PHOENIX RISES
the devastating 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria destroyed more than 2000 homes and left a permanent mark on Australia — one that will never be forgotten.
Chris Clarke, a construction manager, was one of many who lost his home — Callignee 1, his “art-style treehouse”, a minimalist-style timber-and-steel structure — at Callignee in Gippsland. He designed the home with his late father and spent two years building it. Just one week after completion, his dream home burnt to the ground.
“After the Black Saturday fires, Callignee 1 stood there in her glory — a skeleton of twisted, oversized portal frames; broken brick blade walls; and debris-covered slabs in
