An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home

<br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe_____.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" />“I spent a year of weekends drawing the Opera Home and realized that the continuity and rhythm of the podium is what tends to make the sails float and dance…The exact same approach is utilised in this residence,” explains Australian architect Alexander Symes, who, along G+V Architecture, conceived of this jaw-dropper of a property on the southern coast of Australia. Austinmer Beach Property, named for the suburb in which it resides, stands tall, elevated on massive concrete columns to take full advantage of the seascape to the east and the mountains to the west.</p><br/><p>Symes, who cites both Denmark’s Jørn Utzon and Sweden’s Sigurd Lewerentz as architectural influences, has clearly expressed those influences in a liberal use of timber, each inside and out an exacting emphasis on craftsmanship and eco sensitivity and, most dramatically, in the sweeping curves that define the property’s main volume<span>—</span>a nod to Utzon’s masterwork (see our current piece on the Sydney Opera Residence here). Currently feted with awards and accolades, Austinmer Beach Residence is, nonetheless, described by Symes as, “just a beach property.” And, in so undertaking, he could really nicely have redefined the word ‘just.’<br/><img alt="picture 8564 An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-8564.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant_.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe______.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="inside out An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="889" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/inside-out_.png" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe_______.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe________.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe_________.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="picture 8099 An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-8099.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="picture 9266 An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="881" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-9266.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="picture 6643 An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " height="902" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-6643.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home amazing ideas " width="600" /></p><br/><p>Photos: Wish to Inspire ArchitectureAu</p><br/><p>

An Australian Beach Residence That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Home

“I spent a year of weekends drawing the Opera Home and realized that the continuity and rhythm of the podium is what tends to make the sails...

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An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property

<br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" />“I spent a year of weekends drawing the Opera Home and realized that the continuity and rhythm of the podium is what makes the sails float and dance…The identical strategy is used in this house,” explains Australian architect Alexander Symes, who, along G+V Architecture, conceived of this jaw-dropper of a property on the southern coast of Australia. Austinmer Beach Home, named for the suburb in which it resides, stands tall, elevated on huge concrete columns to take full benefit of the seascape to the east and the mountains to the west.</p><br/><p>Symes, who cites both Denmark’s Jørn Utzon and Sweden’s Sigurd Lewerentz as architectural influences, has clearly expressed those influences in a liberal use of timber, both inside and out an exacting emphasis on craftsmanship and eco sensitivity and, most substantially, in the sweeping curves that define the house’s principal volume<span>—</span>a nod to Utzon’s masterwork (see our current piece on the Sydney Opera Home right here). Currently feted with awards and accolades, Austinmer Beach Property is, nonetheless, described by Symes as, “just a beach house.” And, in so performing, he may really nicely have redefined the word ‘just.’<br/><img alt="picture 4463 An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-4463.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe_.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="inside out An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="889" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/inside-out.png" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe__.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe___.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="styling jasongrant photoprueruscoe An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/styling-jasongrant-photoprueruscoe____.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="picture 2880 An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="400" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-2880.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="picture 9532 An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="881" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-9532.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="picture 1512 An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " height="902" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/picture-1512.jpg" title="An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property amazing ideas " width="600" /></p><br/><p>Pictures: Want to Inspire ArchitectureAu</p><br/><p>

An Australian Beach Property That Echoes Sydney’s Opera Property

“I spent a year of weekends drawing the Opera Home and realized that the continuity and rhythm of the podium is what makes the sails float a...

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