Tidal Arc House by Woods Bagot has an arcing limestone facade with full-height openings looking out towards the sea on the coast of Victoria, Australia.
Australian firm Woods Bagot designed the two-storey home on the peninsula of coastal town Flinders, 50 miles south of Melbourne.

The architecture studio decided to make a dramatic departure from the typical "timber box" houses that make up the majority of the area's architecture.
"The distinctive curved form mimics the massive water movement of the Southern Ocean," said the architects.
"[We] eschewed the colonial planning grid and repetition of the local timber-clad cottage in favour of sensitivity to the heroic topographical context."

The crescent-shaped floor plans occupy the eastern edge of a landscaped ovoid site, partially enclosing a large central garden onto which the house looks with a decked seating space. A series of concrete piles run through the curved floor plates, which have been displaced slightly so as to cantilever over the grounds of the home. These radiating concrete columns run through each floor, from the basement level to the sloping, zinc-clad roof above.

"There are no parallel curves on the project and no right angles. The geometry is as dynamic as the weather and tidal movements," said the architecture studio.

Supports and the floor-plates are made of concrete, and sections of the facade are clad with a fossilised limestone material, covered with distinct...