Entrada retirada a petición de HNNA.
Post removed as requested by HNNA.
Peter Besley . photos: © Rory Gardiner
I designed the Couldrey House for a member of my family in Australia (just completed, 2020). The house takes an unusual approach to making residential architecture in the Australian landscape. Many houses there tend to hover over the ground with lightweight materials which need re-coating and replacement. I instead designed Couldrey House to spring directly from the subterranean rock and to be made of heavy materials lasting a very long time. The house continues the local tradition of catching cooling breezes with good aspect and a permeable layout, but boosts this with passive radiant cooling from thermal mass; almost unheard of in houses of sub-tropical Australia. Continue reading Peter Besley
