Murphy Street Town Houses Port Douglas by Wolveridge Architects

Port Douglas Townhouses

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Category Multi-residential Year 2008 State Queensland City Port Douglas Photographer Stuart Frost This project required two high quality residences, both individual, yet part of a collective approach to the site. The main building providing the principal accommodation for both dwellings, heavy at its base, and lighter with cantilevered stained shiplap timber as it emerges vertically. The second building, a floating landscape pavilion conceived from timber shake roof form and timber cladding perched within the lush growth at the lower part of the site. Both forms are connected via a light framed bridge, surrounded by lush vegetation as the landscape continues to evolve. Travel to and from and between the buildings is via landscaped connections in addition to landscaping zones that are provided in pockets around the building to enable the project to merge with its landscape over time. Vertical timber screens provide privacy and glimpses of the unfolding landscape.

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Wolveridge Architects
Stuart Frost

Two distinctive high-quality residences in Port Douglas, featuring a main building with a heavy base and cantilevered timber, complemented by a floating landscape pavilion, interconnected by a light-framed bridge amidst lush vegetation.

Category
Multi-residential

Year
2008

State
Queensland

City
Port Douglas

Photographer
Stuart Frost

This project required two high quality residences, both individual, yet part of a collective approach to the site. The main building providing the principal accommodation for both dwellings, heavy at its base, and lighter with cantilevered stained shiplap timber as it emerges vertically. The second building, a floating landscape pavilion conceived from timber shake roof form and timber cladding perched within the lush growth at the lower part of the site.

Both forms are connected via a light framed bridge, surrounded by lush vegetation as the landscape continues to evolve. Travel to and from and between the buildings is via landscaped connections in addition to landscaping zones that are provided in pockets around the building to enable the project to merge with its landscape over time. Vertical timber screens provide privacy and glimpses of the unfolding landscape.

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“I cannot recommend Wolveridge Architects highly enough. Fully alive to the brief from the outset, Jerry worked collaboratively to present us with ideas that took us way beyond our original imaginings. Working within the tight constraints of both limited space and a heritage protected house, Jerry delivered a seamless melding of both old and new that magically accentuates the best of both. The overall design is masterful. The in situ concrete table is, quite simply, incredible and a genius response to our very first discussion. The small details - a floating concrete step; an exposed, internal section of nineteenth century brickwork (to name but two of many) are testament to the considered and inspired thinking. The project was managed brilliantly by Brett and the rest of the team and executed with minimal fuss and to the highest standards. Every question and concern was responded to thoughtfully and with an eye on the budget. The result is stunning. it is a beautiful space to live in. It is a beautiful home.”

Richard Molloy, Wellington Wall 2019