Carnegie house
Stepping gently into the landscape above Port Phillip Bay.
Sorrento, VIC, Australia
- Architecture
- Interior Design
- Landscape
A legacy project by McGlashan Everist.
On its cliff-top location, the Carnegie house steps forward and across the fall of the land towards a majestic view of Port Phillip Bay. Three gently descending, linked pavilions connect with the outside through extended low timber decking. Aggregate floors, treated pine walls and canvas ceilings with frameless glass soothe the senses. This dwelling expresses an easy and harmonious relationship with the landscape, insinuating itself quietly into its contours.
Invisible from the street, the existing 1960s home is a series of split-level platforms cascading to register the natural topography of the site. In doing so, the main quarters of the house enjoy a near panoramic distant view of Port Phillip Bay, without being tempted, like so many contemporary houses in the adjacency, to leer over the tree canopy and dominate the clifftop silhouette.
