{"id":247223,"date":"2025-01-22T16:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=247223"},"modified":"2025-01-22T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:21:50","slug":"australian-beach-house-travis-walton-simone-haag-boy-2024","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/australian-beach-house-travis-walton-simone-haag-boy-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"How Brutalism Shapes This Chic Australian Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Words: <\/span>Peter\u00a0Webster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Sharyn Cairns<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

How Brutalism Shapes This Chic Australian Home<\/h1>\n\n\n

2024 Best of Year Winner for Medium Country House<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Set on a grassy knoll with distant views over Bass Strait, this 8,100-square-foot, two-level beach house in Sorrento, Australia, uses board-formed concrete with a virtuosic ease that the masters of European and Brazilian brutalism might envy. Partially embedded in the hillock, the podium base contains guest accommodations, recreational spaces, and a cast-concrete staircase that spirals upward like a pleated ribbon to the main living quarters above. Upstairs, architect Travis Walton<\/a> broadens the material palette: stained-oak paneling in some rooms; a blackened-steel media wall in the living area; and patinated-brass cabinetry, a black marble backsplash, and a dark-green stone island in the kitchen. Designer Simone Haag<\/a> has furnished the light-filled interiors with a treasure trove of contemporary production and craft pieces, including Patricia Urquiola chairs surrounding a marble-topped dining table designed by the homeowner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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