizes terracotta in two primary forms – through the exterior brickwork, internally to line walls, floors and joinery elements.  A deep and specific understanding of who the house was for and how it would be used gave the conceptual design true form. 

The colour and tonality of the cliff edges in Anglesea are expressed in the use of an invented brick. The extensive process involved extrusion and hand tearing the brick surface prior to cutting exposing a raw, rough-hewn texture. A series of glazing experiments to raw clay before single firing are revealed in different sections of the building. Unglazed bricks blend to green and brown glazed bricks broadly aligning with the extensive planting of coastal banksias surrounding the property.

The broadly cruciform plan describes view lines and daylight ingress precisely. Facing north, the views are to the Southern Ocean and the surrounding landscape. The governing lines of the plan mark the centre point of the ‘X’ as the island kitchen bench. It is both literally and figuratively the heart of this home.  From here all social activity spills out into living and dining areas on ground floor. The external terraces extend out from the inflected arms of the plan and are set around a broad courtyard. Across two levels a variety of spaces come together for sociability and solitude. 

Terracotta envelopes the whole house and is a standout feature, the spatial qualities of the house are further heightened by the geometry of the single ceiling plane. 

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Issue 60 - The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

Issue 60

The Kitchen and Bathroom Issue

HABITUS has always stood ahead of the rest with a dedicated Kitchen and Bathroom issue of exemplar standards. For issue 60 we have taken it up a notch with our Guest Editor the extraordinary, queen of kitchen design, Sarah-Jane Pyke of Arent&Pyke, speaking directly to Kitchen and Bathroom design with some increadable insights.

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