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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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Hotel Meets Home in the Lahinch House
HomesAndrew McDonald

Hotel Meets Home in the Lahinch House

Australia

The Lahinch House in Victoria’s Torquay takes the style of luxury hotels, down to the water feature, and channels it into a contemporary home.


From the first meeting with clients Angie and Vic, and their Dalmatian Pirate, the brief was always to create a dramatic statement with the design. An impression of awe upon entering was the main goal for the Lahinch House.

The house was conceived with a focus on entertaining guests; a space the owners could regularly host revelers and family. With this in mind, Lachlan Shepherd Architects had a two pronged approach to the design, which had to first function firstly as a home to its two full-time occupants, and their Dalmatian, and secondly as a kind of luxury hotel. This was no second thought in the design, with each guest bedroom provided with its own ensuite and robe areas, creating a type of “check-in” space for guests to relax in before moving into the main living zones of the house.

The planning responds to the site surroundings through turning its back on the one adjacent neighbor, preferring to face and open to the beautiful golf course views to the south and east. Large expanses of glazing work to draw the rolling golf greens and sand dunes beyond into the home, blurring the distinction between outside and in.

The main kitchen and living space continue this blurring distinction, this time to an integrated plunge pool. Heated year-round, the pool serves as a practical, usable swimming pool as well as doubles as a water feature, which can be viewed from all living zones. There are no walls diving the lounge, kitchen, dining, and sitting zones, instead, these spaces are separated visually through design, and spatially by the sunken lounge area.

The Lahinch House, whilst highly detailed and technical in its design/construction, also represents an honest, low-maintenance and warm home

Lachlan Shepherd Architects
lachlanshepherd.com.au

Words by Andrew McDonald

Photography by Ben Hosking

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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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