Thick green brush nearly conceals the slanted roof of this house near Melbourne, which architecture studio Lovell Burton has created for a retired couple and their extended family.

The house is situated just 100 metres off the beach in the coastal town of Barwon Heads and has been designed by Lovell Burton to accommodate a retired couple and their frequently visiting grandchildren.
Measuring 320 square-metres, it serves as a spacious replacement to a run-down stilted cabin that the client had owned on the site for a number of years.

The body of the two-floor house comprises one rectilinear volume and a rhombus-shaped volume.
These purposefully slant across the site as a protective measure against the strong gales and thunderstorms that Melbourne can be subject to in the warmer months of the year.
Both structures are clad in almost-black sheets of anodised aluminium, intended to contrast with the surrounding green terrain that's blanketed in Moonah ? a native Australian tree characterised by its dense foliage.

"The dwelling provides a living environment protected from the prevailing weather while celebrating the visual aspects of the coastal landscape," explained the practice.
"View, shelter and the performance of the building became considerations that formed the architectural response."

The interiors of the home are almost entirely lined in warm wooden beams to counteract its "austere" facade.
Beams have been laid horizontally on the floo...