Portsea Beach Shack by Pleysier Perkins Architects

Location: Portsea, Mornington Peninsula, Australia Year: 2017 Architects: Pleysier Perkins Architects Builder: Kleev Homes Photography: © Michael Kai A small addition and intricate interior intervention to a classic 1960s beach shack situated only a stone’s throw away from Portsea’s iconic Shelly Beach. This charming four-bedroom cottage had a lot of existing Mid-century Modernist features to work…

Merricks House by Wood Marsh Architects

Location: Merricks, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia Year: 2009 Architects: Wood Marsh Architects Photographer: Jean Luc Laloux  While the opportunities inherent in a semi-rural, seaside context have been exploited to their fullest in this peninsula house, lessons learned from the effects of an often harsh coastal environment have necessitated a balanced response. Rather than orientate the house…

Blairgowrie 2 by inForm design

  Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia  Year: 2014 Architects: InForm Architect in Charge: Simon Perkins Photography: © Hilary Bradford This timber and glass pavilion is the second house in the development and continues the theme of coastal modernity. Following the principles of the InForm ‘Retreat’ design, but on a larger scale, the house includes a double…