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| Louvre House |
| A new family beach home is given an aged look through the use of an architectural icon: louvres. |
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The owners of this house wanted a new family beach home with an aged look. As the louvre has been an architectural icon in Queensland for many years, Stephen Kidd designed a louvre-style house with a contemporary slant.
The house is near a busy Noosa road so the owners wanted to isolate themselves from the traffic. The shutters help with privacy, ventilation and controlling sound. A three-metre timber door also helps create privacy. There are small panels within the large doors, which also help with ventilation.
The ceilings of the lower floor are seven metres high, creating a spacious and well-lit area. The ceilings are all finished in lime hoop pine. Queensland Silver Ash has been used on the floor and laid in the direction of the view. This technique helps to bring your eye to the river.
There is a bridge that links the two upstairs bedrooms. These bedrooms also have shutters around them so they can look down. The master bedroom has doors, which fold back to extend the bedroom out onto the verandah. There is an open planned bathroom/dressing area with strategically placed cabinets.
The galley style kitchen was built on the river side of the house so that the owners can cook and serve straight from the kitchen onto the front deck. Putting his creative flair to practice, the architect has replaced all the kitchen drawers with wicker baskets. There is also a pull out pantry, which saves on space.
To create an aged look, the internal doors are all Western Red Cedar plantation shutters. The handles are solid brass, de-lacquered for a tarnished look. The doors on the riverfront have been sandblasted and given a lime finish.
Marble has been used for the bathroom floor and walls. The bathroom has underfloor heating in case of a rare, cold Noosa morning. There are solar hot water panels for the house and a tank located under the stairs.
The garage is made up of three bays. One bay is used for boat maintenance and another is used to pivot a car around so the driver can leave in a forward direction. The concrete floor in the garage appears to be made of large floor tiles. This effect was created by applying a large iron tool to the concrete topping.
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More Info
Architect: Stephen Kidd
Ph: 07 5447 5633
Fax: 07 5447 4833
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