Building Design / Louis Jackson Design
Builder / Steve Knight Builders
Structural engineer / STP Consultants
Location / Airlie Beach, Whitsundays
Marina View
Proud Winner of Mackay & Whitsunday Master Builders House of the Year Award, in conjunction with Steve Knight Builders.
This house has been designed to be the perfect Airlie Beach holiday house. The front of the house is divided by a grand entry stair, creating a sense of arrival as you travel up from the street into the home. The living level establishes zones, with kitchen and dining opening onto a large balcony perfect for our tropical Whitsunday lifestyle. An external bridge traverses the main stairway giving access to a wet edge plunge pool. At the rear of the living level, an area is created via a required retaining wall, forming a courtyard which provides a private escape.
The bedroom level provides 3 bedrooms, each serviced by its own bathroom. The central stair is used to create separation between the master bedroom and the other spaces. The bedrooms have generous apertures, borrowing space and providing connection to the outside and views over Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands.
Each of the habitable spaces have openings utilising fixed glass or bifolding doors to capture the spectacular view out to pioneer bay and the Whitsunday Islands beyond. This is a foundation of the design, opening the important spaces to the view whilst turning the service spaces back into the hill.
The house uses a mixture of durable low maintenance materials in exposed locations complimented with soft timber finishes in protected areas. The eccentric colour selections represent the owner and the playful nature of a holiday house.
Link to Award
https://mbqld.awardsplatform.com/gallery/ZlMDmgax/GgQNOLNq?search=69fb9e7ee98234bd-1