Modern Australian Outback Beach House (10 pics)

If I lived in the Australian Outback, I'd want to live in a house like this. Designed by Melbourne-based architectural practice BKK, the Corinella House is a 220 acre sheep farm that sits on a peninsula in Victoria, Australia’s Weternport Bay. The home overlooks mangrove trees and sand flats, and provides residents with beautiful views of the ocean.

The four bedroom, three bathroom house features two living rooms and a full kitchen, with polished floors throughout. A modern fireplace is built flush into the living room wall, next to the slot for firewood. Almost every room features the kind of huge windows that don’t let residents forget about the striking beauty that surrounds them outside.

From a distance, the home looks like a sloped extension of the exterior that surrounds it, which gives it an organic feel. Even though I think the designers could have made some changes to the furniture to make the interior a bit warmer, I really love the architectural frame of the house, even more so because of its location.

BKK Architects
Photo credit: Peter Bennetts
via [chictip]

Tags: Australian, BKK, Beach, House, Modern, Outback, architecture

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Comment by James Kay on December 16, 2010 at 2:50am: The Bauhaus would be proud of this design. But with more than 50% of the world's people living in cities, and with that percentage GROWING, I'd so love to see more urban designs. (Not that I'm likely to buy or build one, but just for some ideas.)

Comment by Malcolm on December 15, 2010 at 10:23am: Some day I'll get a chance to design a home like this.

Comment by Hemp on December 15, 2010 at 8:17am: like all

Comment by Chloe' on December 15, 2010 at 8:08am: Very Cool.

Comment by sAm on December 14, 2010 at 4:36pm: Love how the house mixes so well with the environment.

Comment by Charles Glaspole on December 14, 2010 at 2:58pm: Western Port Bay isn't in the outback, it's just outside Melbourne.