{"id":5836,"date":"2026-02-27T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=5836"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:10:30","slug":"splinter-society-uses-warm-natural-palette-for-coastal-home-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/splinter-society-uses-warm-natural-palette-for-coastal-home-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Splinter Society uses “warm, natural palette” for coastal home in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian architecture studio Splinter Society<\/a> has completed Coastal House, a minimalist home<\/a> in Victoria<\/a> finished in a palette of concrete<\/a>, limestone<\/a>, copper<\/a> and hardwood designed to “age beautifully” in the harsh coastal weather.<\/span><\/p>\n

Designed for a local builder as a development project, the family home is located in the town of Ocean Grove and occupies an elevated position that is set back from the beach.<\/p>\n

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Splinter Society designed this house to withstand the coastal weather<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Organised on a relatively narrow, deep plot, Splinter Society<\/a> designed the layout of Coastal House to balance panoramic, south-facing views of the ocean with protection and privacy for its bedrooms.<\/p>\n

This informed the creation of a courtyard on the home’s western edge, hugged by a bedroom block to the east that is clad in hardwood and patinated copper panels to shelter it from salty sea winds.<\/p>\n

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Patinated copper panels clad the exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“This house was very much about responding to context. It was about balancing the knockout southerly views over the ocean, whilst providing warm, north-facing protected spaces for a family to enjoy,” Splinter Society director Chris Stanley told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Of equal importance was creating a warm, natural palette that would age beautifully in this harsh coastal environment,” he added.<\/p>\n

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A swimming pool is located on the outdoor terrace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Facing the street, the entrance of Coastal House is deep-set into a lower level clad in hardwood timber, where a passage leads between garage and storage areas and up a staircase to the living areas.<\/p>\n

This upper level is housed within a slightly cantilevering concrete volume, where a full-height glazed facade is set within a deep, chamfered opening that provides the areas with panoramic sea views.<\/p>\n