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Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners
Yallingup,  | International Design Awards Winners

Yallingup

Lead DesignersStuart Threadgold
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
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Entry Description

An energy efficient eco house for young family on 120 acre Yallingup property that embodies their ideals to live sustainably and off-grid.Elevated for views,cooling breezes and large northern glazing for radiant heat gain with roof harvested rainwater storage of 550,000L.The house boasts power self-sufficiency with 5.5kW photovoltaic array discretely hidden behind anthra zinc parapet single lock standing seam. The specification for the house incorporates materials that have a low embodied energy with rammed limestone to the south elevation for heat retention and Corten cladding the west elevation.It incorporates passive solar design principles with a honed concrete floor to living areas that captures the radiant heat from the direct sunlight during the daylight hours and releases the heat through cooler south-west evenings.The brief included an edible landscape surrounding the house comprising of edible plant species such as dwarf coffee trees, feijoa, papaya,pineapple and tamarillo trees laid out to permaculture principles.