Casuarina Beach- Sustainable Home

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Location Casuarina Beach/ Kingscliff/ Northern NSW

Build time – 9 Months

The list of Building Awards this home has received in 2013 are below,  this home success is a reflexion on the commitment that Natural Designer Homes makes to not just Sustainable building but also to the construction of beautiful custom homes.

• Finalist – 2014 HIA National Housing Awards- Greensmart Energy Efficiency project of the year
• Winner – 2013 HIA CSR NSW Housing Awards- Greensmart Energy Efficiency project of the year
• Winner- 2013 HIA Gold Coast/ Northern Rivers Housing & Bathroom Awards- Greensmart Energy Efficiency House of the Year
• Winner – 2013 HIA Gold Coast/ Northern Rivers Housing & Bathroom Awards- Bathroom Project of the Year
• Winner – 2013 HIA Gold Coast/ Northern Rivers Housing & Bathroom Awards- Bathroom Project $20,000- $40,000
• Finalist – 2013 HIA Gold Coast/ Northern Rivers Housing & Bathroom Awards- Custom Built Home $500,001- $750,000
• Finalist – 2013 HIA Gold Coast/ Northern Rivers Housing & Bathroom Awards- Bathroom Project up to $20,000
• Finalist – 2013 HIA Gold Coast/ Northern Rivers Housing & Bathroom Awards- Bathroom Design
• Winner- 2013 Master Builders NSW Excellence in Building Awards Best Environmental Management- Open Category
• Winner – 2013 Master Builders Northern NSW Excellence in Building Awards Best Sustainable Energy Project

Description

On the beach in Casuarina’s southern precinct this home is a fine example of sustainable living. Thoughtfully designed to blend with the coastal environment; sustainable building materials integrated with a functional & low maintenance design has created a beautiful easy living home. This building has a high level of finish and is the signature display home for “Natural Designer Homes”

The design scope for the external building finishes were to blend with the environment and be as close to maintenance free as possible,  the Architect adopted Corten steel as a cladding for its ability to protect itself with a layer of oxidised steel that also gives a natural feel to the building. Rough sawn western red cedar has also been used for its thermal properties and ability to withstand the harshest of conditions without the need for ongoing maintenance. Other external finishes include honed concrete terraces & pool copings / high density fibre cement wall panels/ anodised aluminium windows & doors/ honed block-work laid without the use of mortar/ solid glass front door.

Internal materials include extensive use of furniture grade birch plywoods for all inbuilt joinery/ Corian bench-tops throughout/ western red cedar wall paneling in wet areas/ honed concrete floors/ Linoleum floor coverings/ Azaria mosaic tiles/ clay based paints on walls & ceilings.

This home showcases products & materials from companies who are environmentally aware and committed to making a difference in today’s built environment.

Click on the link below to view the sustainable brief for this project.

Ecology Sustainable brief- WEB