Grand Designs Australia

AGAINST THE Elements

On a windswept King Island sand dune, thousands of kilometres from their previous home in Arnhem Land, artists Dianne and Andrew Blake sit protected behind huge glass windows and doors in a new home in the shape of a whale’s tail. The couple purchased the 75-acre block of land about 15 years ago and spent many summers camping there afterwards to plot the best site for their new house.

The site they’ve chosen ticks all the boxes for this nature-loving pair. Bordered by coastal bushland, the foreshore of Yellow Rock Beach, rolling pastureland and with ocean views, the home’s position and structure draw in the diverse surrounding landscape. “We basically live outdoors and we love the environment so that was the main criteria for the house — we want to

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