Mays Beach House by Preston Lane

ArchiPro Project Summary - A coastal retreat designed as a windbreak, Mays Beach House harmonizes with its hillside setting, featuring a simple form that rises to meet the landscape while providing a sheltered haven from the elements.

Title:: Mays Beach House
Architect:: Preston Lane
Category:: Residential/; New Builds
Photographers:: Jonathan Wherrett

Set on a windswept hillside overlooking Frederick Henry Bay the project evolved from a pragmatic response to the challenges of occupying an exposed often extreme coastal site. Born from these conditions the design robustly responds establishing the house as a ‘windbreak’ to the bay this gesture in turn creating a haven from the elements tucked in behind.

Stretched across the site the house follows the lay of the land, the simple form higher at the front addressing the scale of its context, lower to the rear allowing a more human scale to prevail.

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Preston Lane Architects is an award winning architectural practice focused on providing innovative and successful design solutions that are responsive to both our client’s needs and the environment. We have an appetite for design and strongly believe that high quality design outcomes add value.

The practice brings together the diverse professional experiences of directors, Daniel Lane and Nathanael Preston. Our combined experience ranges from small scale highly crafted residential projects to larger scale urban design. We also have extensive experience in the management of multi-disciplinary teams on large commercial projects.

We undertake projects of varying size, complexity and cost and are currently working on a range of project typologies including commercial, retail, hospitality, government, industrial, heritage and residential including new houses and renovations/extensions.

With offices in Hobart and Melbourne we are exposed to different opportunities and environments within which to work, allowing each of us to contribute a wider range of experiences to our clients and our architecture. All projects are shared between offices providing the unique opportunity to have an ‘outsider’ review and challenge evolving concepts.

Our architectural solutions provide a fresh approach, endeavouring to exceed the aspirations of our clients through the understanding of their unique requirements and ‘place’ of each project. We are committed to producing high quality design, whilst always remaining focused on the delivery of projects within time and budget constraints.

Design outcomes are developed following rigorous analysis of both brief and site. The understanding of the environment and ‘place’, is integral in our approach, and informs all aspects of our architecture. Our design approach establishes long term solutions and does not subscribe to the fashionable aspects of contemporary design. Often, perceived constraints in a project provide unique opportunities and it is through intelligent analysis and questioning, a successful outcome can be produced.

The design process is a tough, exciting and enjoyable journey that we share together with our clients.