Built Environment Practice

Built Environment Practice's work on Lunchbox is a pair of small, finely crafted additions to holiday homes near Broken Head, on the NSW North Coast. Both show how much a little extra space can add when every detail is thought through.

Dragonfly House is a 48-square-metre self-contained addition that lands next to an existing holiday home, giving extra room when the house fills with guests. It wraps around the existing house with minimal impact on a steep, constrained site, taking in expansive views to the Pacific Ocean and framing the rugged hillside behind. The Barnacle is even smaller, a 25-square-metre room that attaches itself to the side of a raised beach house. With compact built-in furniture and framed views of the landscape, it feels like camping, or sleeping in the berth of a yacht.

See Dragonfly House and The Barnacle on Lunchbox below.

Dragonfly House: Tiny Addition is a Model for Compact Living

The Dragonfly is a self-contained addition to an existing holiday home. It maximizes views and appreciation of the site as a model for compact living.

A Tiny 25 Square Meter Extension Attaches Itself Like a Barnacle

A tiny barnacle-like extension creates a sense of camping or sleeping in the berth of a yacht, but with framed views of the landscape beyond.