Article source: Built-Environment Practice

The Dragonfly is designed to deliver a maximum of experience within limited build-able constraints around an existing house and sloping site. The project mediates between expansive views of the Pacific Ocean at Lennox Head, NSW and intimate snapshots of the rugged hillside upon which the Dragonfly is situated.

Image Courtesy © Owen McGoldrick

• Architects: Built-Environment Practice
• Project: Dragonfly
• Location: Broken head, NSW, Australia
  
• Photography: Owen McGoldrick
• Client: withheld
• Project Cost: withheld
• Builder: Dave Foley / Foley Constructions
• Engineer: Phil Wallace Consulting Engineers
• Date of Completion: December 2012
• Duration of Design: 6 months
• Duration of Build: 4 months
• Size: 48m2 including external deck/patio
• Structure: Suspended slab concrete floor with lightweight timber frame enclosure; steel column support; steel bracing portal frames
• Envelope: Copper roofing; Plywood cladding; Hoop pine furniture grade internal lining; Hoop pine solid lining boards; Australian Cypress (“Turpentine”) hardwood flooring; tempered glass; Aluminium frame windows and doors

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