Simple and linear, the span of the Hervey Bay House emphasizes the instrumentality of its windswept environ and the panorama of the bay and headland views. Movement thorough the house is along the continuous grade wall. While anchoring the structure to the site, The wall provides privacy and form for two lightweight glazed pavilion.A series of gal vanished steel portal frames express a legibility of structure and a lightness that contrasts with the solidity of masonry.

All living spaces are afforded views and norther light, and maintain a strong connection to the landscape. Reinforcing this objective, an outdoor living spaces dissents the interior, and links a calm courtyard on the south to the elements of the north via an ambiguous indoor and outdoor breezeway. See breezeway are filtered through the open able glazed edge and extracted through a series of rotary roof ventilators to provide natural cooling. Predominantly white,any use of colour is subtle and natural, reiterating the bleached palette of the coastal landscape and emphasizing the textural contrasts of various lightweight materials plywood, fiber cement, plasterboard and glass.

Photography: Shannon McGrath