Auntie's Hut

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This little shelter is grounded firmly in the landscape. Superbly energy efficient (9.1 stars!), the home celebrates the subtropical lifestyle, collects winter sun in all the right places, and is packed with accessible features.

Photography: Angus Martin

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This little shelter is grounded firmly in the landscape. Superbly energy efficient, the home celebrates the subtropical lifestyle, collects winter sun in all the right places, and is packed with accessible features. Photo: ®Angus Martin
This little shelter is grounded firmly in the landscape. Superbly energy efficient, the home celebrates the subtropical lifestyle, collects winter sun in all the right places, and is packed with accessible features. Photo: ®Angus Martin
High performance glazing is key to an energy efficient home. Timber framing and double glazing substantially reduce heat transfer in or out in weather extremes. LowE and tinting reduce summer heat incursion. Photo:®Angus Martin
High performance glazing is key to an energy efficient home. Timber framing and double glazing substantially reduce heat transfer in or out in weather extremes. LowE and tinting reduce summer heat incursion. Photo:®Angus Martin
The lines of this dwelling are unique, intentionally invoking a sense of 'village hut' from a distance, to emphasise the communal intent of the dwelling. Photo:®Angus Martin
The lines of this dwelling are unique, intentionally invoking a sense of 'village hut' from a distance, to emphasise the communal intent of the dwelling. Photo:®Angus Martin
The low pitched eave extensions to the east and west reflect the sprawling nature of the ‘large lot’ neighbourhood home, and its generational iterations over time. Photo: ©Angus Martin
The low pitched eave extensions to the east and west reflect the sprawling nature of the ‘large lot’ neighbourhood home, and its generational iterations over time. Photo: ©Angus Martin
The primitive roof form welcomes the temporary gathering, guides you into the communalareas, leaving the private space as intended to relate to the northern gardens. Photo:®Angus Martin
The primitive roof form welcomes the temporary gathering, guides you into the communalareas, leaving the private space as intended to relate to the northern gardens. Photo:®Angus Martin
The bedroom is designed to allow a bedbound person to still experience a visual connection to the land. It is protected from western sun while still welcoming a generous winter warming. Photo:®Angus Martin
The bedroom is designed to allow a bedbound person to still experience a visual connection to the land. It is protected from western sun while still welcoming a generous winter warming. Photo:®Angus Martin
Wide doors, ambulant rails, lever hardware and handles, level thresholds, preferential heights to key appliances, remote control availability of AC, HRV, kitchen night light are just some of the 'liveability' features. Photo:®Angus Martin
Wide doors, ambulant rails, lever hardware and handles, level thresholds, preferential heights to key appliances, remote control availability of AC, HRV, kitchen night light are just some of the 'liveability' features. Photo:®Angus Martin
A combination of traditional QLDer breezeways and Fanco's Habitat Expert decentralised HRV unit (single unit set to exhaust) were used to provide fresh air to the laundry/shower/WC. Photo:®Angus Martin
A combination of traditional QLDer breezeways and Fanco's Habitat Expert decentralised HRV unit (single unit set to exhaust) were used to provide fresh air to the laundry/shower/WC. Photo:®Angus Martin
NCIA australian made tiles from Beaumont are a great way to reduce transport miles, support local industries, and keep a realistic budget. Photo:®Angus Martin
NCIA australian made tiles from Beaumont are a great way to reduce transport miles, support local industries, and keep a realistic budget. Photo:®Angus Martin

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Auntie's Hut

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- 2021

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Based in South East Queensland, we work on renovations and extensions on housing from the 1880s to the 2020s, deep energy retrofits as well as off-grid/hybrid new home designs.

My goal is to design homes that you are proud to live in, with features that are livable rather than visual, that future generations can respect.

Esther James is 4305 Design’s Building Designer. 

Her job is to guide you through the process of finding out what you can achieve with the available construction budget, designing the best possible scenario for your scope of work, delivering a comprehensive set of detailed construction drawings, identifying the legal requirements for your project, and whose services you need to engage to move from concept idea to approved plans. 

Esther’s extracurricular activities include researching emerging approaches to sustainability in residential construction. She is an advocate of the building design profession, mentors building design students and is a member and volunteer with the Building Designers Association of Australia, working towards using the built environment as a solution to climate change.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.