Description
The Brookwater Design Studio features in the prestige Brookwater development located in Brisbane’s leafy western suburbs.
This striking designer family home is positioned on a dramatically sloping terrain, displaying innovative sustainable architecture and true individualism.
Eco Homes Take Inspiration from the Sites
The spectacular site is the inspiration behind this striking designer home, with the dramatic slope of the terrain providing the basis for the innovative design. The site offers passive solar and cooling elements which are maximised to enhance living conditions, whilst also making the residence economical and energy efficient.
The Brookwater Design Studio is Sustainable’s biggest award-winning development to date, see all awards here.
Features
A key philosophy in developing this project was to always touch the earth lightly so as to disturb the least amount of soil in cut and fill, which is important in eco homes.
The Brookwater Design Studio reflects this by creating an important physical connection to the earth with a masonry blade wall running the length of the building, projecting out in a radius to fully capture the spectacular views and the magnificent nearby golf course.
The Brookwater Design Studio’s colour schemes are inspired by the local native area and reflect the belief that colour inspiration derived from nature, provides the most pleasing and timeless exteriors and interiors.
Floor Plan
Sustainable re-used the soil extracted from the foundations within the site to create the least possible disturbance to the surrounding environs, just like all Sustainable Homes do.
The project was built with the belief that a home should be a monument of individualism, a place of refuge and also a solid family foundation. The Brookwater Design Studio reflects these beliefs by consisting of as few rooms as possible without becoming one large common room.
Awards
- 2003 – HIA Winner Australian Greensmart Building of The Year – (Brookwater House)
- 2003 – HIA Runners Up – Australian Energy Efficient Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
- 2003 – HIA Runners Up – Australian Greensmart Professional of the Year (Brookwater House)
- 2002 – HIA Winner South East Queensland Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
- 2002 – HIA Winner Queensland Energy Efficient Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
- 2002 – HIA Winner Display Homes Valued over $200,000 (Brookwater House)
- 2002 – HIA Winner Display Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
- 2002 – HIA Winner Energy Efficient Home of the Year (Brookwater House)