The Waterfront Retreat in Newport, NSW Residential Building, Australian Residence, Architecture Images
The Waterfront Retreat in Newport, NSW
Large Modern Real Estate Project in New South Wales, Australia, design by Koichi Takada Architects
29 June 2020
The Waterfront Retreat in Newport
Location: Newport, New South Wales, Australia
Architecture: Koichi Takada Architects

The Waterfront Retreat in New South Wales
The Waterfront Retreat is the epitome of an Australian dream home, adorned with a private beach, garden and open-plan living.

Responding the clients? brief – a house offering sanctuary and entertainment, the Waterfront Retreat is designed to allow nature to lead, offering maximum seclusion and connection to its surrounds and outlook.
Located on a steeply sloping waterfront block, facing the vast expanse of Sydney?s Pittwater, a terraced, four level building progressively stepping towards the water & with the sites terrain.

A series of floating platforms are presented as a sequence of cantilevered concrete slabs that float above a recessed stacked-stone podium.

To maximise the sense of levitation, the slabs are tapered to a finer point toward the water, with the living and dining area designed to appear as a floating box.

To fully experience the site’s glorious changing light throughout the day and seasons, large floor-to-ceiling sliding doors, floor-to-ceiling glazing, skylights and oversized cantilevered balconies are used to connect the o...