Architecture studio Wood Marsh has used curving walls of charred timber and rammed earth to create this home south of Melbourne, which is designed to echo Australia's "windswept" coastline.
Called Peninsula House, the dwelling is located near the town of Flinders, overlooking the Bass Strait and surrounded by farmland.
Peninsula House has a curved form crafted from rammed earth
Instead of designing an orthogonal volume, Wood Marsh took cues from the shape of the coastline and the meandering paths leading to the site.
This gives rise to a curving form with long "arms" that wrap a driveway and swimming pool terrace.
Its design is informed by the shape of Australia's coastline
"In elevation, the form of the house takes its reference from the prehistoric Bass Strait coastline," founding partner Randal Marsh told Dezeen. "The exterior texture reflects that windswept, weather-beaten form, whilst also referring to an organic mammal, reminiscent of whale carcasses which often wash up on the beach," he continued.
The rammed-earth walls are left exposed throughout the home
Peninsula House's entrance leads into an atrium, which is organised around a small central courtyard wrapped by full-height glazing.
Here, green planting creates a strong contrast to both the surrounding landscape and the monochrome interiors, where the home's rammed-earth structure is left exposed in some areas.

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