Article source: b.earchitecture

The Mermaid Beach Residence is a new family home positioned along a surf beach in Queensland’s Gold Coast region, Australia. It has been designed to reflect “a desire to stay and age”.

Working with clients with a strong appreciation of concrete, the building was designed primarily of exposed concrete internally, as well as externally, with the addition of operable timber shutters on the external windows to protect against the sun and weather conditions. Bringing together the client’s want for a relaxed, open and sun-drenched costal home, poured in-situ concrete as the primary building material means that protection from the elements could be, quite literally, grounded.

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• Architects: b.earchitecture
• Project: Mermaid Beach House
• Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
• Software used: Autodesk, Revit
• Construction: Pase Constructions
• Structural Engineer: Odyssey Consulting Group

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